S. The airmass was unstable with very hot temperatures across the area; however, there was dry air near the surface.
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An upper ridge was centered over East Texas and covers most of the southern U.S. The airmass was unstable with very hot temperatures across the area; however, there was dry air near the surface. These conditions resulted in storms developing 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 Aug 8, 12:36 PM CST, 4 hours 46 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 136 PM CDT SAT AUG 8 2015 .DISCUSSION... Upper ridge was still centered over East TX this morning and stretched across the region. The ridge is going to drift west the next couple of days becoming centered over the Panhandle by Tuesday and NM by Wednesday. A couple upper troughs roll over the top of the ridge but are not strong enough to displace it. Overall expect the recent hot wx to continue. Temperatures will remain hot over the coming week but should slowly start decreasing after today. Wednesday may be a little cooler with most locations below 100 degrees... but conditions begin to warm again after that. Overnight lows will continue to be warm and well above normal as daytime temps are slow to cool off. The best chance of rain looks to be this afternoon/evening along over the higher elevations. Could see gusty wind with these storms as large temp/dewpt spread. Models develop much less precip Sunday and Monday while still favoring over/near the mountains. Rain chances the rest of the week currently look unimpressive as the ridge remains over the area. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... BIG SPRING TX 75 102 74 101 / 0 0 0 0 CARLSBAD NM 72 103 71 102 / 30 10 20 20 DRYDEN TX 78 103 76 103 / 0 0 0 0 FORT STOCKTON TX 76 102 75 102 / 10 10 10 0 GUADALUPE PASS TX 68 94 69 93 / 50 10 20 20 HOBBS NM 72 99 70 98 / 20 10 10 10 MARFA TX 61 93 60 92 / 30 20 20 10 MIDLAND INTL AIRPORT TX 76 103 75 102 / 0 0 0 0 ODESSA TX 74 102 77 102 / 10 0 0 0 WINK TX 78 105 77 104 / 20 10 10 10 && .MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NM...NONE. TX...NONE. && 05/72
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 110 PM CDT SAT AUG 8 2015 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-091815- 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- 110 PM CDT SAT AUG 8 2015 /1210 PM MDT SAT AUG 8 2015/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND WEST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE VERY HOT ACROSS SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWEST TEXAS WITH TEMPERATURES ABOVE 100 WIDESPREAD ACROSS THE AREA AND 90S IN THE MOUNTAINS. THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY AND THE TRANS PECOS AREA WILL SEE THE HOTTEST TEMPERATURES...RANGING FROM 105 TO 110 DEGREES. THOSE ENGAGED IN OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING SHOULD SLOW DOWN...MINIMIZE EXPOSURE TO THE SUN AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING IN THE MOUNTAINS...MOVING INTO THE ADJACENT PLAINS. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ELSEWHERE...MOSTLY WEST OF A LINE FROM SEMINOLE TO BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 55 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THOUGH TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO MODERATE SLIGHTLY...IT WILL STILL BE HOT WITH TEMPERATURES IN EXCESS OF 100 DEGREES ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO INTO THE BEGINNING OF THE WEEK. .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 05
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 102 PM CDT SAT AUG 8 2015 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-091100- 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...ARTESIA...CARLSBAD... CARLSBAD CAVERNS NP...TATUM...HOBBS...LOVINGTON...EUNICE...JAL... SEMINOLE...LAMESA...GAIL...SNYDER...ANDREWS...STANTON... BIG SPRING...COLORADO CITY...VAN HORN...PECOS...MENTONE... RED BLUFF LAKE...KERMIT...ODESSA...MIDLAND...GARDEN CITY... MONAHANS...CRANE...MCCAMEY...RANKIN...BIG LAKE...ALPINE... FORT DAVIS...FORT STOCKTON...PRESIDIO...MARFA...BIG BEND NP... MARATHON...SANDERSON...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP...PINE SPRINGS 102 PM CDT SAT AUG 8 2015 /1202 PM MDT SAT AUG 8 2015/ ...EXTENDED PERIOD OF HOT TEMPERATURES CONTINUES... UNUSUALLY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK AS HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS OVER THE REGION. AFTERNOON HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL APPROACH BUT REMAIN BELOW HEAT ADVISORY CRITERIA ACROSS MOST OF THE REGION. TEMPERATURES WILL REACH 104 TO 108 IN THE PECOS RIVER VALLEY... 105 TO 110 ALONG THE RIO GRANDE... 100 TO 105 IN THE PERMIAN BASIN AND LOWER TRANS PECOS... AND 95 TO 100 IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN REGIONS. AFTER TODAY A SLOW DECREASE IN TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED. DIRECT EXPOSURE TO SUNLIGHT CAN CONTRIBUTE TO DEHYDRATION AND AN INCREASED LIKELIHOOD OF HEAT RELATED ILLNESS. TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS IF YOU PLAN TO BE OUTSIDE. RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS AFTERNOON ACTIVITIES FOR THE EARLY MORNING OR EVENING HOURS. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS... DRINK PLENTY OF WATER... WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LIGHT COLORED CLOTHING... AND TAKE FREQUENT BREAKS FROM THE HEAT. NEVER LEAVE A CHILD OR PET UNATTENDED IN A VEHICLE AS INTERIORS WILL REACH LETHAL TEMPERATURES IN A MATTER OF MINUTES AFTER TURNING OFF THE AIR CONDITIONING. BEAT THE HEAT... CHECK THE BACK SEAT!
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 110 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:20 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A storm moved across Pecos County and produced a 58 mph wind gust as recorded by the local mesonet station.
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