There was a cold front across the central Permian Basin. Weak upper to mid-level winds were present which contributed to slow moving thunderstorms.
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The episode as NWS MAF wrote it up.
There was a cold front across the central Permian Basin. Weak upper to mid-level winds were present which contributed to slow moving thunderstorms. These slow moving storms caused heavy rain and flash flooding across 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 Jul 3, 3:14 AM CST, 46 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 414 AM CDT Thu Jul 3 2014 .DISCUSSION... Cold front currently across the central Permian Basin to the upper Trans Pecos is forecast to weaken and move north through tonight as an upper level ridge begins to strengthen over the area. The best chance (chance pops) for thunderstorms today will be across the northern and northeast Permian Basin north of the front where better large scale forcing and cooler air aloft will exist due to the influence of a large upper level trough in the upper Midwest and upper level weakness across central Texas. More isolated activity expected in the central Permian Basin and across the mountains and the immediate adjacent plains due to moist and unstable upslope flow. Activity should diminish overnight with the front washing out. After tonight precipitation chances are expected to decrease significantly fourth of July and Saturday as the aforementioned upper level ridge continues to strengthen and dominate the forecast area. A couple of disturbances and moist unstable upslope flow could generate isolated thunderstorms Sunday and Monday afternoon across the Guadalupe and Davis Mountains. Went with a dry forecast next Tuesday and Wednesday. The forecast area will be on the subsident or western side of a westward moving disturbance that is progged to move very slowly across northeast Mexico. Isolated thunderstorms could return to the mountains next Thursday as instability increases in upslope flow. Near normal temperatures are expected through the next 7 days. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ANDREWS TX 92 68 93 68 / 20 10 10 10 BIG SPRING TX 93 70 92 68 / 30 10 10 10 CARLSBAD NM 94 65 93 65 / 10 10 10 10 DRYDEN TX 97 71 94 68 / 10 10 10 10 FORT STOCKTON TX 95 69 93 69 / 10 10 10 10 GUADALUPE PASS TX 87 64 86 63 / 10 10 0 10 HOBBS NM 92 64 92 64 / 20 10 10 10 MARFA TX 88 57 85 55 / 10 10 0 10 MIDLAND INTL AIRPORT TX 94 69 93 69 / 20 10 10 10 ODESSA TX 93 71 93 69 / 10 10 10 10 WINK TX 98 70 98 71 / 10 10 10 10 && .MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NM...NONE. TX...NONE. && 67/12
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 355 AM CDT THU JUL 3 2014 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-040900- 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- 355 AM CDT THU JUL 3 2014 /255 AM MDT THU JUL 3 2014/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND WEST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT OVER THE WESTERN LOW ROLLING PLAINS, WITH MORE WIDELY SCATTERED STORMS OVER THE PERMIAN BASIN, SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS, AND GUADALUPE AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS. A FEW STRONG STORMS COULD DEVELOP WHICH COULD PRODUCE SMALL HAIL, GUSTY WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY 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
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 91 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 10:01 UTC.
1 flash flood, 1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rain fell across Dawson County and produced flash flooding in Lamesa. There was two and a half to three feet of water over a road next to a park. The cost of damage is a very rough estimate since no damage was reported.
Heavy rain fell across Odessa with a quarter to a half an inch falling in just ten minutes.
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