A westward moving upper trough and associated strong mid level winds resulted in high winds in the Guadalupe Mountains.
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The episode as NWS MAF wrote it up.
A westward moving upper trough and associated strong mid level winds resulted in high winds in the Guadalupe Mountains.
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 14, 10:40 PM MST, 1 hour 5 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1240 AM CDT MON JUL 15 2013
.DISCUSSION...
SEE 06Z AVIATION DISCUSSION BELOW.
&&
.AVIATION...
LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WILL BEGIN TO AFFECT THE TERMINALS WITH LOW
CEILINGS DEVELOPING AND MOVING INTO THE AREA. THE CEILINGS WILL
MOSTLY BE MVFR BUT ISOLATED LOCATIONS OF IFR AND LIFR WILL BE
POSSIBLE. CEILINGS ARE EXPECTED TO IMPROVE EARLY MONDAY AFTERNOON.
THE RAIN WILL BE PERIODIC THROUGHOUT THE DAY MONDAY INTO THE EVENING.
PERIODS OF HEAVIER RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE LATER DURING THE
OVERNIGHT AND MORNING HOURS ESPECIALLY FOR MAF. WINDS WILL REMAIN
GUSTY OUT OF THE NORTHEAST BUT WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE MONDAY
MORNING.
&&
PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 241 PM CDT SUN JUL 14 2013/
DISCUSSION...
AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY IS PROGRESSING WESTWARD INTO THE CWA AT
PRESENT BUT DID NOT ARRIVE IN TIME TO KEEP TEMPS IN THE WESTERN
LOW ROLLING PLAINS FROM NEARING 100. FORTUNATELY THIS WILL BE THE
LAST HOT DAY FOR A WHILE AS MUCH COOLER TEMPERATURES ADVECT IN
TONIGHT AND REMAIN THROUGH THE WEEK. MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW THE
HIGHLY ANTICIPATED RAINFALL DEVELOPING LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUING
ACROSS THE PERMIAN BASIN THROUGH TUESDAY...WITH THE FOCUS THEN
SHIFTING TO SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND AREAS OF TEXAS WEST OF THE
PECOS RIVER. PWATS NEAR 1.75 INCHES ARE WELL ABOVE NORMAL...AND
MODELS ARE SHOWING A NORTH/SOUTH ORIENTED SURFACE TROUGH ALONG
WHICH CONVECTION WILL DEVELOP AND TRAIN NORTHWARD SO HAVE ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THE PERMIAN BASIN AND LOWER TRANS PECOS
MONDAY INTO TUESDAY. THE CURRENT DROUGHT SHOULD ALLOW FOR RAINS IN
RURAL AREAS TO QUICKLY SOAK INTO THE SOIL SO THE MAIN FLASH FLOOD
THREAT WILL BE IN CITY STREETS WITH POOR DRAINAGE THAT ARE PRONE
TO FLOODING. HAVE NOT INCLUDED SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO AND THE
MOUNTAINS IN WEST TEXAS IN THE WATCH AT THIS TIME DUE TO THE FACT
THAT MOST OF THE RAIN IN THOSE AREAS WILL NOT FALL UNTIL LATE
TUESDAY AND INTO WEDNESDAY. THE WATCH WILL LIKELY NEED TO BE
EXPANDED WESTWARD AT A LATER TIME. IN ADDITION THE MUCH COOLER AIR
MOVING INTO THE AREA WILL CREATE A PRESSURE GRADIENT ALONG THE
GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS CAUSING STRONG WINDS TO BLOW IN THE PASS
TONIGHT AND EARLY TOMORROW.
THE UPPER LOW MOVES WEST WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND WITH IT RAIN CHANCES
WILL DIMINISH. WILL CONTINUE SLIGHT CHANCE POPS MAINLY IN THE
MOUNTAINS WHERE OROGRAPHICS AND HEATING FAVOR ISOLATED CONVECTION
THE END OF THE WEEK. AMAZINGLY MOST MODELS CONTINUE TO ADVECT COOL
850 MB TEMPS AND COMBINED WITH RESIDUAL MOISTURE WILL ALLOW FOR
ONLY A SLOW WARM UP LATE NEXT WEEK.
HENNIG
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.MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NM...HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL NOON MDT MONDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES... GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY.
TX...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES... ANDREWS...BORDEN...CRANE...DAWSON...ECTOR...
GAINES...GLASSCOCK...HOWARD...MARTIN...MIDLAND...MITCHELL...
PECOS...REAGAN...SCURRY...TERRELL...UPTON...WARD...WINKLER.
HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL NOON MDT MONDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES... GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS.
WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES... VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR.
&&
99HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 214 PM CDT SUN JUL 14 2013 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-151915- 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- 214 PM CDT SUN JUL 14 2013 /114 PM MDT SUN JUL 14 2013/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND WEST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT ACROSS SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...THE PERMIAN BASIN AND THE WESTERN ROLLING PLAINS. THE MAIN THREAT WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE HEAVY RAIN AND FLASH FLOODING. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT BEGINNING AT MIDNIGHT CDT FOR THE WESTERN LOW ROLLING PLAINS...PERMIAN BASIN AND LOWER TRANS PECOS. HIGH WINDS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING WITH 35 TO 45 MPH WINDS AND GUSTS REACHING 60 MPH. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR CULBERSON COUNTY FOR THE SAME TIME PERIOD. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY AN UPPER LOW IS FORECAST TO MOVE FROM EAST TO WEST ACROSS THE AREA MONDAY AND TUESDAY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA DURING THIS TIME PERIOD. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THIS SYSTEM WILL BE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WITH 2 TO 4 INCHES POSSIBLE AND SOME LOCATIONS RECEIVING MORE. FLASH FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS WILL LIKELY OCCUR IN AREAS THAT RECEIVE HEAVY RAIN. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 7 PM CDT TUESDAY FOR THE WESTERN LOW ROLLING PLAINS...PERMIAN BASIN AND LOWER TRANS PECOS. MORE LOCATIONS MAY BE ADDED TO THE WATCH AT A LATER TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. 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
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Several hours of sustained northeast winds of 40 to 45 mph occurred through Guadalupe Pass in the Guadalupe Mountains. A wind gust as high as 56 mph also occurred during this time.
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