Deep moisture advection across southeast New Mexico, strong upper level lift and substantial deep layer shear resulted in strong to severe thunderstorms.
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Deep moisture advection across southeast New Mexico, strong upper level lift and substantial deep layer shear resulted in strong to severe thunderstorms.
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 Oct 7, 4:28 PM MST, 4 hours 58 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 628 PM CDT WED OCT 7 2009 .DISCUSSION... SEE AVIATION DISCUSSION BELOW. && .AVIATION... THUNDERSTORMS AND FOG WILL BE THE MAIN CONCERN THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT WITH WIDESPREAD IFR CONDITIONS RETURNING AFTER 06Z AND LASTING THROUGH 15Z TO 17Z THURSDAY. CONFIDENCE IS HIGH ENOUGH TO INCLUDE PREDOMINATE TSRA CONDITION FOR A FEW HOURS LATE TONIGHT AT KHOB AND KCNM. VFR CONDITIONS SHOULD RETURN BY LATE THURSDAY MORNING. 12 && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 307 PM CDT WED OCT 7 2009/ DISCUSSION... A SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT PATTERN CONTINUES ACROSS WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO THIS AFTERNOON AHEAD OF AN UPPER LEVEL LOW CENTERED ACROSS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. A SURFACE WARM FRONT EXTENDS FROM FAR WEST TEXAS THROUGH THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS/MARFA PLATEAU...AND THEN ACROSS THE EDWARDS PLATEAU. A STRATUS DECK HAS HELD STRONG NORTH OF THE WARM FRONT AND EAST OF THE MOUNTAINS TODAY...WHERE SURFACE TEMPERATURES HAVE ONLY WARMED INTO THE 60S. TEMPERATURES ARE IN THE 80S+ SOUTH OF THE WARM FRONT WHERE SKIES HAVE CLEARED. THE WARM FRONTAL BOUNDARY IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY LIFT NORTHWARD ACROSS THE VAN HORN CORRIDOR...UPPER TRANS PECOS REGION AND PERMIAN BASIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING...SPREADING INCREASED LOW LEVEL MOISTURE NORTHWARD. LARGE SCALE LIFT WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE REGION LATER THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT IN THE RIGHT ENTRANCE REGION OF A 120+ KNOT JET THAT WILL STRETCH ACROSS THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO IN ADVANCE OF THE UPPER LOW OVER THE SOUTHWESTERN CONUS. THE COMBINATION OF THIS INCREASED LIFT ASSOCIATED WITH THE UPPER JET AND THE INCREASING MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH THE NORTHWARD MOVING FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL RESULT IN AN INCREASED CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. THE MOST FAVORED LOCATION FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ACROSS THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS...THE SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO PLAINS...AND THE NORTHWESTERN PERMIAN BASIN. PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN/TRAINING THUNDERSTORMS MAY RESULT IN LOCALIZED FLOODING/FLASH FLOODING IN THESE AREAS...AND WE HAVE HIGHLIGHTED THIS POTENTIAL IN THE HWO. STRONG DEEP LAYER SHEAR WILL BE SUPPORTIVE OF A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING/TONIGHT...BUT LAPSE RATES/INSTABILITY WILL BE SOMEWHAT LIMITED. THUS...AGREE WITH SPC SEE TEXT AREA WHICH HIGHLIGHTS THE CONDITIONAL SEVERE POTENTIAL. THE LOW TEMPERATURE FORECAST WILL BE CHALLENGING TONIGHT. AS SURFACE DEWPOINTS INCREASE FROM THE SOUTH...OVERNIGHT MINS SHOULD BE WARMER. THE SOUTHWESTERN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL FINALLY LIFT EASTWARD THURSDAY. A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MOST AREAS EAST OF THE MOUNTAINS THURSDAY. LIFT WILL THEN BECOME FOCUSED ACROSS EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE CWFA LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON/EVENING AHEAD OF THE APPROACHING PACIFIC FRONTAL BOUNDARY. AS SUCH...THE BEST CHANCE OF SHOWERS/STORMS HAVE BEEN HIGHLIGHTED FROM THE PERMIAN BASIN TO THE LOWER TRANS PECOS REGION AFTER 00Z THURSDAY...MOST LIKELY MAINLY DURING THE EVENING HOURS. A COLD FRONT IS STILL IN LINE TO PUSH ACROSS THE REGION FRIDAY MORNING...AND TEMPERATURES WILL BE COOLER FRIDAY WITH THE SURFACE RIDGE IN PLACE...PARTICULARLY ACROSS THE PERMIAN BASIN. THE FORECAST FOR THE WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK IS STILL UNCERTAIN. A COLD CANADIAN AIRMASS WILL PLUNGE SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS THIS WEEKEND. THE GFS STILL INDICATES SOME OF THIS COOLER AIR INFILTRATING THE NORTHERN CWFA LATE SATURDAY/SUNDAY. HAVE KEPT TEMPERATURES COOLER THAN MOS GUIDANCE THROUGH THE WEEKEND. A SECONDARY SURGE OF COLDER AIR STILL LOOKS TO ARRIVE MONDAY AND TUESDAY. HAVE GONE WITH A BLEND OF THE GFS/ECMWF GUIDANCE...WHICH SUPPORTS GOING SEVERAL DEGREES BELOW MOS GUIDANCE BOTH DAYS. && .MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NM...NONE. TX...NONE. && 49/21
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 1059 AM CDT WED OCT 7 2009 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-081600- 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- 1059 AM CDT WED OCT 7 2009 /959 AM MDT WED OCT 7 2009/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND WEST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE WILL BE A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS TODAY ACROSS MOST AREAS. AS SUNSHINE INCREASES ACROSS THE TRANS PECOS MOUNTAINS FROM NEAR VAN HORN SOUTHWARD ISOLATED STORMS WILL FORM. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME STRONG WITH HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH POSSIBLE. INTO THE EVENING THE CHANCE OF RAIN WILL INCREASE ACROSS AREAS FROM AROUND VAN HORN...TO THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS...EXTENDING NORTHEAST THROUGH THE SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS. THERE WILL BE SUFFICIENT ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN AND ISOLATED SEVERE WEATHER. STORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN MOVING THROUGH THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS AND PARTS OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH EDDY COUNTY WILL INCREASE THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCAL FLOODING AND FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND ARROYOS. THE HEAVY RAIN CONCERN WILL SHIFT INTO EAST EDDY COUNTY AND THEN PARTS OF LEA COUNTY LATER TONIGHT. LARGE HAIL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH STORMS THAT DEVELOP TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE EASTERN PERMIAN BASIN AND LOWER TRANS PECOS REGION THURSDAY. OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP. .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
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
806 PM CDT WED OCT 07 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0639 PM FLASH FLOOD TERLINGUA 29.32N 103.62W
10/07/2009 BREWSTER TX OTHER FEDERAL
2 AND A HALF FEET OF WATER OVER THE ROAD. ROADS IN THE
BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK ARE BEING BARRICADED
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JAMIE.GUDMESTADSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 816 PM CDT WED OCT 7 2009 NMZ027-028-TXZ058-258-080145- GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-EDDY COUNTY PLAINS- REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- 816 PM CDT WED OCT 7 2009 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR NORTHWESTERN CULBERSON AND SOUTHWESTERN EDDY COUNTIES. AT 715 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE MONITORING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM THAT WAS LOCATED 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF PINE SPRINGS...MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA TO MARBLE SIZED HAIL...STRONG WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. THIS STORM WILL IMPACT U.S. HIGHWAY 62 180 AND THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK. SEEK SAFE SHELTER INDOORS IF THIS STORM APPROACHES YOUR LOCATION.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 844 PM CDT WED OCT 7 2009 TXZ057-258-080215- VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- 844 PM CDT WED OCT 7 2009 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR NORTHWESTERN CULBERSON COUNTY. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER GUADALUPE PASS AT 744 PM CDT/844 PM CDT/...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH. GUSTY WINDS TO 55 MPH... SMALL HAIL... HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE.
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</html>The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 152 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 04:28 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A power pole was knocked down between the cities of Tatum and Lovington, NM. The exact location of the report was not available. Therefore, the location was estimated according to radar.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in New Mexico in 2009Every state in 2009This day in weather historyWarnings in New Mexico, October 2009
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 199438.