A weak upper trough was over the region and there were remnant outflow boundaries across the area. There was also good moisture and instability across the area.
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The episode as NWS MAF wrote it up.
A weak upper trough was over the region and there were remnant outflow boundaries across the area. There was also good moisture and instability across the area. These conditions contributed to severe wind gusts in the Permian Basin.
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 Aug 17, 12:58 PM CST, 3 hours 32 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 158 PM CDT Sun Aug 17 2014 .DISCUSSION... A weak UA trough over the region today will gradually shift eastward with time, drawn in to the prevailing westerlies drooping southward over the Ohio and lower Mississippi River valleys. Most models shear the ua trough out, with a few actually leaving some mid level energy behind over west central Texas, or as far southwest as the Big Bend region.. The ua ridge centered near the Four Corners region will then make a guest appearance over the region Monday/ Monday night before shifting eastward ahead of a deepening UA trough over the western ConUS. The flow aloft over the region will be southerly for a few days between this UA trough, and the ua ridge which takes up residence over the southeastern U.S. Just how long the ua trough stays over the southwest U.S. before ejecting northeastward into the central Rockies remains to be seen, but this will ultimately determine how much time we have for an increased chance of rain under the southerly flow aloft regime. Will keep the highest PoPs this afternoon and tonight over the higher terrain and Lower Trans Pecos, the former due to sufficient moisture, good heating, upslope flow and an Mesoscale Convective Vortex (MCV) just west of Presidio, and the latter due to the proximity of the mentioned UA trough, and another MCV over west central Texas. Will also keep the slight thunderstorm chances over the rest of the area due to remnant outflow boundaries, decent moisture through the column and expected uncapped environment through max heating. A few of the stronger storms could produce gusty winds near 50 mph, locally heavy rainfall and frequent cloud to ground lightning strikes. Will continue the trend of shifting PoPs south and west Monday and Tuesday as the passing UA ridge will likely keep a lid on convection elsewhere. Wednesday through Friday could be interesting, especially over the higher terrain. Not only will the flow aloft become southerly, but there are some indications PWats could jump to at least 1.5 inches over the higher terrain due to an influx of mid and upper level moisture from the Pacific. Some models are entraining rich moisture northeastward from Tropical Storm Karina, others not so much so. Still, there is fairly good agreement the ua ridge will not build aggressively westward back over the region, and along with the UA trough ejecting northeastward Thursday, a surface trough will strengthen over the western half of the forecast area for convection to develop on. Will make a mention in the Hazardous Weather Outlook for the potential for heavy rain out west mid to late this week. Temperatures over the next 7 days look to be close to normal, but as has been the case lately, on the warm side. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ANDREWS TX 70 95 71 94 / 20 10 10 10 BIG SPRING TX 73 99 75 98 / 20 10 10 10 CARLSBAD NM 70 96 71 95 / 20 20 20 10 DRYDEN TX 78 97 77 99 / 30 20 20 20 FORT STOCKTON TX 69 95 72 92 / 30 10 10 10 GUADALUPE PASS TX 66 91 65 91 / 30 20 20 20 HOBBS NM 67 94 68 92 / 20 10 10 10 MARFA TX 61 86 61 87 / 30 20 20 30 MIDLAND INTL AIRPORT TX 71 96 73 95 / 20 10 10 10 ODESSA TX 71 95 74 94 / 20 10 10 10 WINK TX 72 99 74 97 / 20 10 10 10 && .MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NM...NONE. TX...NONE. && 03/67 Follow us on Facebook and Twitter at: http://facebook.com/NWSMidland http://twitter.com/NWSMidland Check us out on the internet at: http://weather.gov/midland
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 1252 PM CDT SUN AUG 17 2014 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-181800- 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 AUG 17 2014 /1152 AM MDT SUN AUG 17 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 ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING EAST OF THE PECOS RIVER WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ANTICIPATED FURTHER WEST. THE BEST THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL BE OVER THE GUADALUPE AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS...THE BIG BEND...THE PRESIDIO VALLEY...AND THE LOWER TRANS PECOS REGION. FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN WILL ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS. THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS NEAR 50 MPH ALONG WITH RAINFALL RATES EXCEEDING A HALF INCH PER HOUR. AS A RESULT...LOCALIZED FLOODING OF ARROYOS AND SMALL CANYONS AS WELL AS LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND URBAN AREAS MAY OCCUR. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE MONDAY AND TUESDAY WEST OF THE PECOS RIVER...PRIMARILY OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY OVER SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO. HEAVY RAINFALL AND LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE... ESPECIALLY AT HIGH ELEVATIONS. .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
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 321 PM CDT SUN AUG 17 2014 TXZ081-172100- BIG BEND AREA- 321 PM CDT SUN AUG 17 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR AN INTENSIFYING THUNDERSTORM AFFECTING CENTRAL BREWSTER COUNTY UNTIL 400 PM CDT... AN INTENSIFYING THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 14 MILES NORTH OF SANTIAGO PEAK AT 320 PM CDT...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. GUSTY WINDS UP TO 50 MPH AND SMALL HAIL IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. THIS STORM WILL IMPACT US 385. 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 2986 10295 2969 10336 3003 10345 3013 10321 TIME...MOT...LOC 2020Z 327DEG 11KT 2999 10327
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
439 PM CDT SUN AUG 17 2014
TXZ061-172215-
ECTOR-
439 PM CDT SUN AUG 17 2014
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR AN INTENSIFYING THUNDERSTORM
AFFECTING CENTRAL ECTOR COUNTY UNTIL 515 PM CDT...
AN INTENSIFYING THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER WEST ODESSA AT 439 PM
CDT...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH. SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS ARE LIKELY
WITH THIS STORM.
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 3171 10240 3169 10254 3177 10267 3197 10256
3192 10236
TIME...MOT...LOC 2139Z 017DEG 9KT 3183 10249The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 107 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:29 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A thunderstorm moved across Borden County and produced a 59 mph wind gust at both 5:30 pm and 5:35 pm CDT at the mesonet station near Gail. No damage was reported.
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