An upper ridge was over the region with upper level disturbances that moved over the area providing lift. There was good low-level moisture and instability.
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An upper ridge was over the region with upper level disturbances that moved over the area providing lift. There was good low-level moisture and instability. These conditions resulted in strong winds across West Texas.
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 Jun 20, 5:33 PM CST, 40 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 633 PM CDT THU JUN 20 2013 .DISCUSSION... SEE AVIATION DISCUSSION BELOW. && .AVIATION... THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO WILL IMPACT THE KCNM TERMINAL THROUGH 01Z WITH TEMPO MVFR CONDITIONS. A COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND EXTREME WEST TEXAS WILL SLOWLY MOVE EAST THIS EVENING. CONFIDENCE WAS NOT HIGH ENOUGH AT THIS TIME TO MENTION AT ANY OF THE OTHER TERMINALS AS THEY MAY DISSIPATE BEFORE REACHING THEM. WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THIS EVENING. OTHERWISE TEMPO OR PREVAILING MVFR VISIBILITIES IS EXPECTED AT KMAF...KINK...KHON IN THE 12Z TO 16Z FRIDAY TIME FRAME. GENERALLY SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH AND GUSTY ARE EXPECTED THROUGH MUCH OF THE NIGHT BEFORE DIMINISHING SLIGHTLY TO 10 TO 20 MPH LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 216 PM CDT THU JUN 20 2013/ DISCUSSION... ALTHOUGH WE ARE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF AN UPPER RIDGE, IT WILL REMAIN CENTERED OVER MEXICO WITH WEAK SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT PREVAILING BETWEEN THE UA RIDGE AND A SEMI PERMANENT UA TROUGH OVER THE WESTERN CONUS. SHORTWAVE TROUGHS WILL CONTINUE TO GRAZE THE AREA TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY ON THE NORTHERN PERIPHERY OF THE UPPER RIDGE. THEREFORE, SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF WEST TEXAS THE NEXT FEW DAYS WITHIN A HIGHER THETA E AXIS. WEAK FLOW ALOFT WILL LIMIT HOW FAR EAST THESE THUNDERSTORMS TRAVEL EACH EVENING/OVERNIGHT, BUT ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT ON OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES COULD RESULT IN AT LEAST ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ON ANY GIVEN NIGHT WELL INTO THE PERMIAN BASIN, STOCKTON PLATEAU, IF NOT THE BIG BEND REGION. INSTABILITY IS NOT QUITE AS HIGH TODAY AS YESTERDAY, AND 0 TO 6 KM BULK SHEAR IS NOT AS STRONG EITHER. STILL, INSTABILITY AND MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES AROUND 7.5 C/KM SHOULD BE SUFFICIENT FOR A FEW SEVERE STORMS. DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREATS, ALONG WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. HAVE TAPERED POPS DOWN MONDAY AND TUESDAY SINCE THERE ARE COMPETING IDEAS ON WHERE, AND HOW STRONG, THE UA RIDGE WILL BE. FROM WEDNESDAY ONWARD THOUGH THE UA RIDGE IS PROGGED TO STRENGTHEN OVER NEW MEXICO, THEN TAKE UP RESIDENCE OVER THE FOUR CORNERS AREA. SINCE SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS WILL BE UNDER NORTHEASTERLY FLOW ALOFT ON THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE RIDGE, RAIN CHANCES LOOK PRETTY BLEAK WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO SPIKE AS HEIGHTS/THICKNESSES RISE OVER THE REGION, WITH READINGS A GOOD 5 TO 10 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ANDREWS TX 72 95 71 96 / 20 20 10 10 BIG SPRING TX 73 96 72 96 / 10 10 10 0 CARLSBAD NM 70 100 70 101 / 30 20 20 20 DRYDEN TX 75 96 76 97 / 10 10 10 0 FORT STOCKTON TX 73 96 73 97 / 20 20 10 10 GUADALUPE PASS TX 69 95 70 96 / 30 30 30 20 HOBBS NM 69 96 69 97 / 40 20 20 20 MARFA TX 62 91 61 90 / 20 20 20 30 MIDLAND INTL AIRPORT TX 72 95 72 96 / 20 20 10 0 ODESSA TX 72 95 74 95 / 20 20 10 10 WINK TX 73 99 73 100 / 30 10 10 10 && .MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NM...NONE. TX...NONE. && 27/67
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 203 PM CDT THU JUN 20 2013 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-211915- 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- 203 PM CDT THU JUN 20 2013 /103 PM MDT THU JUN 20 2013/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND WEST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THERE IS CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF A LAMESA TO FORT STOCKTON TO BIG BEND LINE. ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DO DEVELOP MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINFALL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY FOR MAINLY SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND THE HIGHER TERRAIN REGIONS. LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. 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
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
521 PM CDT THU JUN 20 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0513 PM HAIL CARLSBAD 32.40N 104.24W
06/20/2013 E1.50 INCH EDDY NM PUBLIC
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05SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 526 PM CDT THU JUN 20 2013 NMZ029-202300- NORTHERN LEA COUNTY- 426 PM MDT THU JUN 20 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NICKEL SIZED HAIL AND 40 TO 55 MPH WINDS AFFECTING NORTH CENTRAL LEA COUNTY UNTIL 500 PM MDT... A THUNDERSTORM WITH HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS WAS LOCATED OVER OPEN COUNTRY OF EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL LEA COUNTY...20 MILES NORTHWEST OF TATUM AT 425 PM MDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IN ADDITION TO HAIL AND STRONG WINDS... DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER... YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. SEEK SAFE SHELTER NOW. && LAT...LON 3344 10357 3357 10368 3357 10331 TIME...MOT...LOC 2225Z 236DEG 23KT 3356 10355
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 537 PM CDT THU JUN 20 2013 NMZ028-202315- EDDY COUNTY PLAINS- 437 PM MDT THU JUN 20 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NICKEL SIZED HAIL AND 40 TO 55 MPH WINDS AFFECTING CENTRAL EDDY COUNTY UNTIL 515 PM MDT... A THUNDERSTORM WITH HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS WAS LOCATED OVER CARLSBAD NORTH AT 438 PM MDT...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SEEK SHELTER IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH YOUR LOCATION. && LAT...LON 3262 10406 3241 10396 3232 10429 3249 10437 TIME...MOT...LOC 2238Z 248DEG 10KT 3244 10423
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 610 PM CDT THU JUN 20 2013 TXZ057-058-074-210015- VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR-DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA- REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS- 610 PM CDT THU JUN 20 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTING NORTHEASTERN CULBERSON AND NORTHWESTERN REEVES COUNTIES UNTIL 715 PM CDT... A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM NORTH CENTRAL CULBERSON COUNTY TO CENTRAL CULBERSON COUNTY AT 608 PM CDT...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH. THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH EASTERN CULBERSON COUNTY AND INTO WESTERN REEVES COUNTY BY 715 PM. ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF SEVERE WEATHER IS OBSERVED...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND. && LAT...LON 3199 10399 3129 10396 3118 10451 3199 10446 TIME...MOT...LOC 2308Z 231DEG 12KT 3195 10440 3132 10443 05
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
619 PM CDT THU JUN 20 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0610 PM HAIL 5 E CARLSBAD 32.40N 104.15W
06/20/2013 E1.75 INCH EDDY NM TRAINED SPOTTER
ON HIGHWAY 62/180/
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05PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
633 PM CDT THU JUN 20 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0545 PM FLASH FLOOD CARLSBAD 32.40N 104.24W
06/20/2013 EDDY NM TRAINED SPOTTER
CURB TO CURB STREET FLOODING IN NORTHWEST CARLSBAD.
0550 PM FLASH FLOOD CARLSBAD 32.40N 104.24W
06/20/2013 EDDY NM PUBLIC
STREETS FLOODED TO TOP OF CURBS.
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05The El Paso radar (KEPZ), 179 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:14 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A thunderstorm moved across Culberson County and produced a 62 mph wind gust eleven miles south southwest of McKittrick Canyon.
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