A strong cold front moved through southeast New Mexico on this day, resulting in a tight surface pressure gradient across the region. The northeast surface winds behind this front briefly gusted to 60 mph across the Guadalupe Mountains of New Mexico.
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The episode as NWS MAF wrote it up.
A strong cold front moved through southeast New Mexico on this day, resulting in a tight surface pressure gradient across the region. The northeast surface winds behind this front briefly gusted to 60 mph across the Guadalupe Mountains of New Mexico.
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 13, 11:16 PM MST, 3 hours 44 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 116 AM CDT THU MAY 14 2009 .DISCUSSION... SEE 06Z AVIATION DISCUSSION BELOW. && .AVIATION... THE LATEST KMAF RADAR DATA SHOWS A DRYLINE JUST EAST OF PECOS TO NEAR SEMINOLE. LOOKING FARTHER NORTH...A COLD FRONT WAS LOCATED ACROSS THE SOUTH PLAINS FROM SUNDOWN TO POST. THE DRYLINE WILL CONTINUE TO RETREAT WESTWARD WHILE THE COLD FRONT PUSHES SOUTH. GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THE COLD FRONT ALONG WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF A BRIEF PERIOD OF MVFR CIGS AT KMAF AND KFST BEHIND THE BOUNDARY. WE ALSO EXPECT LLWS AT KMAF BEHIND THE FRONT AS A LOW-LEVEL JET REMAINS INTACT ABOVE THE FRONTAL ZONE. DAYTIME HEATING SHOULD ALLOW FOR CB DEVELOPMENT ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. WE COULD SEE SOME ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT ACROSS THE TRANS PECOS REGION THIS AFTERNOON ALONG THE WEAKENING COLD FRONT. THE BETTER CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS APPEARS TO OCCUR AFTER 15/02Z AND WE HAVE INSERTED PROB30 GROUPS AT KMAF...KINK...KFST AND KPEQ. && .MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NM...NONE. TX...NONE. && 06
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 424 AM CDT THU MAY 14 2009 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-150930- 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- 424 AM CDT THU MAY 14 2009 /324 AM MDT THU MAY 14 2009/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND WEST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A COLD FRONT COMBINED WITH DAYTIME HEATING WILL LEAD TO ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS WEST TEXAS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR AREAS MAINLY EAST OF A SEMINOLE TO PECOS TO PANTHER JUNCTION LINE. THE MAIN CONCERN WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE FRIDAY AND SATURDAY ACROSS WEST TEXAS AND NEW MEXICO. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE LOWER TRANS PECOS AND STOCKTON PLATEAU ON SATURDAY. .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
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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