An upper level ridge was over the Great Basin and an upper trough was over the Midwest. There were upslope winds into the higher terrain of southeast New Mexico and West Texas during the afternoon and residual low level boundaries across the area which helped with low level lift and convergence.
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An upper level ridge was over the Great Basin and an upper trough was over the Midwest. There were upslope winds into the higher terrain of southeast New Mexico and West Texas during the afternoon and residual low level boundaries across the area which helped with low level lift and convergence. There was a jet over the region and an upper level disturbance over the Texas panhandle which helped to increase upper lift. These conditions, combined with decent moisture across the area, allowed for thunderstorms with strong winds to develop.
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 29, 5:26 PM CST, 3 hours 12 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 626 PM CDT MON JUN 29 2015 .DISCUSSION... && .AVIATION... SCATTERED STORMS CURRENTLY MOVING SOUTH ACROSS SE NM... HAVE INCLUDED TEMP TSRA AT CNM AND HOB BUT REMOVED IT FROM MAF AS NOT CONFIDENT WILL MAKE IT TO THERE. WIND ERRATIC AND GUSTY NEAR ANY STORM OTHERWISE IT WILL BE LIGHT SE TONIGHT AND GENERALLY VFR. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 155 PM CDT MON JUN 29 2015/ DISCUSSION... NORTHERLY FLOW ALOFT WILL PREVAIL OVER THE REGION TODAY BETWEEN AN UPPER RIDGE CENTERED OVER UTAH AND AN UPPER TROUGH OVER THE MIDWEST. EXPECT TEMPERATURES TO BE SEASONAL UNDER THIS REGIME...BOTH HIGHS AND LOWS...BUT THERE WILL ALSO BE A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. LOW LEVEL UPSLOPE FLOW INTO THE HIGHER TERRAIN...ALONG WITH SURFACE DEWPOINTS IN THE 50S...SHOULD ALLOW FOR AT LEAST ISOLATED CONVECTION THIS AFTERNOON DURING MAX HEATING. THERE ARE ALSO A COUPLE OF LOW LEVEL BOUNDARIES WHICH WERE NOTED ON VISIBLE SATELLITE IMAGERY DRIFTING SOUTH/SOUTHWESTWARD THROUGH SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND THE WESTERN PERMIAN BASIN...SO WILL ADD ISOLATED CONVECTION FOR LOCATIONS WHERE THESE BOUNDARIES MAY RESIDE THROUGH MAX HEATING. SHEAR WILL BE WEAK AND MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES MOIST ABIABATIC...SO TEMP/DWPT SPREADS AROUND 30 DEGREES MAY RESULT IN GUSTY WINDS FROM A FEW OF THE STORMS. ADDITIONAL CONVECTION IS EXPECTED TO FORM ON THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO...IF NOT ON THE CAPROCK IN SE NM...WITH A DISORGANIZED CLUSTER OF STORMS POSSIBLY PUSHING SOUTH INTO THE FORECAST AREA OVERNIGHT. SINCE THERE DOES APPEAR TO BE A MID LEVEL SHORTWAVE TROUGH/SHEAR AXIS TRANSLATING SOUTHWARD THROUGH COLORADO AND THE TEXAS PANHANDLE TO PROVIDE MID LEVEL SUPPORT...AND A MODEST H3 JET OF 60KT NOSING INTO THE AREA...WILL CONTINUE WITH A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT...BUT MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 20. SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED...BUT OUTFLOW WINDS OF 30 TO 40KT WILL BE POSSIBLE. IT APPEARS THE UPPER RIDGE WILL EXPAND A BIT FARTHER EAST TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY...SO RAIN CHANCES ARE NOT LOOKING VERY GOOD...WITH PERHAPS ISOLATED CONVECTION OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN. ON THURSDAY...THERE ARE SOME INDICATIONS ANOTHER SHORTWAVE TROUGH MAY TRANSLATE SOUTHEASTWARD OVER NEW MEXICO AND THE TEXAS PANHANDLE. IF THIS IS THE CASE...WE MAY SEE A REPEAT OF TONIGHT WITH ANOTHER CLUSTER OF DISORGANIZED STORMS MOVING SOUTHWARD INTO THE FORECAST AREA. WILL KEEP A CHANCE IN THE FORECAST...BUT NOT INCREASE POPS TOO MUCH DUE TO THE UNCERTAINTY OF FICKLE SUMMER FEATURES IN MAINLY WEAK FLOW ALOFT. RAIN CHANCES...ALTHOUGH NOT GREAT...WILL BE KEPT IN THROUGH THE WEEKEND...BUT MAINLY OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF WEST TEXAS...AND OVER SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO DUE TO THE PROXIMITY TO THE HIGHER TERRAIN. TEMPERATURES LOOK TO BE NEAR NORMAL THROUGHOUT THE FORECAST. && .MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NM...NONE. TX...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 127 PM CDT MON JUN 29 2015 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-301830- 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- 127 PM CDT MON JUN 29 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND WEST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT ACROSS SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...THE GUADALUPE AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS...THE PERMIAN BASIN...THE TRANS PECOS SOUTHWESTWARD TO VAN HORN AND THE PRESIDIO VALLEY. GUSTY WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL ARE THE MAIN THREATS WITH THESE STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY 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
726 PM MDT MON JUN 29 2015
NMZ027-028-300200-
GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY NM-EDDY COUNTY PLAINS NM-
726 PM MDT MON JUN 29 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WEST CENTRAL EDDY COUNTY UNTIL
800 PM MDT...
AT 726 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8
MILES NORTHEAST OF LINCOLN NATIONAL FOREST...OR 30 MILES WEST OF
CARLSBAD...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 25 MPH.
WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
QUEEN AND LINCOLN NATIONAL FOREST.
LAT...LON 3249 10479 3238 10462 3210 10475 3212 10485
3224 10485
TIME...MOT...LOC 0126Z 028DEG 22KT 3238 10476PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
841 PM CDT MON JUN 29 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0725 PM TSTM WND DMG CARLSBAD 32.40N 104.24W
06/29/2015 EDDY NM PUBLIC
RESTAURANT SIGN LEANING. DOWNTOWN CARLSBAD.
&&
AMBER.HLUCHANPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
845 PM CDT MON JUN 29 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0730 PM TSTM WND DMG CARLSBAD 32.40N 104.24W
06/29/2015 EDDY NM PUBLIC
RESTAURANT SIGN LEANING ON POWERPOLE. DOWNTOWN CARLSBAD.
&&
AMBER.HLUCHANSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 748 PM MDT MON JUN 29 2015 NMZ033-034-300230- CENTRAL LEA COUNTY NM-SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY NM- 748 PM MDT MON JUN 29 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY UNTIL 830 PM MDT... AT 748 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HALFWAY...OR 28 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HOBBS...MOVING SOUTH AT 25 MPH. HALF INCH HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... JAL...OIL CENTER...EUNICE AIRPORT AND BENNETT. LAT...LON 3257 10358 3249 10318 3206 10318 3220 10371 TIME...MOT...LOC 0148Z 021DEG 22KT 3247 10352
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
928 PM CDT MON JUN 29 2015
TXZ057-258-300300-
GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS TX-VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR TX-
928 PM CDT MON JUN 29 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN CULBERSON COUNTY
UNTIL 1000 PM CDT/900 PM MDT/...
AT 927 PM CDT /827 PM MDT/...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM OVER PINE SPRINGS...MOVING SOUTH AT 30 MPH.
HALF INCH HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PINE SPRINGS AND GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK.
LAT...LON 3196 10491 3198 10467 3143 10457 3135 10491
3186 10492
TIME...MOT...LOC 0227Z 001DEG 37KT 3189 10481
72SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 930 PM CDT MON JUN 29 2015 NMZ034-TXZ050-059>061-300315- SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY NM-WINKLER TX-ANDREWS TX-ECTOR TX-LOVING TX- 930 PM CDT MON JUN 29 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN LEA...NORTHEASTERN LOVING...SOUTHWESTERN ECTOR...SOUTHWESTERN ANDREWS AND WINKLER COUNTIES UNTIL 1015 PM CDT/915 PM MDT/... AT 929 PM CDT /829 PM MDT/...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR JAL...OR 22 MILES NORTHWEST OF KERMIT...MOVING SOUTH AT 25 MPH. SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... KERMIT...JAL...WINKLER COUNTY AIRPORT...SLASH RANCH...JAL AIRPORT AND BENNETT. LAT...LON 3239 10359 3234 10300 3177 10278 3178 10375 TIME...MOT...LOC 0229Z 000DEG 22KT 3215 10326 72
The El Paso radar (KEPZ), 179 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:39 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A thunderstorm moved across Culberson County and produced a 69 mph wind gust at the Pine Springs ASOS site.
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