The edge of an upper ridge was over southeast New Mexico and West Texas as an upper level disturbance moved over the area. Several outflow boundaries were across the area which provided a focus for thunderstorms to develop.
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The edge of an upper ridge was over southeast New Mexico and West Texas as an upper level disturbance moved over the area. Several outflow boundaries were across the area which provided a focus for thunderstorms to develop. There was good low level moisture present and the atmosphere was unstable. These conditions resulted in high wind gusts and heavy rain.
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 22, 10:52 PM MST, 2 hours 2 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 1252 AM CDT Mon Jun 23 2014 .AVIATION... 06Z TAF issuance... Main aviation concern in the short term will be possible TSRA affecting HOB tonight and MVFR cigs developing at MAF and HOB early morning. Monday late afternoon, could see TSRA develop near HOB and move quickly south affecting most terminals through the evening hours. Currently have thunderstorms just west of northern Lea County tonight. These storms appear to be moving east so not confident in them reaching HOB, therefore did not mention thunder in the TAF for now. Could see low cigs develop once again early morning and will continue to carry TEMPO at HOB and MAF during the 23/10-15Z time frame. Will continue to monitor possible stratus development at other terminals. A boundary is expected to sag south into the northern portion of the region, increasing wind speeds and shifting winds at mainly HOB, INK and PEQ to near easterly. Could see MAF shift as well but for now, only show a slight change. Convection currently moving south through the TX Panhandle are expected to miss terminals to the east but model guidance show TSRA could affect the region this afternoon. Decided not to introduce this possibility just yet due to uncertainty in timing and location but may be adding to the 12Z TAF issuance. && PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 308 PM CDT Sun Jun 22 2014/ DISCUSSION... WV imagery shows West Texas/SE NM under the influence of the eastern edge of an upper-lvl elongated ridge extending into the Pacific. At the sfc, temps have been slow to warm this afternoon as much of the area dries out from the rains of the past few days. Moisture remains backed up against the mtns, w/dewpoints of 60F or better across the eastern zones. Mesoanalysis shows the cap has eroded out west, where radars show convection developing invof KGDP. The NAM and hi-res models develop this activity south along the mtns over the next few hours, and into the evening. Monday, models develop a weak dryline out west, and bring a shortwave thru the ridge into e central NM, developing convection along the dryline during the afternoon. Late afternoon/evening, models an MCS is progged to develop along the shortwave, and move thru the NE zones Monday night, w/redevelopment possible Tuesday afternoon thru the same areas. Soundings suggest wet-bulb zeroes may be too high for a hail threat, but heavy rain looks to be in play. Forecast soundings for KSNK Monday night show PWATs around 1.5" or better, about 2 std devs above normal. Forecasted storm motions will be nil, so main concerns will be flash flooding over the upper CO Rvr Valley/Permian Basin. Wednesday, the upper ridge begins building further east into the area, and temps begin resuming above-normal. However, there are big differences between the GFS and ECMWF in how the extended plays out. The GFS maintains the upper ridge, and consequent temps near triple digits, whereas the ECMWF introduces an upper trough in the flow late in the week, and parks it in Sonora/Chihuahua over the weekend. This would make for a significantly cooler and wetter forecast. Unfortunately, the ECMWF is the outlier, as the DGEX and CMC align more closely w/the GFS...which is what is status quo this time of year. Ensemble and standardized anomaly fields suggest the GFS is preferred. Thus, warm and dry in the extended. && .MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NM...NONE. TX...NONE. && 27
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 212 PM CDT SUN JUN 22 2014 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-231200- 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- 212 PM CDT SUN JUN 22 2014 /112 PM MDT SUN JUN 22 2014/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND WEST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING MAINLY OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN REGIONS AND IMMEDIATE ADJACENT PLAINS. BRIEF GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE THE MAIN CONCERNS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. THE GREATEST CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO BE ACROSS THE PERMIAN BASIN AND WESTERN LOW ROLLING PLAINS WHERE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE THE GREATEST CONCERN. IN ADDITION THE STRONGER STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. .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 Lubbock radar (KLBB), 147 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 07:53 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A thunderstorm moved across Lea County and produced a 62 mph wind gust. There was blowing dust as a result of this wind. No damage was reported.
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