An upper level ridge was present across the Western United States with a mid-level shortwave trough to the north over the Texas panhandle. A weak front was across the Permian Basin.
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The episode as NWS MAF wrote it up.
An upper level ridge was present across the Western United States with a mid-level shortwave trough to the north over the Texas panhandle. A weak front was across the Permian Basin. These features, along with abundant insolation from the sun and decent surface moisture, helped to create lift and instability needed for severe thunderstorms.
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 9, 5:10 PM CST, 1 hour 5 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 610 PM CDT MON JUL 9 2012 .DISCUSSION... THE LATEST AVIATION DISCUSSION IS BELOW. && .AVIATION... VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH THE NIGHT AT ALL AREA TAF SITES. CONVECTION WAS MINIMAL OVER THE AREA THIS EVENING AS LOW LEVEL BOUNDARIES WERE SPARSE. THIS COULD CHANGE RAPIDLY THOUGH...AND WILL MONITOR FOR THE ADDITION OF THUNDERSTORMS TO ANY OF THE TAF SITES THROUGH THE NIGHT. IT DOES APPEAR CONVECTION WILL BE MORE PREVALENT TUESDAY AND HAVE INCLUDED TSRA AT ALL TAF SITES BEGINNING IN THE MORNING...WHICH COULD LAST THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY. && .MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NM...NONE. TX...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 213 PM CDT MON JUL 9 2012 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-101915- 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- 213 PM CDT MON JUL 9 2012 /113 PM MDT MON JUL 9 2012/ 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 ACROSS SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS THROUGH TONIGHT. THE PRIMARY HAZARD WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL ALSO BE CAPABLE OF SMALL DIME SIZE HAIL...GUSTY WINDS TO 50 MPH...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THE CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES THROUGH THURSDAY. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND LOCALIZED FLOODING WILL BE THE PRIMARY HAZARD WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS. FREQUENT LIGHTNING WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED BUT LOCAL INTERESTS WILL NEED TO KEEP ABREAST OF THE WEATHER...ESPECIALLY THROUGH TOMORROW NIGHT. 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 San Angelo radar (KSJT), 95 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:13 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A thunderstorm moved over Reagan County and produced a 70 mph wind gust in Big Lake. The wind blew the roof off of the Mustang Inn. The cost of the damage is a rough estimate.
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