Daytime heating, upslope flow, and a weak upper level disturbance approaching from the southwest combined to produce scattered thunderstorms from the Davis Mountains east across Pecos County.
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Daytime heating, upslope flow, and a weak upper level disturbance approaching from the southwest combined to produce scattered thunderstorms from the Davis Mountains east across Pecos County.
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 26, 2:22 AM CST, 2 hours 34 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 322 AM CDT THU JUL 26 2007 .DISCUSSION... ONCE AGAIN HAVE FOUND NO REASON TO DEVIATE SIGNIFICANTLY FROM THE PREVIOUS FORECAST. BIGGEST CHANGE FROM PERSISTENCE IS INCREASING LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AS SEEN BY GREATER INTRUSION OF STRATUS THIS MORNING THAN LAST. WITH MOISTURE INCREASING SHOULD SEE ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED CONVECTION MAINLY ALONG THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE WESTERN CWA THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. AN UPPER LEVEL LOW IS STILL PROGGED TO GRADUALLY MOVE IN FROM THE EAST UNDER AN UPPER RIDGE ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS WHICH SHOULD INCREASE RAIN CHANCES ACROSS THE PERMIAN BASIN AND TRANS PECOS REGION THIS WEEKEND. THE MOVEMENT OF THE UPPER LOW WILL GREATLY IMPACT RAIN CHANCES NEXT WEEK...BUT WILL CONTINUE THE SLT CHC INTO THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. HARD TO DEPART MUCH FROM GUIDANCE ON TEMPS WHICH CONTINUES THE TREND OF BELOW CLIMO FOR HIGHS THROUGH THE SEVEN DAY FORECAST PERIOD. HENNIG && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... BIG SPRING TX 88 69 90 70 / 10 10 10 10 CARLSBAD NM 95 66 95 67 / 10 20 20 20 DRYDEN TX 87 69 92 70 / 20 20 20 10 FORT STOCKTON TX 90 69 92 70 / 20 20 20 10 GUADALUPE PASS TX 89 65 92 66 / 20 20 20 20 HOBBS NM 91 67 94 69 / 10 10 20 10 MARFA TX 86 57 88 59 / 20 20 20 10 MIDLAND INTL AIRPORT TX 89 67 92 70 / 10 10 20 10 ODESSA TX 89 70 92 69 / 10 10 20 10 WINK TX 96 71 96 73 / 10 10 20 10 && .MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NM...NONE. TX...NONE. && 13/10
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 502 AM CDT THU JUL 26 2007 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-271015- 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- 502 AM CDT THU JUL 26 2007 /402 AM MDT THU JUL 26 2007/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND WEST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA. EXPECT AFTERNOON ACTIVITY TO BEGIN ACROSS THE WESTERN FORECAST AREA...ESPECIALLY IN THE HIGHER MOUNTAIN TERRAINS. THEN CHANCES WILL INCREASE OVERNIGHT TOWARDS THE NORTHEAST...INCLUDING THE PERMIAN BASIN. GUSTY WINDS TO 50 MPH...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...AND DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENTS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK. GUSTY WINDS...BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL AND DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. .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 13
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 133 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 10:59 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The Automated Surface Observing System at Fort Stockton (KFST) recorded a wind gust of 69 mph. No damage was reported.
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