Winds estimated to be 60 mph were reported in southern Ector County. This resulted in downed power lines, patio furniture blown around, and limbs broken off trees.
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Winds estimated to be 60 mph were reported in southern Ector County. This resulted in downed power lines, patio furniture blown around, and limbs broken off trees.
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 Jul 12, 2:01 PM CST, 3 hours 24 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 301 PM CDT THU JUL 12 2007 .DISCUSSION... CONVECTION IS ONCE AGAIN ONGOING ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO. ACTIVITY HAS ALSO MANAGED TO CONTINUE/DEVELOP ACROSS THE PLAINS OF SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO WHERE WATER VAPOR ANIMATION REVEALS A PLUME OF MOISTURE INTACT. THE NAM/WRF SEEMS TO HAVE A BETTER HANDLE ON THE CONVECTION AND WE HAVE FOLLOWED IT/S SOLUTION FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. RAIN CHANCES HAVE BEEN RAISED FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT PLAINS THROUGH TONIGHT. SIMILAR TO YESTERDAY...WE EXPECT ACTIVITY TO GRADUALLY DECREASE IN COVERAGE WITH THE LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING. ON FRIDAY...THE SHORT RANGE MODELS CONTINUE TO SUGGEST A COLD FRONT WILL AFFECT THE REGION. THE MODELS HAVE NOW BACKED OFF THE ARRIVAL OF THE FRONT INTO THE NORTHERN PERMIAN BASIN UNTIL LATE MORNING...WITH THE GFS DELAYING IT/S ARRIVAL EVEN LATER. CONVECTION ALONG THE BOUNDARY STILL APPEARS LIKELY AND THIS ARGUES FOR THE NAM/WRF SOLUTION IN KEEPING THE FRONT FARTHER SOUTH THAN THE GFS. WE HAVE RAISED POPS SLIGHTLY FOR THE FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY PERIOD GIVEN THE PRESENCE OF A FRONTAL BOUNDARY... WELL ABOVE NORMAL MOISTURE AND WEAK MID-LEVEL SHORTWAVES EMBEDDED IN THE NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT. HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO BE A CONCERN WITH THIS ACTIVITY AND WE HAVE CONTINUED TO MENTION THIS IN THE HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK. NORTHWEST TO NORTHERLY MID-LEVEL FLOW CONTINUES THROUGH THE WEEKEND AS A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED ACROSS SOUTHERN UT/NORTHERN AZ CONTINUES TO STRENGTHEN. WE WILL NEED TO MONITOR FOR MCS ACTIVITY IN THIS REGIME...BUT CONFIDENCE IS NOT YET HIGH ENOUGH TO GIVE POPS A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE OVER THE PREVIOUS FORECAST. NORTHERLY MID-LEVEL FLOW GRADUALLY TRANSITIONS TO NORTHEASTERLY EARLY NEXT WEEK WITH MEDIUM RANGE MODELS SUGGESTING MID-LEVEL TROUGH/LOW DEVELOPMENT OVER TEXAS. THE GFS RETROGRADES THIS FEATURE INTO WEST TEXAS...HOWEVER THE ECMWF KEEPS THIS FEATURE TO THE EAST OF OUR REGION. WE HAVE NOT INCREASED POPS AT THIS TIME AND WILL WAIT FOR A LITTLE BETTER MODEL CONSISTENCY. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... BIG SPRING TX 75 92 70 90 / 10 30 30 20 CARLSBAD NM 71 95 71 95 / 30 30 40 30 DRYDEN TX 73 97 74 95 / 0 10 30 30 FORT STOCKTON TX 74 96 72 92 / 10 20 30 30 GUADALUPE PASS TX 68 94 67 88 / 30 30 50 30 HOBBS NM 70 92 69 93 / 20 30 30 20 MARFA TX 60 89 65 87 / 20 20 30 30 MIDLAND INTL AIRPORT TX 73 94 71 91 / 10 30 30 20 ODESSA TX 75 93 72 92 / 10 20 30 20 WINK TX 75 99 73 96 / 10 20 30 30 && .MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NM...NONE. TX...NONE. && 10/06
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 209 PM CDT THU JUL 12 2007 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-131915- 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- 209 PM CDT THU JUL 12 2007 /109 PM MDT THU JUL 12 2007/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND WEST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED OVER THE SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS...THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS AND THE NORTHWESTERN PERMIAN BASIN. THE MOST FAVORED AREA FOR THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL BE SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED...HOWEVER SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS MAY PRODUCE WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH AND HEAVY RAINFALL. FLASH FLOODING OF FLOOD PRONE AREAS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER MOST OF THE AREA FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. THE MOST FAVORED AREA FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WILL BE SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND THE NORTHWESTERN PERMIAN BASIN. HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOODING WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS. .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 203 PM CDT THU JUL 12 2007 TXZ074-122000- DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA- 203 PM CDT THU JUL 12 2007 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR EASTERN AND NORTHERN JEFF DAVIS COUNTY. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 13 MILES NORTH OF MCDONALD OBSERVATORY AT 203 PM CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED AT THE INTERSECTION OF STATE ROUTE 118 AND STATE ROUTE 166 OR ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF MCDONALD OBSERVATORY SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AND NO WARNINGS ARE ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. PEOPLE IN EASTERN AND NORTHERN JEFF DAVIS COUNTY SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR WARNINGS AND REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS. GUSTY WINDS... SMALL HAIL... HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE. SEEK SHELTER IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH YOUR LOCATION.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 414 PM CDT THU JUL 12 2007 TXZ057-122215- VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR- 414 PM CDT THU JUL 12 2007 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR SOUTHWESTERN CULBERSON COUNTY. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF LOBO AT 414 PM CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AND NO WARNINGS ARE ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. PEOPLE IN SOUTHWESTERN CULBERSON COUNTY INCLUDING MOTORISTS ON U S HIGHWAY 90 AROUND 10 MILES SOUTH OF VAN HORN SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR WARNINGS AND REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS. WIND GUSTS TO 55 MPH... SMALL HAIL... HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE. MINOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS IS ALSO POSSIBLE. SEEK SHELTER IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH YOUR LOCATION.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 545 PM CDT THU JUL 12 2007 TXZ057-058-258-122345- VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR-REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS- GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- 545 PM CDT THU JUL 12 2007 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL CULBERSON COUNTY. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER NORTH CENTRAL CULBERSON COUNTY...13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PINE SPRINGS. STORM MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 55 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 91 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:26 UTC.
3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Wind damage occurred in the city of Grandfalls, including the roofs blown off of two barns, which led to a wall failure of one of them. In addition, shingles were blown off several homes ansd several trees were downed.
Trained spotters from the Chevron-Warren Petroleum Plant estimated 60 mph winds. No damage was reported.
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