As an upper level ridge began to slowly weaken over portions of northern Mexico, the combination of daytime heating and abundant mid and upper level moisture, resulted in the development of strong to severe thunderstorms across the area. Weaker wind flow resulted in slower moving storms and flash flooding.
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As an upper level ridge began to slowly weaken over portions of northern Mexico, the combination of daytime heating and abundant mid and upper level moisture, resulted in the development of strong to severe thunderstorms across the area. Weaker wind flow resulted in slower moving storms and flash flooding. In addition, severe winds were reported in some locations 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 Jun 26, 1:45 PM CST, 2 hours 45 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 245 PM CDT THU JUN 26 2008 .DISCUSSION... MODELS CONTINUE TO HOLD UPPER RIDGE OVER NORTHERN MEXICO FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS INDICATING IT TO ALTERNATELY WEAKEN THEN STRENGTHEN AS DISTURBANCES CONTINUE TO ROTATE THROUGH THE PERIPHERY. THIS WILL CONTINUE TO GIVE US CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA. AGAIN...FOR SOME LOCATIONS /MOUNTAINS AND SE NEW MEXICO/...PERSISTENCE IS THE WORD FOR ANOTHER DAY. THEN...AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL SWING THROUGH THE NORTHERN TIER OF STATES...FORCING A SURFACE FRONT OUR DIRECTION. THIS WILL ALSO INCREASE THE RAIN CHANCES ACROSS AN EVEN LARGER AREA THEN JUST THE HIGHER MOUNTAIN TERRAIN...AND SE NM WHERE MOST OF THE CONVECTION HAS BEEN INITIATING IN PREVIOUS DAYS. THIS FRONT WILL BEGIN TO MAKE ITS WAY SOUTH ON SATURDAY...AND LIKELY GENERATE ENOUGH CONVECTION TO THROW OUT SOME DECENT OUTFLOWS. THIS WILL INITIALLY TURN THE WINDS FROM THE NORTH ON SATURDAY...BUT THEY WILL LIKELY VEER BACK AROUND TO THE SOUTHEAST THROUGHOUT THE DAY BEFORE THE MAIN FRONT/REINFORCING SHOT DROPS DOWN ON SUNDAY. GIVEN THE RAIN CHANCES...CLOUD COVER...AND COOLER AIRMASS BEHIND THE FRONT...WE SHOULD SEE AN APPRECIABLE CHANGE IN AFTERNOON TEMPS OVER THE WEEKEND AND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. RIGHT NOW...MONDAY LOOKS TO BE THE COOL DAY WITH HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S FOR MOST LOCATIONS. WILL CONTINUE TO SEE THE PRECIP CHANCES AS THE SHEAR AXIS LINGERS ABOUT THE FORECAST AREA THROUGH POSSIBLY MID WEEK. RIGHT NOW...ONLY WENT WITH POPS IN THE 20S DUE TO TIMING UNCERTAINTIES...HOWEVER FULLY EXPECT TO SEE SOME BETTER CHANCES IN COVERAGE WITH THIS ANTICIPATED PATTERN. THE PESKY UPPER LEVEL RIDGE CENTERED OVER NORTHERN MEXICO WILL CONTINUE TO HANG AROUND THOUGH THROUGH MUCH OF THE EXTENDED. NOTE OF INTEREST THOUGH...THE EURO...GFS...AND ETA/WRF ALL INDICATE THE HIGH WILL BEGIN TO MIGRATE NORTH TOWARDS THE FOUR CORNERS REGION TOWARDS THE END OF THE MODEL RUNS. THIS COULD INDICATE A MAJOR CHANGE IN OUR SENSIBLE WEATHER PATTERN. STAY TUNED... && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... BIG SPRING TX 74 100 75 96 / 30 20 20 20 CARLSBAD NM 73 101 75 100 / 30 20 20 20 DRYDEN TX 73 99 74 99 / 20 20 20 20 FORT STOCKTON TX 72 99 74 100 / 30 20 20 20 GUADALUPE PASS TX 69 96 73 100 / 30 20 20 20 HOBBS NM 69 99 72 96 / 30 20 20 20 MARFA TX 66 93 69 92 / 30 20 20 20 MIDLAND INTL AIRPORT TX 73 99 74 96 / 30 20 20 20 ODESSA TX 72 99 74 97 / 30 20 20 20 WINK TX 74 101 76 104 / 30 20 20 20 && .MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NM...NONE. TX...NONE. && 13
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 114 PM CDT THU JUN 26 2008 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-271815- 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- 114 PM CDT THU JUN 26 2008 /1214 PM MDT THU JUN 26 2008/ 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 ACROSS MUCH OF WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO AGAIN TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE BEST CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL EXIST ACROSS SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...THE UPPER TRANS PECOS REGION...THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS AND STOCKTON PLATEAU. A FEW STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS TO NEAR 60 MPH...HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN. LIGHTNING STRIKES WILL ALSO HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO START WILDFIRES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. A FEW STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... THERE IS A LOW CHANCE OF SPOTTER ACTIVATION THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. 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 314 PM CDT THU JUN 26 2008 TXZ075-262100- PECOS- 314 PM CDT THU JUN 26 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL PECOS COUNTY. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF COYANOSA AT 314 PM CDT...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. WIND GUSTS NEAR 50 MPH...SMALL HAIL AND OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING STRIKES CAN BE EXPECTED. AREAS AFFECTED INCLUDE FARM TO MARKET ROADS 1776 AND 1450 AS WELL AS STATE HIGHWAY 18. SEEK SHELTER AS THIS THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES YOUR LOCATION.
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 164 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:31 UTC.
2 flash flood, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Local law enforcement reported one foot of water flowing across U.S. Highway 385 south of Fort Stockton.
Strong thunderstorm winds downed powerlines along County Road 219 northwest of Seminole.
Telephone poles were downed by severe thunderstorm winds at the intersection of U.S. Highway 385 and Texas State Highway 83 in Seagraves.
Texas State Highway 83 just west of Seagraves was blocked off due to high water covering the roadway.
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: 119243, 119235, 119237, 119241.