Upper level high pressure anchored over portions of northern Mexico and New Mexico allowed for a series of upper level disturbances to move across west Texas. This resulted in thunderstorm development across the region, with minor amounts of severe weather.
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The episode as NWS MAF wrote it up.
Upper level high pressure anchored over portions of northern Mexico and New Mexico allowed for a series of upper level disturbances to move across west Texas. This resulted in thunderstorm development across the region, with minor amounts of severe weather.
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 Jun 24, 5:44 PM CST, 1 hour 47 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 644 PM CDT TUE JUN 24 2008 .AVIATION... ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SE NEW MEXICO ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. EXCEPT FOR CNM...ALL OTHER TAF SITES SHOULD REMAIN RAIN FREE. ONGOING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN NEW MEXICO MAY DEVELOP INTO A LARGE CLUSTER/LINE OF STORMS AND TRACK E/SE INTO WEST TEXAS AND SE NM. MOST SOUTHERN EXTENT OF THIS LINE LOOKS TO BE NEAR THE HOB REGION AND THUS INCLUDED A TEMPO FOR GUSTY WINDS AND TSRA . OTHERWISE...S/SE WINDS WILL REMAIN ELEVATED THROUGH THE NIGHT AND THEN INCREASE AND BECOME GUSTY BY TOMORROW AFTERNOON. SCT TO BKN CLOUDS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE PERIOD. THE NEXT 24 HOURS WILL BE DOMINATED BY VFR CONDITIONS IN ALL AREAS BUT MAY DROP TO MVFR IN CNM AND HOB. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 149 PM CDT TUE JUN 24 2008/ DISCUSSION... OPPORTUNITIES FOR THUNDERSTORMS (ISOLATED TO CHANCE) WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK AND INTO THE WEEKEND. AN UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE AREA WILL REMAIN ANCHORED ACROSS MEXICO AND NEW MEXICO. UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK SOUTHEAST TOWARD THE TEXAS PANHANDLE/SOUTH PLAINS AND IMPINGE UPON A LEE TROUGH CENTERED ACROSS THE WEST TEXAS/NEW MEXICO BORDER. THE GFS40 850 TO 700 MILLIBAR THETA E RIDGE AGREED AMAZINGLY WELL WITH THE NAM 80 GRAPHICAL PRECIPITATION OUTPUT ESPECIALLY DURING THE DAYTIME THROUGH FRIDAY. THOUGHT THAT THE NAM PRECIPITATION OUTPUT HOWEVER WAS TOO LOW AT NIGHT (AS WELL AS THE GFS) CONSIDERING THE CONSISTENT AMOUNT OF SHORTWAVES IN THE NORTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT AND THE AFOREMENTIONED THETA E RIDGE FORECASTED THROUGH FRIDAY. PRECIPITATION CHANCES WILL CONTINUE INTO THE WEEKEND (AND MAY EVEN INCREASE) AS FORECASTED UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES APPEAR TO GET TRAPPED INSIDE THE RIDGE OVER WEST TEXAS. CONTINUED ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED POPS OVER THE REGION. WITH VERY WARM TEMPERATURES CONTINUING THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS WITH MODERATE SHEAR IN PLACE A FEW STORMS EACH DAY AND NIGHT COULD BECOME SEVERE BUT NOT EXPECTING WIDESPREAD EVENTS AT THIS TIME. && .MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NM...NONE. TX...NONE. && MEFFER/99
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 104 PM CDT TUE JUN 24 2008 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-251815- 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- 104 PM CDT TUE JUN 24 2008 /1204 PM MDT TUE JUN 24 2008/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND WEST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT ACROSS SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BE SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL THE MAIN THREATS. WILDFIRES STARTED BY LIGHTNING WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE... WITH ANY THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HAIL BEING A LESSER THREAT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS...BUT MAINLY IN THE AFTERNOON AND AT NIGHT. ISOLATED STORMS COULD PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL... IN ADDITION TO WILDFIRES STARTED BY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES. .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 458 PM CDT TUE JUN 24 2008 NMZ027-028-242230- GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-EDDY COUNTY PLAINS- 358 PM MDT TUE JUN 24 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR SOUTHWESTERN EDDY COUNTY. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES EAST OF QUEEN AT 358 PM MDT...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. AREAS IMPACTED ARE QUEEN AND STATE HIGHWAY 137. WINDS GUSTING UP TO 50 MPH... HAIL... LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 537 PM CDT TUE JUN 24 2008 NMZ027-028-TXZ058-258-242300- GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-EDDY COUNTY PLAINS- REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- 437 PM MDT TUE JUN 24 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL CULBERSON AND SOUTH CENTRAL EDDY COUNTIES. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER SOUTHWESTERN EDDY COUNTY AT 437 PM MDT OR 537 PM CDT...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH. AREAS IMPACTED ARE QUEEN AND US HIGHWAY 62/180. WINDS GUSTING TO 50 MPH... HAIL... LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE.
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 107 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:30 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Powerlines were downed by strong thunderstorm winds on the north side of Seagraves and again south of the city along Texas State Highway 385. In addition, a storage shed was blown into a house south southwest of Seagrave.
Penny to quarter sized hail was reported south of Seagraves.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2008Every state in 2008This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, June 2008
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 119231, 119229.