Upslope flow and plenty of moisture resulted in thunderstorms developing near a surface trough across the northwest Permian Basin. Sufficient instability and modest deep layer shear near the same area resulted in a couple of severe wind gusts, in addition to marginal hail.
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The episode as NWS MAF wrote it up.
Upslope flow and plenty of moisture resulted in thunderstorms developing near a surface trough across the northwest Permian Basin. Sufficient instability and modest deep layer shear near the same area resulted in a couple of severe wind gusts, in addition to marginal hail.
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 20, 1:43 PM CST, 1 hour 47 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 243 PM CDT SUN JUN 20 2010 .DISCUSSION... ANOTHER WARM AFTERNOON ON TAP...W/WV IMAGERY SHOWING UPPER RIDGE CENTERED OVER CENTRAL TEXAS...AND SW FLOW ALOFT OVER SE NM/WEST TEXAS. 12Z KMAF RAOB ANALYSIS IS SIMILAR TO 24 HRS PRIOR...ALTHOUGH THE H7 CAP IS OBVIOUSLY WEAKER...W/CONVECTION ALREADY FIRING OUT WEST INVOF A THETA-E RIDGE AXIS. ALTHOUGH SEVERE PARAMETERS ON THE 12Z RAOB LOOK MINIMAL...GOES SOUNDINGS FOR LOCATIONS FURTHER WEST LOOK SLIGHTLY MORE IMPRESSIVE...W/POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED LARGE HAIL/DAMAGING WINDS. ALSO...W/PWATS NEARING 150 PCT OF NORMAL...A HEAVY RAINFALL POTENTIAL EXISTS. ISOLATED CONVECTION WILL BE POSSIBLE MONDAY AFTERNOON AS WELL...ONLY A LITTLE FURTHER NW OUT ON THE PERIPHERY OF THE RIDGE. WE/LL LEAVE THE GRIDS BEYOND MONDAY AFTERNOON DRY...AS THE RIDGE REASSERTS ITSELF AND PUTS A CAP ON THINGS. FOR TEMPS...WARM WX UNDER THE RIDGE CONTINUES THRU THE EXTENDED. FORECAST SOUNDINGS/TEMP PROGS MAINTAIN THAT GUIDANCE IS REASONABLE ON HIGHS...AOA NORMAL...BUT REMAINS TOO COOL ON LOWS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... BIG SPRING TX 73 96 71 97 / 10 0 0 10 CARLSBAD NM 71 99 70 100 / 20 10 0 10 DRYDEN TX 71 97 71 97 / 10 0 0 10 FORT STOCKTON TX 71 99 71 98 / 20 0 0 10 GUADALUPE PASS TX 71 94 71 92 / 10 10 10 10 HOBBS NM 68 98 68 97 / 30 10 0 10 MARFA TX 60 91 60 91 / 30 10 10 10 MIDLAND INTL AIRPORT TX 73 97 70 98 / 20 0 0 10 ODESSA TX 72 97 74 97 / 20 0 0 10 WINK TX 74 101 73 103 / 30 0 0 10 && .MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NM...NONE. TX...NONE. && 10/44
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 1246 PM CDT SUN JUN 20 2010 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-211800- 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- 1246 PM CDT SUN JUN 20 2010 /1146 AM MDT SUN JUN 20 2010/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND WEST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE STRONGER STORMS MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY FREQUENT LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...AND LARGE HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .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 239 PM CDT SUN JUN 20 2010 TXZ075-202015- PECOS- 239 PM CDT SUN JUN 20 2010 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTING WEST CENTRAL PECOS COUNTY UNTIL 315 PM CDT... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BELDING AT 239 PM CDT...MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS TO 50 MPH. SEEK SHELTER IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH YOUR LOCATION. &&
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 308 PM CDT SUN JUN 20 2010 TXZ058-067-075-202045- WARD-PECOS-REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS- 308 PM CDT SUN JUN 20 2010 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS AFFECTING EAST CENTRAL REEVES...NORTHWESTERN PECOS AND SOUTH CENTRAL WARD COUNTIES UNTIL 345 PM CDT... A THUNDERSTORM WITH NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS TO 50 MPH WAS LOCATED 12 MILES SOUTH OF COYANOSA AT 308 PM CDT...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SEEK SHELTER IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH YOUR LOCATION. &&
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 89 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:29 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A land owner reported that a 4 foot tree was blown over and several 4 to 5 inch tree limbs were broken. In addition, the roof of a 30' by 50' barn was torn off and some of the home's roof shingles were damaged.
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