A weak mid-level trough was over Texas, and plentiful moisture was in place across the area. Also, there was good instability present.
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The episode as NWS MAF wrote it up.
A weak mid-level trough was over Texas, and plentiful moisture was in place across the area. Also, there was good instability present. This contributed to thunderstorms developing across the Lower Trans Pecos.
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 28, 5:10 PM CST, 1 hour 20 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 610 PM CDT SUN APR 28 2013 .DISCUSSION... SEE AVIATION DISCUSSION BELOW. && .AVIATION... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON...BUT CHANCES FOR TS AT ANY TAF SITE IS LOW SO LEFT IT OUT OF THE FORECAST. ALL TS WILL END BY 03Z. WINDS MAY BE VARIABLE DUE TO OUTFLOW FROM THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE FIRST FEW HOURS OF THE TAF...BUT THE GENERAL ENVIRONMENTAL WIND FLOW WILL BE FROM THE SOUTHEAST THROUGH SOUTHWEST. VFR CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE PERIOD. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 255 PM CDT SUN APR 28 2013/ DISCUSSION... NOT MANY CHANGES IN THE SHORT TERM. WV IMAGERY SHOWS THE UPPER TROUGH PASSING THRU SE NM/WEST TEXAS...W/OUT MUCH FANFARE. LATEST SFC ANALYSIS SHOWS NO CAP THIS AFTERNOON...W/WIDESPREAD SBCAPES OF 1000-3000 J/KG ACROSS THE AREA. UNFORTUNATELY...LOW LVL FOCI FOR INITIATION ARE HARD TO DISCERN...AND W/AREA RADARS SHOW CONVECTION DEVELOPED FROM THE GUADALUPES TO THE DAVIS MTNS...ANY ACTIVITY WILL BE LARGELY OROGRAPHICALLY/DIURNALLY-DRIVEN. FORECAST SOUNDINGS ARE NOT IMPRESSIVE...SAVE FOR STEEP MID-LVL LR/S AND DRY SUBCLOUD LAYERS...SO A STORM OR TWO MAY BE ABLE TO SQUEEZE OUT SOME MARGINALLY SVR HAIL/WINDS THRU THE EVENING HRS. MONDAY...THE UPPER TROUGH WILL BE SE OF THE AREA...DIMINISHING CHANCES FURTHER...AND WE/VE LOWERED POPS OVER THE SRN HALF OF THE FA TO ISOLATED...TO COVER FOR MORE DIURNAL ACTIVITY OMTNS. IN THE MEANTIME...MODELS CONTINUE STRENGTHENING THE THERMAL RIDGE THRU TUESDAY...WARMING TEMPS TO THE 90S MOST PLACES BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. WEDNESDAY...A STRONG COLD FRONT ARRIVES AHEAD OF THE NEXT UPPER LEVEL TROUGH...W/MODELS BRINGING THE FRONT INTO THE WRN LOW ROLLING PLAINS/PB BY 18Z. GIVEN THIS TIMING...THE FRONT MAY SLOW OR HANG UP BUT...GIVEN THE PAST FEW...IT WOULDN/T BE SURPRISING IF IT DIDN/T. AT ANY RATE...CLOSE ATTN WILL NEED TO BE PAID TO TEMPS WED AFTERNOON...AND WE/VE UNDERCUT GUIDANCE ON THE ASSUMPTION OF SOONER THAN LATER ON FROPA. THESE TEMPS WILL LIKELY HAVE TO BE LOWERED FURTHER IF TRENDS KEEP UP. THERE REMAINS THE QUESTION OF PRECIP W/THIS FRONT AND W/THE PASSAGE OF THE UPPER TROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT...AND ALL MODELS OFFER DIFFERENT SOLUTIONS IN REGARDS TO MOISTURE RETURN AND INSTABILITY AHEAD OF THE FRONT. ALL ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT IN DEVELOPING QPF OVER THE ERN ZONES...AND SO WE/LL INSERT MINIMAL CONVECTIVE CHANCES THERE WEDNESDAY NIGHT...TO BE ADJUSTED AS NEEDED. POST-FRONTAL WINDS REMAIN A CONCERN...W/MODELS TIGHTENING UP SFC PRESSURE GRADS WEDNESDAY NIGHT OVER THE NW CWA TO 10MB/130NM. MODELS GUIDANCE STILL APPEARS TOO HIGH FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR...BUT IS COMING DOWN FROM YESTERDAY/S FORECASTS. WE/LL CONTINUE TAKING THEM DOWN A NOTCH...AS THEY/RE STILL A WAYS OUT. OTHERWISE...THURSDAY LOOKS TO BE WELL-BLO NORMAL...W/A SLOW WARMUP INTO THE WEEKEND. AS COLD AS THIS NEXT AMS APPEARS TO BE...TEMPS SHOULD ROUND OUT THE EXTENDED BELOW NORMAL. && .MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NM...NONE. TX...NONE. && 10
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 250 PM CDT SUN APR 28 2013 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-291200- 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- 250 PM CDT SUN APR 28 2013 /150 PM MDT SUN APR 28 2013/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND WEST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING OVER MUCH OF WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO. WIND GUSTS TO 55 MPH...SMALL HAIL...AND LIGHTNING ARE EXPECTED. LOOK FOR THIS ACTIVITY TO DISSIPATE AFTER SUNSET. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY ISOLATED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AGAIN MONDAY AND TUESDAY. THE BEST CHANCES FOR THESE STORMS WILL BE OVER THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS...MARFA PLATEAU...BIG BEND...AND LOWER TRANS PECOS REGIONS OF WEST TEXAS. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. GUSTY NORTH WINDS AND BLOWING DUST WILL ACCOMPANY THIS FRONT. ALSO...GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH GUADALUPE PASS LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND INTO THURSDAY. .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 313 PM CDT SUN APR 28 2013 TXZ074-081-282045- BIG BEND AREA-DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA- 313 PM CDT SUN APR 28 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTING NORTH CENTRAL BREWSTER COUNTY UNTIL 345 PM CDT... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF ALTUDA AT 312 PM CDT...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. NICKLE SIZED HAIL...WIND GUSTS TO 55 MPH...AND OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SEEK SHELTER IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH YOUR LOCATION. && LAT...LON 3050 10322 3024 10320 3032 10365 3047 10362 TIME...MOT...LOC 2012Z 272DEG 23KT 3039 10351
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 201 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:29 UTC.
2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
A thunderstorm developed over Terrell County and produced pingpong ball sized hail one mile southeast of Sanderson.
A thunderstorm developed over Terrell County and produced half dollar sized hail three miles southeast of Sanderson.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2013Every state in 2013This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, April 2013
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: 439490, 439491.