Deep moisture across the region combined with an upper level disturbance overhead, resulting in scattered thunderstorms developing during the afternoon and evening hours.
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Deep moisture across the region combined with an upper level disturbance overhead, resulting in scattered thunderstorms developing during the afternoon and evening hours.
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 Sep 8, 1:52 PM CST, 1 hour 28 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 252 PM CDT TUE SEP 8 2009 .DISCUSSION... A WEAK CYCLONIC CIRCULATION...PERHAPS A REMNANT MCV FROM EARLY MORNING CONVECTION FAR SOUTHWEST TEXAS...IS CURRENTLY MOVING THROUGH THE TRANS PECOS REGION. THIS FEATURE ALONG WITH CONTINUED HEATING WILL AID CONVECTION ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THIS EVENING. BASED ON THE LATEST RADAR TRENDS AND NOTED AGREEMENT AMONG THE NAM/WRF...GFS AND ECMWF...WE HAVE DECIDED TO INCREASE POPS FOR TONIGHT. A FEW STRONG STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS THE MAIN CONCERNS. WE HAVE MENTIONED THIS IN THE HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK. WITH A WEAKENING UPPER LEVEL TROUGH ACROSS NORTHERN MEXICO OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS...WE CAN EXPECT AT LEAST ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE REGION. THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO...ALONG WITH THE ADJACENT PLAINS... WILL CONTINUE TO BE FAVORED FOR PRECIPITATION. WITH THIS IN MIND...WE HAVE OPTED TO INCREASE POPS THROUGH FRIDAY. A WEAK COLD FRONT MAY ENTER SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO LATE WEDNESDAY OR EARLY THURSDAY...BUT THIS FEATURE LOOKS VERY WEAK ACCORDING TO THE LATEST SHORT RANGE GUIDANCE. IF LATER MODEL RUNS STRENGTHEN THIS FRONT...THEN POPS MAY NEED TO BE RAISED ACROSS LEA AND EDDY COUNTIES. ATTENTION WILL THEN TURN TO THE UPCOMING WEEKEND WHERE THE MEDIUM RANGE MODELS SUGGEST A CLOSED LOW WILL BE PRESENT SOMEWHERE OVER THE CENTRAL OR HIGH PLAINS. THE OPERATIONAL GFS CONTINUES TO SHOW INCONSISTENCIES BETWEEN EACH SUCCESSIVE RUN...WHERE THE ECMWF HAS BEEN MUCH MORE STABLE. WE HAVE ALSO NOTED A FAIR NUMBER OF THE GFS ENSEMBLE MEMBERS SHOW A SIMILAR PATTERN IN THE MID-LEVELS AS THE OPERATIONAL ECMWF. OVERALL...WE WILL CONTINUE TO WEIGHT THE FORECAST HEAVILY TOWARD THE ECMWF SOLUTION. WE STILL EXPECT A COLD FRONT TO MOVE INTO THE REGION EARLY SATURDAY...WITH A DECENT CHANCE FOR RAINFALL ALONG WITH COOLER TEMPERATURES THIS WEEKEND. WE HAVE OPTED TO INCREASE RAIN CHANCES AREAWIDE ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY AND MAY TREND TEMPERATURES DOWN A LITTLE. FOR THE EARLY PART OF NEXT WEEK...WITH DIFFERING SOLUTIONS AMONG THE MODELS...WE WILL NOT MAKE TOO MANY CHANGES TO THE CURRENT FORECAST. A GRADUAL DECREASE IN RAIN CHANCES IS CURRENTLY IN THE FORECAST...HOWEVER IF THE ECMWF VERIFIES...WE WILL NEED TO MONITOR FOR ADDITIONAL PRECIPITATION GIVEN NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT OVER OUR AREA. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... BIG SPRING TX 68 89 67 86 / 20 20 20 20 CARLSBAD NM 64 91 65 87 / 20 20 20 20 DRYDEN TX 70 91 70 89 / 30 30 30 30 FORT STOCKTON TX 67 90 67 86 / 30 20 30 20 GUADALUPE PASS TX 61 88 61 83 / 30 20 20 20 HOBBS NM 64 88 64 86 / 30 20 30 30 MARFA TX 57 83 58 80 / 30 30 20 40 MIDLAND INTL AIRPORT TX 67 90 67 87 / 20 20 20 20 ODESSA TX 68 90 68 86 / 20 20 20 20 WINK TX 69 94 69 90 / 30 20 30 20 && .MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NM...NONE. TX...NONE. && 78/06
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 139 PM CDT TUE SEP 8 2009 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-091845- 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- 139 PM CDT TUE SEP 8 2009 /1239 PM MDT TUE SEP 8 2009/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND WEST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. ALTHOUGH WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED...ANY OF THE STRONGER STORMS THAT FORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH...SMALL HAIL...AND OCCASIONAL TO FREQUENT LIGHTNING. THE BIGGEST THREAT...HOWEVER...WILL BE HEAVY RAINFALL AS A RESULT OF HIGH LEVELS OF ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE. THE GREATEST COVERAGE OF STORMS IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE LOWER TRANS PECOS...EASTERN PERMIAN BASIN...WESTERN LOW ROLLING PLAINS...AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK ACROSS MUCH OF WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL REMAIN THE PRIMARY THREAT AS THE ATMOSPHERE REMAINS VERY MOIST. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. 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 232 PM CDT TUE SEP 8 2009 TXZ069-075-082000- PECOS-UPTON- 232 PM CDT TUE SEP 8 2009 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR EAST CENTRAL PECOS AND SOUTHERN UPTON COUNTIES. AT 228 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE MONITORING A THUNDERSTORM WITH SMALL HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PEAS AND GUSTY WINDS NEAR 50 MPH LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTH OF MCCAMEY...OR ABOUT 11 MILES EAST OF GIRVIN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THIS STORM WILL APPROACH US 67 BETWEEN RANKIN AND MCCAMEY IN APPROXIMATELY 30 MINUTES. PEOPLE IN EAST CENTRAL PECOS AND SOUTHERN UPTON COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF MCCAMEY AND RANKIN...SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR WARNINGS AND REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS. SEEK SHELTER IF STORMS APPROACH YOUR LOCATION.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 301 PM CDT TUE SEP 8 2009 TXZ068-069-082030- CRANE-UPTON- 301 PM CDT TUE SEP 8 2009 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR EAST CENTRAL CRANE AND WEST CENTRAL UPTON COUNTIES. AT 257 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 2 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF CRANE...OR JUST WEST OF US 385 NEAR MILE MARKER 385...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH. SMALL HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF MARBLES...WIND GUSTS NEAR 50 MPH...AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL ACCOMPANY THIS STORM. PEOPLE IN EAST CENTRAL CRANE AND WEST CENTRAL UPTON COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE CITY OF CRANE...SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR WARNINGS AND REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS. SEEK SHELTER IF THIS STORM APPROACHES YOUR LOCATION.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 349 PM CDT TUE SEP 8 2009 TXZ045-082115- GAINES- 349 PM CDT TUE SEP 8 2009 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR CENTRAL GAINES COUNTY. AT 347 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE MONITORING AN INTENSIFYING THUNDERSTORM THAT WAS LOCATED ABOUT 10 MILES EAST OF SEMINOLE IN CENTRAL GAINES COUNTY...MOVING NORTH AT 5 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA TO MARBLE SIZED HAIL AND WINDS GUSTING TO AROUND 50 MPH...IN ADDITION TO FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. THIS STORM WILL MAINLY IMPACT RURAL AREAS EAST OF SEMINOLE. PEOPLE IN CENTRAL GAINES COUNTY SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR WARNINGS AND REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 416 PM CDT TUE SEP 8 2009 TXZ050-061-082145- ANDREWS-ECTOR- 416 PM CDT TUE SEP 8 2009 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR NORTHEASTERN ECTOR AND SOUTHEASTERN ANDREWS COUNTIES. AT 415 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE MONITORING AN INTENSIFYING THUNDERSTORM LOCATED ACROSS FAR NORTHERN ECTOR COUNTY...ABOUT 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF GARDENDALE...MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING UP TO DIME SIZED HAIL AND STRONG WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH...IN ADDITION TO FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. THIS STORM WILL IMPACT RURAL AREAS NEAR U.S. HIGHWAY 385 IN FAR NORTHERN ECTOR AND FAR SOUTHERN ANDREWS COUNTIES. PEOPLE IN NORTH CENTRAL ECTOR AND SOUTHEASTERN ANDREWS COUNTIES SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR WARNINGS AND REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 38 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:18 UTC.
4 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
No damage was reported with this event.
Downed power poles were reported on the northeast side of Odessa. The number of power poles was not reported, and therefore, the monetary damage was estimated for this event.
Flash flooding was reported at the intersection of FM 1788 and Business 20. A few vehicles were stalled in the high water.
One to two inch diameter tree limbs were snapped by the winds.
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