A retreating dryline and Pacific cold front resulted in strong surface convergence across the Permian Basin of Texas during the evening hours. In addition, a low level jet ahead of the cold front provided moisture transport into the Permian Basin.
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The episode as NWS MAF wrote it up.
A retreating dryline and Pacific cold front resulted in strong surface convergence across the Permian Basin of Texas during the evening hours. In addition, a low level jet ahead of the cold front provided moisture transport into the Permian Basin. The previous ingredients combined with deep layer shear to produce a couple of supercells overnight.
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 Nov 6, 11:46 PM CST, 24 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1146 PM CST SUN NOV 6 2011
.DISCUSSION...
THE 06Z AVIATION FORECAST DISCUSSION IS INCLUDED BELOW.
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.AVIATION...
A LOW LEVEL JET WILL DEVELOP OVER THE PERMIAN BASIN OVERNIGHT...AND
RESULT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF LOW CLOUDS AND FOG. WILL INCLUDE
PREVAILING IFR CEILINGS AT MIDLAND...WITH MORE TEMPORARY IFR
CEILINGS AT WINK...PECOS AND FORT STOCKTON. THINK THE FOG WILL DROP
TO MVFR LEVELS FOR THE MOST PART...BUT IFR VISIBILITIES IN DENSE FOG
COULD OCCUR ALONG THE WESTERN FRINGE OF LOW CLOUDS...THAT IS ALONG
THE PECOS RIVER. THESE LOWER VISIBILITIES COULD AFFECT PECOS AND
WINK IN PARTICULAR...BUT WILL NOT CARRY AT THIS TIME DUE TO THE LOW
PROBABILITY. CLOUD AND FOG WILL LIFT AROUND 07/15Z WHILE SOUTHWEST
WINDS PICK UP TO 15 TO 20KT AREAWIDE BY MONDAY AFTERNOON.
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE MONDAY EVENING...BUT PROBABILITIES
ARE LOW EVEN FOR THE EASTERNMOST TAF SITE AT MIDLAND.
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.MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NM...NONE.
TX...FIRE WEATHER WATCH MONDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES...
DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA...MARFA PLATEAU...PECOS...
REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS.
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67HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 104 PM CST SUN NOV 6 2011 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-071915- 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- 104 PM CST SUN NOV 6 2011 /1204 PM MST SUN NOV 6 2011/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND WEST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE PERMIAN BASIN... AND LEA COUNTY NEW MEXICO...AND PORTIONS OF THE TRANS PECOS REGION LATE TONIGHT. A FEW STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES...SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THERE WILL BE AN INCREASING CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE PERMIAN BASIN...THE WESTERN LOW ROLLING PLAINS...AND PORTIONS OF THE LOWER TRANS PECOS REGION MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE...MAINLY ALONG AND EAST OF A SNYDER...BIG SPRING...BIG LAKE LINE. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER HAZARDS. FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS WILL RETURN TO SOME OF THE LOWER ELEVATIONS OF THE TRANS PECOS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE PECOS...FORT STOCKTON...ALPINE...AND MARFA AREAS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY OR TONIGHT. 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 Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 9 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 06:14 UTC.
3 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Minor fence damage was reported. The time of this report was estimated based on other hail reports and radar data.
The time of this report was estimated according to radar data. No damage was reported with the hail.
The spotter reported nickel hail almost covered the ground.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2011Every state in 2011This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, November 2011
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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 354398, 354399, 354396, 354397.