A dryline was present across the Permian Basin and Trans Pecos region. Across the Trans Pecos, instability and moisture values combined with elevated terrain provided an environment conducive for thunderstorm development.
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A dryline was present across the Permian Basin and Trans Pecos region. Across the Trans Pecos, instability and moisture values combined with elevated terrain provided an environment conducive for thunderstorm development.
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 Sep 25, 5:27 PM CST, 48 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 627 PM CDT TUE SEP 25 2012 .DISCUSSION... && .AVIATION... SCATTERED STORMS HAVE DEVELOPED ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON... HAVE INCLUDED TEMPO TSRA AT MAF AND FST THROUGH 02Z. OTHER THAN THAT IT SHOULD BE VFR THROUGH THE FORECAST WITH WIND BECOMINGLY SOUTHERLY AT ALL TAF SITES AS DRYLINE DRIFTS WEST. && .MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NM...NONE. TX...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 122 PM CDT TUE SEP 25 2012 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-261830- 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- 122 PM CDT TUE SEP 25 2012 /1222 PM MDT TUE SEP 25 2012/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND WEST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING OVER WEST TEXAS. THE BEST CHANCES WILL BE OVER THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS AND STOCKTON PLATEAU. THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE DRY LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS. ELSEWHERE...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN WEDNESDAY....ALONG AND WEST OF A LAMESA...TO FORT STOCKTON...TO LAJITAS LINE. THESE STORMS MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY GUSTY WINDS AND DRY LIGHTNING. THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY...RAIN CHANCES WILL INCREASE OVER ALL OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS. AT THIS TIME...SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED BUT HEAVY RAINFALL COULD OCCUR. .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 44
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 330 PM CDT TUE SEP 25 2012 TXZ075-252100- PECOS- 330 PM CDT TUE SEP 25 2012 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS AFFECTING CENTRAL PECOS COUNTY UNTIL 400 PM CDT... A THUNDERSTORM WITH SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS WAS LOCATED 20 MILES SOUTH OF FORT STOCKTON AT 330 PM CDT...MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED OVER U.S. HWY 285. LAT...LON 3049 10244 3043 10269 3066 10274 3071 10254 TIME...MOT...LOC 2030Z 343DEG 4KT 3060 10261
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 402 PM CDT TUE SEP 25 2012 TXZ075-252130- PECOS- 402 PM CDT TUE SEP 25 2012 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTING SOUTH CENTRAL PECOS COUNTY UNTIL 430 PM CDT... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED ALONG HIGHWAY 285...35 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FORT STOCKTON AT 401 PM CDT...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. 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. && LAT...LON 3037 10244 3036 10270 3062 10267 3062 10247 TIME...MOT...LOC 2101Z 357DEG 8KT 3054 10258
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 550 PM CDT TUE SEP 25 2012 TXZ062-069-252315- MIDLAND-UPTON- 550 PM CDT TUE SEP 25 2012 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS AFFECTING NORTHEASTERN UPTON AND SOUTHEASTERN MIDLAND COUNTIES UNTIL 615 PM CDT... A THUNDERSTORM WITH SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS WAS LOCATED 12 MILES WEST OF MIDKIFF AT 549 PM CDT...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. THIS STORM WILL CROSS S.H. 349. BLOWING DUST CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. LAT...LON 3178 10180 3150 10178 3152 10214 3169 10213 TIME...MOT...LOC 2249Z 268DEG 12KT 3161 10203
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 629 PM CDT TUE SEP 25 2012 TXZ062-260000- MIDLAND- 629 PM CDT TUE SEP 25 2012 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTING SOUTHEASTERN MIDLAND COUNTY UNTIL 700 PM CDT... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS 3 MILES SOUTH OF SPRABERRY NEAR FARM TO MARKET ROAD 1379 AT 629 PM CDT...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. 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. && LAT...LON 3192 10179 3166 10178 3166 10196 3189 10199 TIME...MOT...LOC 2329Z 257DEG 12KT 3182 10186
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 645 PM CDT TUE SEP 25 2012 TXZ075-081-082-260015- PECOS-TERRELL-BIG BEND AREA- 645 PM CDT TUE SEP 25 2012 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS AFFECTING EAST CENTRAL BREWSTER...SOUTH CENTRAL PECOS AND WEST CENTRAL TERRELL COUNTIES UNTIL 715 PM CDT... A THUNDERSTORM WITH SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS WAS LOCATED 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF LONGFELLOW AT 645 PM CDT...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. LAT...LON 3025 10225 2994 10264 3023 10293 3048 10264 TIME...MOT...LOC 2345Z 315DEG 22KT 3022 10278
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 202 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:12 UTC.
3 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
A thunderstorm moved over Brewster County and produced eight inches to one foot of marble to penny sized hail.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2012Every state in 2012This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, September 2012
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: 407962, 407963, 407964.