Quarter sized hail covered the ground and was 2 inches deep. Also, trees were partially stripped of their leaves.
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Quarter sized hail covered the ground and was 2 inches deep. Also, trees were partially stripped of their leaves.
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 May 18, 1:10 PM CST, 1 hour 55 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 210 PM CDT FRI MAY 18 2007 .SHORT TERM... DID NOT MAKE MANY CHANGES TO THE PREVIOUS FORECAST. COOL AND LARGE SURFACE HIGH COVERING THE EASTERN HALF OF THE NATION WILL CONTINUE TO INFLUENCE THE WEATHER TONIGHT. LOW LEVEL MOISTURE FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO WILL CIRCULATE AROUND THE HIGH KEEPING LOW CLOUDS IN PLACE FOR THE FORECAST AREA. THERE WILL BE SOME EROSION THIS EVENING ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND BIG BEND WHICH WILL/IS RESULTING IN DESTABILIZATION. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE ONGOING LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND OR EARLY EVENING IN AND NEAR THE HIGHER TERRAIN. THIS ACTIVITY SHOULD DIE WITH LOSS OF HEATING. ATTENTION THEN SHIFTS TO THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SOUTHWEST OF THE BIG BEND TONIGHT AS LONG ADVERTISED SHORTWAVE MOVES THROUGH THE RIDGE. WILL CONTINUE CHANCE POPS FOR THE BIG BEND OVERNIGHT. GUIDANCE CONSISTENT IN KEEPING HIGHEST PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS IN MEXICO NEAR THE RIO CONCHOS. THIS COULD RESULT IN ANOTHER RIVER RISE DOWNSTREAM AT PRESIDIO LATE TONIGHT AND TOMORROW. FARTHER EAST ACROSS THE PERMIAN BASIN WENT DRY WITH SUBSIDENCE INDICATED BEHIND DEPARTING SOUTHERN PLAINS WAVE. .LONG TERM... BROAD MID LEVEL RIDING WILL REMAIN IN PLACE SAT AND 7H-5H THETA-E RIDGE AXIS WILL HAVE WORKED E SETTING UP ALONG THE CENTRAL NM MTNS INTO FAR W TX. NOT SURPRISING THAT MID LEVEL STEERING FLOW WILL BE WEAK WITH THE RIDGE IN PLACE...NONETHELESS MODELS STILL ADVERTISE A SHRTWV TROF ACRS SRN NM/GDP MTNS. RATHER STRONG SE UPSLOPE COMPONENT INTO MTNS AND 7H-5H LR/S NEAR 7 C/KM WILL BE SUFFICIENT FOR TSTMS TO DEVELOPMENT. CURRENT FCST HAS HIEST POPS IN PROXIMITY TO THETA-E RIDGE AXIS AND WILL NUDGE UP POPS SLIGHTLY...A FEW STORMS MAY BE ABLE TO WORK E INTO THE PLAINS. CLOUDS WILL HOLD ACRS THE E AND BLO TEMPS WILL CONTINUE. THE ABOVE MENTIONED FEATURES (RIDGE/THETA-E AXIS) WILL MOVE EWD SUN WITH YET ANOTHER MINOR SHRTWV TROF ADVERTISED TO GENERATE SCT POPS ACRS THE W AGAIN...AND WILL OPT TO INCREASE POPS. 85H TEMPS INCREASE 1-2 DEGREES C AND WILL REFLECT MODEST INCREASE IN TEMPS. MON MAY ACTUALLY BE THE BEST CHANCE FOR RAIN ACRS THE PB AS THE 7H-5H THETA-E RIDGE AXIS WILL BE OVERHEAD WITH A SFC TROF AND WARMER TEMPS. DRY AIR IS INDICATED NEAR THE MTNS BUT SEEMS LIKE IT WILL HAVE HARD TIME MAKING IT TOO FAR E. 7H NEAR 20KTS AND 0-6KM NEAR 30KT MON P.M. PROVIDES SLIGHTLY MORE FAVORABLE KINEMATICS FOR SEVERE TSTMS. BY TUE NW MID LEVEL FLOW DEVELOPS ALTHOUGH NOT THAT STRONG THIS FAR S AND 85H THERMAL RIDGE AMPLIFIES TO NEAR 26C. THIS SHOULD BE ABLE TO TRANSLATE INTO U80S AND L90S. INSTABILITY AXIS WILL HAVE SHIFTED E AND WILL BE A DOWN DAY PRECIP WISE. MEANWHILE STRONG SHRTWV TROF WILL INTO NRN/CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS WITH ASSOCD COLD FRONT MOVING S THE WRN HIGH PLAINS. THIS COLD FRONT WILL PROBABLY ARRIVE AROUND 12Z WED TEMPS 10-15 DEGREES F COOLER. MSTR/INSTABILITY TO RETURN WITH SE WINDS THURS AND CONTINUED NW MID LEVEL FLOW. BOUNDARY WILL PROBABLY BE TOO FAR N TO BE OVERLY CONCERNED ABOUT ANYTHING OTHER THAN ISOLD POPS THUR/FRI. && .HYDROLOGY... RIVER STATEMENT IN EFFECT FOR PRESIDIO 5SE WHERE LEVELS ARE NEAR 7.5 FT THIS IS ABOVE ACTION STAGE AND IS FCST TO REMAIN BLO FLOOD STAGE (9.0 FT ). ALSO LEVELS AT PRESIDIO INTERNATIONAL BRIDGE HAS BEEN RISING AND IS NEARING ACTION STAGE. GFS/WRF INDICATES TSTMS WILL AGAIN FORM ALONG AND NEAR THE RIO GRANDE/RIO CONCHOS BASIN FRI/SAT/SUN NIGHTS SO FLOODING OR AT LEAST ELEVATED RIVER LEVELS ALONG RIO GRANDE AND TRIBUTARIES REMAINS A CONCERN. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... BIG SPRING TX 55 75 60 82 / 10 20 20 20 CARLSBAD NM 56 83 60 85 / 20 30 20 30 DRYDEN TX 60 78 62 75 / 20 30 20 20 FORT STOCKTON TX 58 80 62 82 / 20 30 20 20 GUADALUPE PASS TX 51 79 57 81 / 30 30 30 30 HOBBS NM 54 79 60 79 / 10 20 20 30 MARFA TX 53 77 51 79 / 30 30 20 20 MIDLAND INTL AIRPORT TX 55 78 61 81 / 10 20 20 20 ODESSA TX 55 79 61 82 / 10 20 20 20 WINK TX 58 84 64 85 / 10 30 20 20 && .MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NM...NONE. TX...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 224 PM CDT FRI MAY 18 2007 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-191930- 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- 224 PM CDT FRI MAY 18 2007 /124 PM MDT FRI MAY 18 2007/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND WEST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP MAINLY WEST OF THE PECOS RIVER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...INCLUDING THE GUADALUPE AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS...THE VAN HORN CORRIDOR...THE BIG BEND REGION...THE MARFA PLATEAU AND THE PRESIDIO VALLEY. A FEW OF THESE STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE...WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER HAZARDS. LOCATIONS AT AND DOWNSTREAM OF THE RIO CONCHOS COULD SEE RISES ON THE RIO GRANDE AGAIN TONIGHT. INTERESTS ALONG THE RIO GRANDE SHOULD CONTINUE TO KEEP ABREAST OF THE LATEST WEATHER AND RIVER INFORMATION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE REGION SATURDAY AND SUNDAY...BEFORE SHIFTING EASTWARD ACROSS AREAS ALONG AND EAST OF THE PECOS RIVER BY EARLY NEXT WEEK. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS ASSOCIATED WITH THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN LOCALIZED AREAS OF FLOODING GIVEN THE SATURATED SOILS ACROSS THE REGION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. HOWEVER...LOCAL INTERESTS SHOULD KEEP UP TO DATE WITH THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AS LOCALIZED FLOODING AND SEVERE WEATHER EVENTS REMAIN POSSIBLE. 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 315 PM CDT FRI MAY 18 2007 TXZ074-182045- DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA- 315 PM CDT FRI MAY 18 2007 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR CENTRAL JEFF DAVIS COUNTY. AT 312 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS INTENSIFYING OVER CENTRAL JEFF DAVIS COUNTY...ABOUT 5 MILES WEST OF THE MCDONALD OBSERVATORY. THE STORM IS DRIFTING SOUTH AT LESS THAN 5 MPH. THIS STORM WILL AFFECT THE MCDONALD OBSERVATORY...AND STATE HIGHWAY 118 SOUTH OF THE MCDONALD OBSERVATORY. VERY HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH ARE ALL POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. SEEK SAFE SHELTER IF THIS THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES YOUR LOCATION.
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 230 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:09 UTC.
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Quarter sized hail covered the ground and was two inches deep. Also, trees were partially stripped of their leaves.
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