With a northwest upper flow regime in place, an upper level disturbance moved southeast across the western portions of the Low Rolling Plains. Moderate atmospheric instability, abundant moisture, and the presence of a low level outflow boundary led to the development of a few evening thunderstorms across the area.
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With a northwest upper flow regime in place, an upper level disturbance moved southeast across the western portions of the Low Rolling Plains. Moderate atmospheric instability, abundant moisture, and the presence of a low level outflow boundary led to the development of a few evening thunderstorms across the area.
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 9, 1:31 PM CST, 8 hours 4 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 231 PM CDT MON JUL 9 2007 .DISCUSSION... SUBTROPICAL RIDGE CENTERED ACRS NRN AZ HAS NW FLOW SET-UP FROM COLORADO SEWD INTO SE NM/W TX. AS OF 19Z APPARENT SHRTWV TROF/S ON WATER VAPOR ARE NOTED DROPPING SE THRU WRN LOW ROLLING PLAINS WITH WEAK OUTFLOW BOUNDARY ACRS THE S PLAINS WITH ANOTHER SHRTWV TROF IN COLORADO. STEEP 7H-5H LR/S ACRS CENTRAL NM WITH MINOR THETA-E RIDGE AXIS AND WEAK LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE SUGGEST STORMS INVOF HIER TERRAIN THIS P.M. AND MOVE S-SE. STORMS MAY ALSO DEVELOP EWD ALONG AFOREMENTIONED BOUNDARY. THUS W-N CWFA STILL FAVORED AREAS FOR POPS AND WILL TEND TO KEEP LOW END SCT POPS IN THE NW. MORE OF THE SAME TUE BUT IS DIFFICULT TO DISCERN ON GFS. STRONG SHRTWV TROF ADVERTISED IN THE PANHANDLE REGION TUE NIGHT TO PUSH OUTFLOW/FRONT S INTO PB WITH CHANCE FOR STORMS INCREASING IN THE NW SHORTLY AFTER 00Z/WED. NAM/S 3H DIVERGENCE IS IMPRESSIVE AROUND 06Z/WED AND WITH 30KT LLJ AND ASSOCD CONVERGENCE ALONG BOUNDARY STORMS COULD BE SUSTAINED THRU THE NIGHT ACRS SE NM/NW PB INTO WED MORNING. ATMOS MAY BE PRETTY WELL WORKED OVER WED AFTERNOON AND WRT TO NW FLOW IT SHOULD BE A DOWNDAY. HOWEVER MID LEVEL SHEAR AXIS WILL BE IN PLACE INVOF SRN PB/LOWER TRANS PECOS AND LOW END ISOLD/SLGHT POPS WARRANTED. BY 00Z FRI INDICATIONS OF ANOTHER STRONG SHRTWV TROF IN SE COLORADO/NE NM WHICH MERGES WITH/RE- ENFORCES COLD FRONT MOVING THRU PLAINS AND WILL EVENTUALLY SET UP A W-E WELL DEFINED BOUNDARY ACRS CENTRAL CWFA FRI AFTERNOON. THIS WITH A NW 5H FLOW THAT HAS A LONG FETCH WILL INCREASE THE POTENTIAL FOR SHRTWV TROF/S TO TRANSIT SEWD INTO CWFA AND PERPETUATING OPPORTUNITY FOR RAIN FRI THRU SAT A.M.. DRIER AIR WILL EVENTUALLY INVADE AND CHANCE OF RAIN SUN/MON LOOKS TO BE DIMINISHED. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... BIG SPRING TX 74 97 74 97 / 20 10 20 10 CARLSBAD NM 69 101 72 97 / 20 20 30 10 DRYDEN TX 74 94 72 94 / 10 10 10 20 FORT STOCKTON TX 72 96 73 95 / 20 10 20 10 GUADALUPE PASS TX 69 95 68 89 / 20 20 30 20 HOBBS NM 71 98 73 95 / 20 20 30 10 MARFA TX 61 90 62 86 / 20 20 20 20 MIDLAND INTL AIRPORT TX 73 97 73 95 / 20 10 20 10 ODESSA TX 74 97 73 95 / 20 10 20 10 WINK TX 76 101 75 101 / 20 20 20 10 && .MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NM...NONE. TX...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 258 PM CDT MON JUL 9 2007 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-102000- 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- 258 PM CDT MON JUL 9 2007 /158 PM MDT MON JUL 9 2007/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND WEST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED OVER SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE BEST CHANCES WILL BE OVER THE NORTHERN PERMIAN BASIN AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO. THE STRONGER STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 55 MPH AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL. DANGEROUS LIGHTING WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM THAT DEVELOPS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT WITH THE BEST CHANCES OVER THE NORTHERN PERMIAN BASIN AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO. WIND GUSTS TO 55 MPH AND HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGER 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 804 PM CDT MON JUL 9 2007 TXZ045-100200- GAINES- 804 PM CDT MON JUL 9 2007 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR CENTRAL GAINES COUNTY. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 17 MILES NORTH OF PAYNES CORNER AT 804 PM CDT...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AND NO WARNINGS ARE ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. PEOPLE IN CENTRAL GAINES COUNTY...INCLUDING THE CITY OF SEMINOLE... SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR WARNINGS AND REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS. WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH... 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 957 PM CDT MON JUL 9 2007 TXZ045-100400- GAINES- 957 PM CDT MON JUL 9 2007 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR NORTHEASTERN GAINES COUNTY. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES WEST OF LOOP AT 957 PM CDT...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. GUSTY WINDS... SMALL HAIL... HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE.
The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 96 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:36 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The West Texas Mesonet station three miles west northwest of Fluvanna (KFVS) recorded a wind gust of 61 mph. No damage was reported.
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