Southeasterly upslope flow, along with increasing low level moisture and daytime heating, resulted in scattered thunderstorms developing over portions of the Davis Mountains and Trans Pecos region of west Texas.
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Southeasterly upslope flow, along with increasing low level moisture and daytime heating, resulted in scattered thunderstorms developing over portions of the Davis Mountains and Trans Pecos region of west Texas.
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 Jul 14, 5:19 PM CST, 14 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 619 PM CDT THU JUL 14 2011 .DISCUSSION... PLEASE SEE THE 00Z AVIATION DISCUSSION BELOW. && .AVIATION... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED THIS AFTERNOON OVER THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS...AND ARE SPREADING NORTHEASTWARD TO JUST SOUTH OF PEQ. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO TRYING TO DEVELOP NEAR CNM. TEMPO TSRA GROUPS WILL BE INCLUDED FOR THESE AFOREMENTIONED TERMINALS THROUGH 04Z. ELSEWHERE...EXPECT SOME PASSING CIRRUS AND A FEW CU PRESENT THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS WITH SOUTHERLY WINDS NEAR 10 TO 15 KT. && .MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NM...NONE. TX...NONE. && 78
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 114 PM CDT THU JUL 14 2011 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-151815- 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 JUL 14 2011 /1214 PM MDT THU JUL 14 2011/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND WEST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO...THE UPPER TRANS PECOS AND THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS. THE GREATEST CHANCE OF THESE OCCURRING WILL BE IN THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS. WINDS OF 50 MPH AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGER STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY 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 356 PM CDT THU JUL 14 2011 TXZ058-074-142130- DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA-REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS- 356 PM CDT THU JUL 14 2011 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTING EASTERN JEFF DAVIS...NORTHWESTERN BREWSTER AND SOUTH CENTRAL REEVES COUNTIES UNTIL 430 PM CDT... AT 355 PM CDT...TWO STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTH OF TOYAVALE AND 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FORT DAVIS. THESE STORMS WERE NEARLY STATIONARY. SMALL HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS NEAR 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THE STORMS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IN ADDITION TO HAIL AND STRONG WINDS... DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER... YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. SEEK SAFE SHELTER NOW. &&
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 156 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:33 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
An estimated 20 to 30 power poles were knocked down or damaged along SH 17.
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