An upper level trough was present across central Texas with good low level moisture over the Permian Basin. This trough helped to create lift over the area which resulted in thunderstorms with heavy rain forming across the Permian Basin.
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The episode as NWS MAF wrote it up.
An upper level trough was present across central Texas with good low level moisture over the Permian Basin. This trough helped to create lift over the area which resulted in thunderstorms with heavy rain forming across the Permian Basin.
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 16, 1:27 PM CST, 3 hours 23 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 227 PM CDT MON JUL 16 2012 .DISCUSSION... ACCAS OUTSIDE IS DEVELOPING INTO ELEVATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. THE LATEST RUC IS DOING A GOOD JOB DEPICTING THIS PRECIP...BUT IS ALSO INDICATING IT WILL QUICKLY DISSIPATE AFTER 00Z. THUS HAVE INCLUDED PRE-FIRST PERIOD POPS IN THE ZONES FORECAST TO CAPTURE THE EARLY POPS WHICH DECREASE LATER THIS EVENING. THE DRY SUB-CLOUD LAYER COULD ALLOW FOR GUSTY WINDS NEAR THE THUNDERSTORMS...BUT VERY LITTLE SHEAR WILL PREVENT ANY SERIOUS THREAT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. RAIN CHANCES WILL CONTINUE THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS AS AN UPPER LEVEL LOW SLOWLY MOVES WEST ACROSS TEXAS AND INTO THE DESERT SOUTHWEST. RAIN CHANCES WILL BE GREATEST TOMORROW...THEN WILL BE CONCENTRATED WEST OF THE PECOS RIVER BEFORE ENDING LATE IN THE WEEK. TEMPERATURES WILL BE AT OR SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL DEPENDING ON PRECIP AND CLOUD COVERAGE...THEN WILL INCREASE ON THURSDAY AS THE LOW EXITS AND UPPER HEIGHTS INCREASE IN RESPONSE TO A BUILDING RIDGE. HENNIG && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ANDREWS TX 70 94 69 93 / 10 30 10 10 BIG SPRING TX 72 95 70 95 / 10 30 10 10 CARLSBAD NM 69 97 68 96 / 10 30 20 30 DRYDEN TX 73 94 72 92 / 10 30 20 10 FORT STOCKTON TX 71 95 70 92 / 20 30 20 10 GUADALUPE PASS TX 67 85 65 86 / 20 30 30 30 HOBBS NM 66 94 66 91 / 10 30 20 10 MARFA TX 60 85 60 87 / 20 40 40 30 MIDLAND INTL AIRPORT TX 71 94 70 94 / 10 30 10 10 ODESSA TX 73 94 71 93 / 10 30 10 10 WINK TX 74 98 72 95 / 10 30 20 10 && .MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NM...NONE. TX...NONE. && 05/10
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 1258 PM CDT MON JUL 16 2012 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-171800- 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- 1258 PM CDT MON JUL 16 2012 /1158 AM MDT MON JUL 16 2012/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND WEST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT...PARTICULARLY OVER THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS AND MARFA PLATEAU. SOME STORMS MAY PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...THOUGH RAIN CHANCES WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE AFTER WEDNESDAY. STORMS WILL BE MORE NUMEROUS IN THE MOUNTAIN AREAS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE. .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 05
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 207 PM CDT MON JUL 16 2012 TXZ045-161945- GAINES- 207 PM CDT MON JUL 16 2012 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTING SOUTHEASTERN GAINES COUNTY UNTIL 245 PM CDT... A STRONG AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FAIRVIEW AT 205 PM CDT...MOVING NORTH AT 5 MPH. IMPACTED LOCATIONS INCLUDE U.S. HIGHWAY 180... FM ROAD 1788. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS AND WIND GUSTS UPWARDS OF 55 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS AREA OF STORMS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... GUSTY WINDS... HAIL... HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE. IF SEVERE WEATHER IS OBSERVED...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND. &&
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 242 PM CDT MON JUL 16 2012 TXZ045-046-162030- DAWSON-GAINES- 242 PM CDT MON JUL 16 2012 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTING NORTHEASTERN GAINES AND WESTERN DAWSON COUNTIES UNTIL 330 PM CDT... AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM CEDAR LAKE TO WELCH AT 240 PM CDT. THE AREA OF STORMS WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. IMPACTED LOCATIONS INCLUDE CEDAR LAKE...WELCH...SAND...U.S. HIGHWAY 180...STATE HIGHWAY 83. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF DIMES AND WIND GUSTS UPWARDS OF 55 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF SEVERE WEATHER IS OBSERVED...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND. &&
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 341 PM CDT MON JUL 16 2012 TXZ046-162115- DAWSON- 341 PM CDT MON JUL 16 2012 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR A STRONG THUNDERSTORM AFFECTING CENTRAL DAWSON COUNTY UNTIL 415 PM CDT... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTH OF PUNKIN CENTER AT 340 PM CDT...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE LAMESA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... GUSTY WINDS... HAIL... HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE. &&
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 444 PM CDT MON JUL 16 2012 TXZ050-051-061>063-162215- ECTOR-GLASSCOCK-MARTIN-MIDLAND-ANDREWS- 444 PM CDT MON JUL 16 2012 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MIDLAND AND ECTOR COUNTIES THROUGH 515 PM CDT... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER MIDLAND AND ECTOR COUNTIES ARE MOVING TO THE SOUTH AT AROUND 20 MPH. WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE MIDLAND... ODESSA... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... GUSTY WINDS... HAIL... HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE. &&
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 516 PM CDT MON JUL 16 2012 TXZ061-062-068-162245- ECTOR-MIDLAND-CRANE- 516 PM CDT MON JUL 16 2012 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTING NORTHEASTERN CRANE...SOUTHEASTERN ECTOR AND SOUTHWESTERN MIDLAND COUNTIES UNTIL 545 PM CDT... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES NORTH OF PLEASANT FARMS AT 514 PM CDT...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. GUSTY WINDS UP TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE SOUTH ODESSA... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... GUSTY WINDS... HAIL... HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE. &&
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 12 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:48 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
A thunderstorm moved across Midland County and produced heavy rain over the City of Midland. This heavy rain resulted in cars being stalled and roads being barricaded. There were no injuries and no damage was reported, so the cost of damage is a very rough estimate.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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