A surface trough was across the area and there were upper level disturbances moving over the region. Good moisture was also across the area.
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A surface trough was across the area and there were upper level disturbances moving over the region. Good moisture was also across the 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 Aug 22, 5:12 PM CST, 27 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 612 PM CDT Fri Aug 22 2014 .AVIATION... 00Z TAF issuance... Main aviation concern for the next 24 hours will be ongoing convection near western terminals this evening. Generally have strong southeast winds at all sites except CNM, where southwest winds prevail. Currently have scattered TSRA extending from the Davis Mountains north into southeast New Mexico. This activity is only affecting PEQ and CNM at the moment but could see HOB and INK reporting TSRA shortly. FST and MAF will remain dry. Will continue to monitor radar trends and amend if/when needed. Isolated thunderstorm chances will continue overnight and Saturday for the same areas but will hold off on any mention in the TAF beyond this evening. VFR conditions will prevail through Saturday however any thunderstorm that affects a terminal may produce heavy rainfall that will briefly reduce vsbys. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 232 PM CDT Fri Aug 22 2014/ DISCUSSION... An upper level high centered over the Mississippi River valley has built slightly further west today than yesterday. This is evident in visible satellite imagery showing only cumulus developing in the higher elevations and in southeast New Mexico, and even that is ragged cu. The past couple of days have seen convection reach the Midland/Odessa area but today it will be more limited and generally west of the Pecos River. The high will remain stationary through the weekend and into early next week causing a repeat pattern of slightly above normal highs and a slight chance for storms out west. Things begin to change by the middle of next week as a deep upper level trough moves across the western CONUS and into the Central Plains. All models are in good agreement with this feature as well as an accompanying surface front on Wednesday night. Convection will begin to spread east and southeast ahead of the front Wednesday then will continue Thursday and perhaps even into Friday before upper ridging once again starts to dry us out. Hennig && .MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NM...NONE. TX...NONE. && 27 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 136 PM CDT FRI AUG 22 2014 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-231845- 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- 136 PM CDT FRI AUG 22 2014 /1236 PM MDT FRI AUG 22 2014/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND WEST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS, SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS AND UPPER TRANS PECOS, SOUTH THROUGH THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS, VAN HORN AREA AND MARFA PLATEAU THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. MORE ISOLATED STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL PERMIAN BASIN. GUSTY WINDS TO 55 MPH AND HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER STORMS, WHICH WILL LIKELY LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY 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
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
525 PM CDT FRI AUG 22 2014
TXZ058-222315-
REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-
525 PM CDT FRI AUG 22 2014
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTING
CENTRAL REEVES COUNTY UNTIL 615 PM CDT...
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TOYAH AT 525
PM CDT...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH.
THE AREA AFFECTED INCLUDES INTERSTATE 20 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 13 AND
23.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
GUSTY WINDS... HAIL... HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE
POSSIBLE.
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 3173 10389 3173 10371 3160 10357 3122 10367
3122 10383
TIME...MOT...LOC 2225Z 187DEG 31KT 3134 10374The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 93 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:39 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A thunderstorm moved across Winkler County and produced a 58 mph wind gust at the Wink ASOS site. No damage was reported.
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