High winds occurred in Guadalupe Pass behind a strong cold front.
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The episode as NWS MAF wrote it up.
High winds occurred in Guadalupe Pass behind a strong cold front.
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 Apr 2, 5:00 PM MST, 2 hours 51 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 700 PM CDT TUE APR 2 2013 .UPDATE... SENT A QUICK UPDATE TO CANCEL THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR THE SOUTHEASTERN ZONES. SEE THE DISCUSSION BELOW FOR MORE DETAILS. && .DISCUSSION... THE LINE OF CONVECTION HAS CLEARED THE AREA TO THE EAST SO HAVE DECIDED TO GO AHEAD AND CANCEL THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. CANNOT RULE OUT ANY REDEVELOPMENT ACROSS THE REGION WITH THE UPPER TROUGH AXIS STILL TO THE WEST SO DID NOT CHANGE ANY OF THE POP OR WEATHER GRIDS FOR TONIGHT. THE COLD FRONT HAS PRETTY MUCH CLEARED THE REGION TO THE SOUTH RESULTING IN NORTHEASTERLY WINDS AND COOLER TEMPERATURES AREAWIDE. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 548 PM CDT TUE APR 2 2013/ DISCUSSION... SEE AVIATION DISCUSSION BELOW. AVIATION... LATEST SFC ANALYSIS SHOWS COLD FRONT HAS CLEARED ALL TERMINALS...W/THE FIRST ROUND OF CONVECTION EXITING TO THE SE. WV IMAGERY SHOWS THE UPPER TROUGH OVER THE FOUR CORNERS...AND FORECAST TO MOVE TO NE NM BY 12Z WEDNESDAY. LARGE-SCALE ASCENT AHEAD OF THIS FEATURE SHOULD RESULT IN ANOTHER ROUND OF CONVECTION OVERNIGHT. BUFFER SOUNDINGS MAINTAIN ISENTROPIC LIFT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING W/CIGS RANGING FROM LIFR AT KHOB TO MVFR AT KCNM...KINK...AND KPEQ...W/KMAF/KFST IN BETWEEN. ALL TERMINALS SHOULD IMPROVER TO VFR BY 22Z WEDNESDAY AS THE TROUGH EXITS THE REGION. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 313 PM CDT TUE APR 2 2013/ DISCUSSION... THE PESKY COLD FRONT THAT THE FCST MODELS CONTINUE TO STRUGGLE WITH HAS MOVED ALL THE WAY TO THE I-10 CORRIDOR THIS AFTERNOON. LOW CLOUDS AND FOG HAVE KEPT TEMPERATURES IN THE 30S AND 40S ALL DAY ACROSS THE NORTHERN PERMIAN BASIN AND SE NM. SUNNY SKIES AND SOUTHEAST WINDS ARE ALLOWING TEMPS TO CLIMB INTO THE 70S AND 80S SOUTH OF THE FRONT ACROSS THE LOWER TRANS PECOS AND ALONG THE RIO GRANDE. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO DEVELOPING ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE FRONT AND WILL CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. STRONG MID AND LOW LEVEL LAPSE RATES AND EFFECTIVE BULK SHEAR NEAR 40 KTS RESIDE ACROSS THE LOWER TRANS PECOS AND BIG BEND REGIONS. STRONG SFC HEATING IS LEADING TO UNSTABLE CONDITIONS WITH SBCAPE VALUES NEAR 3000 J/KG. SOME OF THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS AS THEY MOVE EAST THROUGH THE EVENING. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM FOR SOUTHERN PARTS OF THE PERMIAN BASIN...THE STOCKTON PLATEAU...THE BIG BEND REGION AND THE LOWER TRANS PECOS. A THUNDERSTORM OR TWO MAY SNEAK INTO SOUTHERN PARTS OF THE PERMIAN BASIN BEHIND THE COLD FRONT...HOWEVER THESE STORMS SHOULD REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LIMITS. FARTHER NORTH THE COLD AIR IS DEEPER AND ONLY SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT. MORE SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE REGION WEDNESDAY AS THE ASSOCIATED UPPER TROUGH MOVES THROUGH. THE LOW WILL MOVE EAST OF THE AREA THURSDAY WITH CLEARING SKIES BY AFTERNOON. THE UPPER PATTERN THEN BECOMES MORE ZONAL LATE IN THE WEEK INTO THE WEEKEND WITH CONDITIONS DRYING OUT AND TEMPERATURES WARMING BACK ABOVE NORMAL. LONG RANGE MODELS THEN SHOW A LARGE UPPER TROUGH DIGGING INTO THE WESTERN U.S. EARLY NEXT WEEK. THIS SYSTEM MAY BRING ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE AREA. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ANDREWS TX 39 56 38 72 / 60 30 10 0 BIG SPRING TX 38 52 37 68 / 60 40 10 0 CARLSBAD NM 43 63 39 78 / 30 20 0 0 DRYDEN TX 53 67 46 74 / 60 20 10 0 FORT STOCKTON TX 46 63 45 78 / 60 20 0 0 GUADALUPE PASS TX 39 63 43 74 / 20 10 0 0 HOBBS NM 38 55 36 73 / 50 20 0 0 MARFA TX 42 66 30 72 / 50 10 0 0 MIDLAND INTL AIRPORT TX 40 56 38 72 / 60 30 10 0 ODESSA TX 39 57 39 74 / 60 30 10 0 WINK TX 43 64 39 80 / 50 20 10 0 && .MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NM...NONE. TX...NONE. && 99/27
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 201 PM CDT TUE APR 2 2013 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-031915- 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- 201 PM CDT TUE APR 2 2013 /101 PM MDT TUE APR 2 2013/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND WEST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ISOLATED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED SOUTH OF I-20 THROUGH TONIGHT. THE GREATEST AREAL COVERAGE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO BE FROM THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS EAST TO THE LOWER TRANS PECOS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT. AN ISOLATED TORNADO CAN NOT BE RULED OUT IN PECOS AND TERRELL COUNTIES. THE STRONGER STORMS WILL ALSO BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINFALL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... THERE IS A 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF SPOTTER ACTIVATION THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING ACROSS THE PERMIAN BASIN. 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 416 PM CDT TUE APR 2 2013 TXZ075-082-022145- PECOS-TERRELL- 416 PM CDT TUE APR 2 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTING EAST CENTRAL PECOS AND NORTH CENTRAL TERRELL COUNTIES UNTIL 445 PM CDT... ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL TERRELL COUNTY ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BAKERSFIELD AT 415 PM CDT...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... GUSTY WINDS... HAIL... HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS. && LAT...LON 3078 10194 3052 10195 3051 10216 3072 10218 TIME...MOT...LOC 2115Z 258DEG 8KT 3064 10209
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
430 PM CDT TUE APR 02 2013
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0415 PM HAIL 29 E MARATHON 30.21N 102.75W
04/02/2013 M1.00 INCH PECOS TX PUBLIC
PENNY TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL OCCURRED FOR 5 MINUTES.
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AKL1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Several northeast wind gusts to 60 mph were recorded on the Guadalupe Pass ASOS behind a strong cold front.
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