A dissipating thunderstorm produced strong outflow winds across the city of Dryden.
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A dissipating thunderstorm produced strong outflow winds across the city of Dryden.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 31, 12:39 PM CST, 2 hours 7 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 139 PM CDT FRI AUG 31 2007 .DISCUSSION... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE ONGOING TODAY ALONG A MEANDERING FRONTAL/MOISTURE BOUNDARY ANCHORED NEARLY EAST/WEST ACROSS THE LOWER TRANS PECOS...WITH MARGINALLY DRIER SUBSIDENT AIR NORTH OF THIS BOUNDARY AND A DEEPLY MIXED BOUNDARY LEVEL WITH MODEST INSTABILITIES ALONG/SOUTH OF THIS SURFACE BOUNDARY. MODEST FLOW ALOFT SHOULD KEEP STORM INTENSITY LEVELS BELOW SEVERE THRESHOLDS INTO THE EVENING HOURS WITH AREAL COVERAGE AND STORM INTENSITY DECREASING SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET. THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY SHOULD BECOME MORE ISOLATED AND REMAIN MAINLY CONFINED TO SOUTH OF THE PECOS RIVER THIS LABOR DAY WEEKEND AS THE FRONTAL/MOISTURE BOUNDARY BECOMES MORE DIFFUSE AND A BROAD UPPER RIDGE REMAINS ANCHORED ACROSS THE FOUR CORNERS AREA. MOISTURE WILL BE ON THE REBOUND/INCREASE EARLY NEXT WEEK...LATE MONDAY INTO TUESDAY...AS AN UPPER TROUGH CURRENTLY OVER THE WESTERN GULF MIGRATES WESTWARD ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS AND INTO THE BIG BEND... BENEATH THE UPPER RIDGE AXIS. THE MAIN EFFECTS WILL BE AN INCREASE IN POPS INTO THE CHANCE CATEGORY /25-30 PERCENT/ ACROSS THE BIG BEND AND LOWER TRANS PECOS LATE MONDAY AND TUESDAY...WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY EXTENDING NORTHWARD INTO THE PERMIAN BASIN AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS. K-INDEX VALUES OVER 35 AND PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES OVER 1.5 INCHES /150 PERCENT OF NORMAL/ SUGGEST DEEPER LAYER TROPICAL/GULF MOISTURE WILL BECOME AVAILABLE WITH MODERATE RAINFALL AMOUNTS POSSIBLE ON TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY. THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY SHOULD BE LARGELY DIURNAL WITH THE BETTER CHANCES FOR WETTING RAINS AND LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. MEDIUM RANGE MODELS INDICATE A STRONG UPPER SYSTEM TO MOVE ONSHORE THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST ON TUESDAY AND PROGRESS STEADILY EASTWARD ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS BY THURSDAY. THIS NORTHERN STREAM UPPER TROUGH WILL AID IN EJECTING THE SOUTHERN STREAM UPPER TROUGH OVER OUR AREA TO OUR NORTHEAST WHILE SENDING A COLD FRONT AND ASSOCIATED DRIER AIR SOUTHWARD TOWARD WEST TEXAS BY THURSDAY. THIS SHOULD TRANSLATE INTO A DECREASE IN DEEP LAYER MOISTURE AND POPS ACROSS WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO DURING THE LATTER HALF OF NEXT WEEK. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... BIG SPRING TX 65 87 65 89 / 20 10 0 10 CARLSBAD NM 67 90 64 91 / 30 10 0 10 DRYDEN TX 69 90 69 90 / 40 20 20 20 FORT STOCKTON TX 66 88 66 86 / 30 20 10 20 GUADALUPE PASS TX 61 84 61 82 / 30 10 0 10 HOBBS NM 66 89 64 89 / 20 0 0 10 MARFA TX 56 82 54 81 / 40 20 10 20 MIDLAND INTL AIRPORT TX 66 88 66 89 / 20 10 10 10 ODESSA TX 66 89 66 90 / 20 10 10 10 WINK TX 69 93 68 93 / 30 10 10 10 && .MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NM...NONE. TX...NONE. && 74/01
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 101 PM CDT FRI AUG 31 2007 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-011815- GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-EDDY COUNTY PLAINS- NORTHERN LEA COUNTY-CENTRAL LEA COUNTY-SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY-GAINES- DAWSON-BORDEN-SCURRY-ANDREWS-MARTIN-HOWARD-MITCHELL- VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR- REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-LOVING-WINKLER-ECTOR-MIDLAND- GLASSCOCK-WARD-CRANE-UPTON-REAGAN-DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA- PECOS-PRESIDIO VALLEY-MARFA PLATEAU-BIG BEND AREA-TERRELL- GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- 101 PM CDT FRI AUG 31 2007 /1201 PM MDT FRI AUG 31 2007/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND WEST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE PECOS RIVER...WITH THE BULK OF THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY LOCATED SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 10 ACROSS THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS AND BIG BEND AREAS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL... STONG GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE WITH ANY OF THESE STORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WATCHES...WARNINGS...ADVISORIES... AND STATEMENTS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN MIDLAND CAN BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET AT /LOWER CASE/ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MIDLAND
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 327 PM CDT FRI AUG 31 2007 TXZ082-312130- TERRELL- 327 PM CDT FRI AUG 31 2007 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR CENTRAL TERRELL COUNTY. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTH OF DRYDEN AT 327 PM CDT...MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN... HAIL TO THE SIZE OF MARBLES...WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AND NO WARNINGS ARE ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. SEEK SHELTER IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH YOUR LOCATION.
The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 198 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:46 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The Automated Surface Observing System at Dryden(K6R6) recorded a 58 mph wind gust. No damage was reported.
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