A flattened upper ridge was centered over northern Mexico, and southeast winds transported moisture into West Texas. An upper level disturbance moved over the region, and a surface trough was present across West Texas.
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The episode as NWS MAF wrote it up.
A flattened upper ridge was centered over northern Mexico, and southeast winds transported moisture into West Texas. An upper level disturbance moved over the region, and a surface trough was present across West Texas. These features, along with heating of the higher terrain, helped provide lift for thunderstorm development and strong winds.
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 28, 1:13 PM CST, 4 hours 17 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 213 PM CDT SUN JUL 28 2013 .DISCUSSION... RAIN CHANCES FOR MOST LOCATIONS IN THE NEAR TERM, BUT HOT TEMPERATURES EXPECTED FROM TUESDAY ONWARD. MONSOONAL MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE OVER THE REGION TODAY AND TONIGHT AS WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT OVER THE CENTRAL U.S. KEEPS AN UPPER RIDGE FLATTENED OVER MEXICO. A MID LEVEL SHORTWAVE TROUGH EMBEDDED WITHIN THIS MID AND UPPER LEVEL MOISTURE WILL TREK EASTWARD OVER THE AREA TODAY AND MONDAY, AND GIVE MOST LOCATIONS A CHANCE OF RAIN. A SURFACE TROUGH RESIDING OVER EASTERN NEW MEXICO INTO WEST TEXAS WILL PROVIDE A FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT, AS WILL THE HEATED HIGHER TERRAIN. THE FLOW ALOFT IS NOT VERY STRONG, SO HOW FAR EAST CONVECTION TRAVELS THIS AFTERNOON SHOULD BE LIMITED. DID, HOWEVER, INCREASE POPS OVER THE GLASS MOUNTAINS AND POINTS TO THE EAST FOR THIS AFTERNOON SINCE GOOD HEATING AND AMPLE MOISTURE WILL RESULT IN AN UNCAPPED ENVIRONMENT IN THESE AREAS TOO. SINCE SHEAR IS WEAK, ORGANIZED CONVECTION IS UNLIKELY, BUT A FEW HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS COULD ALSO PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS UP TO 45 MPH. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL COULD PRESENT A PROBLEM AS STORMS WILL BE SLOW MOVING AND THE ATMOSPHERE IS JUICED WITH PWATS OVER 1.5 INCHES, OR AT LEAST 150% OF NORMAL. THE MENTIONED MID LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE EAST TONIGHT, AND AS LOW LEVEL MOISTURE INCREASES OVER THE REGION ON SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS, WE COULD SEE SHOWERS AND STORMS LAST WELL INTO THE NIGHT, IF NOT OVER THE PERMIAN BASIN. THE SAME MID LEVEL FEATURE WILL STILL BE OVER THE REGION MONDAY, BUT THE SURFACE TROUGH WILL MOVE FURTHER EAST ALSO, SO HAVE KEPT RAIN CHANCES GOING MOST LOCATIONS AS MOISTURE WILL BE PLENTIFUL THROUGH THE ATMOSPHERIC COLUMN AND CONVECTION SHOULD DEVELOP BY LATE MORNING OR EARLY AFTERNOON. THE SHORTWAVE TROUGH WILL MOVE EAST OF THE REGION TUESDAY WITH THE UPPER RIDGE STRENGTHENING OVER NEW MEXICO THROUGH MIDWEEK BEFORE THE CENTER SHIFTS EASTWARD OVER TEXAS LATE THIS WEEK. HAVE KEPT TOKEN POPS IN THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS AND BIG BEND REGION TUESDAY, BUT THINK THEREAFTER, THE RIDGE WILL BE TOO STRONG FOR MUCH CONVECTION TO DEVELOP. THERE ARE SOME HINTS A COLD FRONT COULD NEAR THE REGION TUESDAY OR WEDNESDAY WITH SOME CONVECTION POSSIBLE ALONG IT. THINK THE PUSH BEHIND THE FRONT WILL NOT BE ENOUGH FOR IT TO MAKE IT INTO THE AREA, AND CANNOT DEPEND ON CONVECTION ENHANCING/PUSHING THE BOUNDARY THIS FAR SOUTH. HIGH TEMPERATURES SHOULD BE NEAR NORMAL THIS AFTERNOON, AND AGAIN MONDAY ESPECIALLY IF THE CLOUDS/RAIN MATERIALIZE. HOWEVER, TUESDAY THROUGH THE REST OF THE EXTENDED LOOK HOT AND DRY. WILL REISSUE A SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT CONCERNING THE HEAT. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ANDREWS TX 73 95 76 100 / 20 30 10 10 BIG SPRING TX 77 94 77 99 / 30 30 10 10 CARLSBAD NM 71 98 72 102 / 20 20 10 10 DRYDEN TX 77 95 78 99 / 30 30 10 10 FORT STOCKTON TX 74 93 74 97 / 30 30 10 20 GUADALUPE PASS TX 69 92 70 96 / 40 20 10 20 HOBBS NM 69 94 70 99 / 20 20 10 10 MARFA TX 65 86 66 90 / 40 40 20 20 MIDLAND INTL AIRPORT TX 75 94 75 99 / 30 30 10 10 ODESSA TX 76 93 76 99 / 30 30 10 10 WINK TX 75 96 76 103 / 20 30 10 10 && .MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NM...NONE. TX...NONE. && 05/67
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 1252 PM CDT SUN JUL 28 2013 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-291800- 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- 1252 PM CDT SUN JUL 28 2013 /1152 AM MDT SUN JUL 28 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 DEVELOPING IN THE GUADALUPE AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON ARE EXPECTED TO EXPAND AND MOVE INTO THE ADJACENT PLAINS AND AS FAR EAST AS THE PERMIAN BASIN. BRIEF DOWNPOURS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE STRONGER STORMS ALONG WITH GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. NO ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED. FLOOD WARNINGS FOR MINOR FLOODING CONTINUE ALONG THE RIO GRANDE DOWNSTREAM FROM THE RIO CONCHOS DUE TO RELEASES FROM LUIS LEON RESERVOIR. SIGNIFICANT RIVER RISES ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DOWNSTREAM AS FAR AS BOQUILLAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWEST TEXAS WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS FROM THE BIG BEND AREA THROUGH THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS TO THE PERMIAN BASIN. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE MAINLY OVER THE MOUNTAINS TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. WITH CONTINUED RELEASES FROM LUIS LEON RESERVOIR...THE RIO GRANDE IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN ELEVATED DOWNSTREAM FROM THE RIO CONCHOS FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS WITH A CONTINUED THREAT OF MINOR FLOODING. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .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 05
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 217 PM CDT SUN JUL 28 2013 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-291030- 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...ARTESIA...CARLSBAD... CARLSBAD CAVERNS NP...TATUM...HOBBS...LOVINGTON...EUNICE...JAL... SEMINOLE...LAMESA...GAIL...SNYDER...ANDREWS...STANTON... BIG SPRING...COLORADO CITY...VAN HORN...PECOS...MENTONE... RED BLUFF LAKE...KERMIT...ODESSA...MIDLAND...GARDEN CITY... MONAHANS...CRANE...MCCAMEY...RANKIN...BIG LAKE...ALPINE... FORT DAVIS...FORT STOCKTON...PRESIDIO...MARFA...BIG BEND NP... MARATHON...SANDERSON...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP...PINE SPRINGS 217 PM CDT SUN JUL 28 2013 /117 PM MDT SUN JUL 28 2013/ ...VERY HOT TEMPERATURES POSSIBLE BY TUESDAY AND CONTINUING INTO NEXT WEEKEND... HIGH PRESSURE WILL BECOME CENTERED OVER SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS BY TUESDAY...AND WILL REMAIN STATIONARY THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK. HIGH TEMPERATURES ON TUESDAY WILL BE AROUND 100 DEGREES ACROSS THE PERMIAN BASIN...WITH 105 DEGREES POSSIBLE IN THE PECOS AND RIO GRANDE RIVER VALLEYS. THERE WILL BE LITTLE OVERNIGHT RELIEF AS LOW TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE 70S TO LOWER 80S. THESE HOT TEMPERATURES COULD CONTINUE RIGHT INTO NEXT WEEKEND. IT JUST SO HAPPENS THAT THE VERY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR IN CONJUNCTION WITH NATIONAL HEATSTROKE PREVENTION DAY WHICH IS ON WEDNESDAY JULY 31. REMEMBER...IT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO STAY HYDRATED AND NOT LEAVE CHILDREN AND PETS ALONE IN A HOT VEHICLE.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A thunderstorm moved across Culberson County and produced a 68 mph wind gust at Pine Springs. No damage was reported.
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