S. A cold front from the night before provided the lift needed for a few storms to develop over southeast New Mexico and far west Texas.
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An upper level trough was to the east of the region and a ridge began building into the southwestern U.S. A cold front from the night before provided the lift needed for a few storms to develop over southeast New Mexico and far 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 Jul 31, 12:58 PM CST, 2 hours 43 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX 158 PM CDT Tue Jul 31 2018 .DISCUSSION... After a nw flow/cold front event last night/this morning not much in the way of convection is foreseen tonight (still a few -SHRA/-TSRA this afternoon) and really thru Wed PM when surface dewpoints fall close to 50F across most areas. Tonight's low temps are mostly expected to be in the mid/upper 60s. More insolation and said drier air will allow for temps to increase about 5-10 degrees or so over those of today. Late Wed night a shrtwv trof in the nw flow aloft will result in tstms pushing into SE NM and possibly the nw PB before dissipating between 09Z-12Z Thur. There are subtle hints of a minor shrtwv trof in the mid-level Thur PM and said tstms to nw will likely have pushed out a boundary that could end up residing across the PB during max heating. This warrants mostly slight chance PoPs south of I-20 and high temps will level off in the mid/upper 90s. On Fri storms that initiated in the central NM mtns will have a chance to move s into wrn Eddy Co/GDP Mtns late Fri night, otherwise a few morning SHRA/TSRA possible across the e with little change expected in high temps. By Sat a pattern change starts to take place which will keep PoPs confined mostly to the GDP Mtns/Eddy Co Sat and Sun. Mid-level ridge will have formed well off to the e by Sun and stay there thru at least Tue. For now it appears mid-level flow will remain from the se with possibility of a wwd moving upper low that could bring slight chance PoPs to the Trans Pecos. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Big Spring 68 95 73 97 / 0 0 10 10 Carlsbad 68 95 69 99 / 10 10 30 10 Dryden 71 99 74 100 / 10 0 0 20 Fort Stockton 68 95 72 99 / 10 0 10 20 Guadalupe Pass 66 89 68 90 / 10 10 20 30 Hobbs 64 93 69 95 / 10 10 30 10 Marfa 59 89 63 90 / 10 10 10 20 Midland Intl Airport 68 96 74 97 / 0 0 10 10 Odessa 68 96 74 97 / 0 0 10 10 Wink 67 97 73 100 / 10 10 10 10 && .MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NM...None. TX...None. &&
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX 143 PM CDT Tue Jul 31 2018 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-011845- 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- 143 PM CDT Tue Jul 31 2018 /1243 PM MDT Tue Jul 31 2018/ This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of southeast New Mexico, southwest Texas, and western Texas. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight There is a slight chance of thunderstorms through tonight over the higher elevations of West Texas and Southeast New Mexico. These storms will be capable of producing gusty wind and brief heavy rain. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday 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... http://weather.gov/midland
The El Paso radar (KEPZ), 179 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:40 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A thunderstorm moved across Culberson County and produced a 63 mph wind gust at the Pine Springs ASOS site.
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