An upper level low was over West Texas, and it interacted with a good supply of moisture and daytime heating. This combination of ingredients allowed for severe thunderstorms to develop across the Permian Basin.
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The episode as NWS MAF wrote it up.
An upper level low was over West Texas, and it interacted with a good supply of moisture and daytime heating. This combination of ingredients allowed for severe thunderstorms to develop 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 5, 5:17 PM CST, 8 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 617 PM CDT THU JUL 5 2012 .DISCUSSION... THE LATEST AVIATION DISCUSSION IS BELOW. && .AVIATION... THUNDERSTORMS WILL PERSIST UNTIL AROUND 06/021Z...EXCEPT PERHAPS LONGER OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN AWAY FROM THE SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS TAF SITES. WILL INCLUDE TSRA AT KCNM...KMAF...KINK AND KPEQ WITH VARIABLE WIND OF AT LEAST 20KT AND GUSTS AROUND 30KT. VFR CONDITIONS WILL THEN PREVAIL OVERNIGHT AND FRIDAY WITH A GENERAL SOUTHEAST WIND OF 10 TO 15KT. MAY NEED TO ADD THUNDERSTORMS AT KCNM AND KPEQ FOR FRIDAY AFTERNOON...BUT THE PROBABILITY IS TOO LOW TO ADD NOW. && .MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NM...NONE. TX...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 205 PM CDT THU JUL 5 2012 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-061915- 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- 205 PM CDT THU JUL 5 2012 /105 PM MDT THU JUL 5 2012/ 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 POSSIBLE ACROSS WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO. THE MAIN CONCERN WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN THAT COULD LEAD TO MINOR FLOODING... ESPECIALLY FOR AREAS THAT RECEIVED HEAVY RAIN YESTERDAY. AREAS SOUTH AND WEST OF THE PECOS RIVER HAVE THE BEST CHANCE FOR LOCALIZED FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO... THE VAN HORN REGION... THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS... AND MARFA PLATEAU. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. .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 117 PM CDT THU JUL 5 2012 TXZ068-075-051845- CRANE-PECOS- 117 PM CDT THU JUL 5 2012 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTING CENTRAL PECOS AND CRANE COUNTIES UNTIL 145 PM CDT... A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM 5 MILES SOUTH OF TUBBS CORNER TO 31 MILES SOUTH OF IMPERIAL AT 117 PM CDT...MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... GUSTY WINDS TO 50 MPH... HAIL TO DIME SIZE... BRIEF HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE. && SFJ
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 233 PM CDT THU JUL 5 2012 NMZ027-028-052000- GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-EDDY COUNTY PLAINS- 133 PM MDT THU JUL 5 2012 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTING WEST CENTRAL EDDY COUNTY UNTIL 200 PM MDT... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER WEST CENTRAL EDDY COUNTY AT 133 PM MDT...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH... HAIL TO PENNY SIZE... HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE. && SFJ
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 622 PM CDT THU JUL 5 2012 NMZ027-028-060000- GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-EDDY COUNTY PLAINS- 522 PM MDT THU JUL 5 2012 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTING CENTRAL EDDY COUNTY UNTIL 600 PM MDT... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES WEST OF CARLSBAD AT 521 PM MDT...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 15 MPH. WIND GUSTS TO 55 MPH WILL PRECEDE THIS STORM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... HEAVY RAIN AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. &&
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 624 PM CDT THU JUL 5 2012 TXZ052-063-060015- GLASSCOCK-HOWARD- 624 PM CDT THU JUL 5 2012 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTING HOWARD AND NORTHEASTERN GLASSCOCK COUNTIES UNTIL 715 PM CDT... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES EAST OF LEES AT 624 PM CDT...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH. GUSTY WINDS OVER 55 MPH WILL PRECEDE THIS STORM AND COULD AFFECT BIG SPRING BY 6 PM CDT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... HEAVY RAIN AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. &&
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 76 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:26 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A thunderstorm moved over Howard County and produced 70 mph wind gusts for ten minutes. These winds flattened a barn in Big Spring. The cost of damage to the barn is an estimate.
A thunderstorm moved over Howard County and produced 60 mph wind gusts that lasted for fifteen minutes. Tree limbs were reported to be blown down in Big Spring. The cost to remove the tree limbs is a very rough estimate.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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