The region was under the eastern edge of an upper ridge. A pre-frontal trough was over the area with a cold front further north across the Permian Basin.
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The episode as NWS MAF wrote it up.
The region was under the eastern edge of an upper ridge. A pre-frontal trough was over the area with a cold front further north across the Permian Basin. This feature provided enough lift for thunderstorms to develop across the Big Bend area.
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 26, 2:05 PM CST, 1 hour 55 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 305 PM CDT FRI JUL 26 2013 .DISCUSSION... WV IMAGERY SHOWS THE UPPER RIDGE HAS SHIFTED WEST OVER THE PAST 24 HOURS...AND NOW IS CENTERED W OF KELP. DESPITE THIS...AND THE ARRIVAL OF A COLD FRONT...TEMPS A FEW DEGREES WARMER THAN THIS TIME YESTERDAY...PERHAPS DUE TO LESS CLOUD COVER. ALSO...MODELS HAVE BEEN PORTRAYING A PRE-FRONTAL TROUGH-TYPE SCENARIO...W/THE COLDER AIR NOT ARRIVING UNTIL AFTER PEAK HEATING. SFC ANALYSIS SHOWS THE PREFRONTAL TROUGH HAS MADE IT TO AROUND KMRF-KFST-KST1...WHILE THE FRONT ITSELF APPEARS A BIT FURTHER NORTH...BUT THRU KMAF. THIS FEATURE SHOULD SETTLE SOUTH...AND BE THE FOCUS FOR CONVECTION ACROSS THE MRF PLATEAU...BIG BEND...AND LWR TRANS PECOS OVERNIGHT. AREA RADARS ALREADY SHOW CONVECTION IN THESE AREAS...EXTENDING UP TO THE GUADALUPES...LIKELY A RESULT UP UPSLOPE FLOW W/THE PREFRONTAL TROUGH. AS THE FRONT FURTHER SETTLES SATURDAY...SFC FLOW WILL VEER TO EASTERLY...SHIFTING THE CONVECTIVE FOCUS SW AND W. W/INCREASED RELEASES ON THE RIO CONCHOS...ANY CONTRIBUTING RAINFALL IN THE RIO GRANDE WATERSHED WILL RESULT IN FLOODING CONCERNS FROM PRESIDIO SOUTH TO THE PARK. THIS MAY BE FURTHER EXACERBATED SUNDAY NIGHT/MONDAY...WHEN MODELS DEVELOP A VORT MAX/SHORTWAVE INVOF CANDELARIA/PRESIDIO...FOR A CHANCE OF RAIN THERE. TUESDAY ONWARD...THE UPPER RIDGE BUILDS BACK INTO THE REGION...AND WE/VE CONSEQUENTLY KEPT THE GRIDS DRY IN THE EXTENDED. FOR TEMPS...FRONT SHOULD KNOCK TEMPS TO BELOW NORMAL SATURDAY...W/A REBOUND TO ABV NORMAL SUNDAY INTO THE EXTENDED. THE GFS IS A LITTLE COOLER THAN 24 HRS AGO...BUT IS WARMER THAN THE ECMWF...WHICH HAS BEEN TOO COOL AS OF LATE. W/THE EXPECTED RIDGE REASSERTION...WE/LL ANTICIPATE TEMPS ON THE WARMER SIDE OF THINGS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ANDREWS TX 69 91 67 97 / 10 10 10 10 BIG SPRING TX 67 93 69 98 / 10 10 10 10 CARLSBAD NM 73 91 71 95 / 10 20 10 20 DRYDEN TX 77 95 72 96 / 60 10 10 10 FORT STOCKTON TX 73 95 69 97 / 40 10 10 10 GUADALUPE PASS TX 66 84 70 87 / 20 30 20 30 HOBBS NM 66 90 65 94 / 10 10 10 10 MARFA TX 64 86 62 85 / 40 30 10 20 MIDLAND INTL AIRPORT TX 69 93 68 98 / 10 10 10 10 ODESSA TX 72 93 69 97 / 10 10 10 10 WINK TX 70 95 69 99 / 10 10 10 10 && .MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NM...NONE. TX...NONE. && 67/44
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 226 PM CDT FRI JUL 26 2013 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-271930- 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- 226 PM CDT FRI JUL 26 2013 /126 PM MDT FRI JUL 26 2013/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND WEST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ALONG AND WEST OF THE PECOS RIVER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT, WITH MORE ISOLATED STORMS POSSIBLE TO THE EAST AS A COLD FRONT MOVES TO NEAR THE PECOS RIVER THIS EVENING. STRONGER STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL AND LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING, GUSTY WINDS AND OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING. WATER RELEASES ON THE RIO CONCHOS IN MEXICO, ALONG WITH ANY HEAVY RAIN THAT FALLS OVER ALAMITO AND TERLINGUA CREEKS, OR THE RIO GRANDE RIVER WATERSHED, WILL RESULT IN ELEVATED FLOWS AND FLOODING ON THE RIO GRANDE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS WEEKEND...WITH THE BEST CHANCES ALONG AND WEST OF THE PECOS RIVER. STRONGER STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL, GUSTY WINDS AND OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING. PERIODIC WATER RELEASES ON THE RIO CONCHOS IN MEXICO MAY CONTINUE THIS WEEKEND, IF NOT THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE OVER ALAMITO AND TERLINGUA CREEKS, AND THE RIO GRANDE RIVER BASIN DURING THIS TIME. THEREFORE, ADDITIONAL FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG THE RIO GRANDE RIVER. .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
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A thunderstorm moved across Brewster County and produced a 63 mph wind gust at Panther Junction. No damage was reported.
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