A passing upper-level disturbance brought strong to high winds to portions of the higher elevations of West Texas and Southeast New Mexico.
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A passing upper-level disturbance brought strong to high winds to portions of the higher elevations of West Texas and Southeast New Mexico.
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 Apr 30, 12:36 PM MST, 1 hour 24 minutes earlier. Its key messages:
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX 236 PM CDT Wed Apr 30 2025 ...New SHORT TERM, LONG TERM... .KEY MESSAGES... Updated at 232 PM CDT Wed Apr 30 2025 - After a warm and dry Thursday, a cold front brings the return of cooler temperatures and rain chances to end the week. - Another storm system makes its way to our region through the course of the weekend and into early next week, bringing almost daily rain chances along with it. Currently, it is too soon to know details about severe weather potential with this system. Stay tuned for updates! && .SHORT TERM... (This afternoon through Thursday night) Issued at 232 PM CDT Wed Apr 30 2025 WV imagery this afternoon shows an upper trough entering our CWA, for another round of convection this afternoon. 12Z KMAF raob came in w/deep-layer shear of almost 70 kts, and CAMs keep this going this afternoon w/40-60 kts rounding the base of the trough. Raob also showed mid-lvl lapse rates of almost 8 C/km, and those don't look to decrease either. RTMA analysis and surface obs show westerlies increasing and mixing the dryline east. If CAMs are right, convection will initiate ~ 19-20Z, and will be confined to the northeast. This looks like a quick event as westerlies quickly mix the dryline east, and this activity should be east of the area by 00Z. Tonight, mostly clear skies and the absence of the LLJ will promote efficient radiational cooling, allowing overnight minimums to cool to just a couple of degrees above normal. Thursday looks to be a down day wrt convection, as the dryline will remain east of the area. Highs should average ~ 5 F above normal. Thursday night, a 40+kt LLJ is forecast to redevelop, advecting rich Gulf moisture back into the area and retreating the dryline west. Isolated convection will be possible east of this feature, but bulk shear will be tepid compared to the last week, and no severe activity is anticipated attm. Increased boundary layer moisture and mixing should add 3-4 F to overnight lows compared to tonight's. && .LONG TERM... (Friday through Tuesday) Issued at 232 PM CDT Wed Apr 30 2025 Quasi-zonal(west to east) flow continues for Friday and into this weekend. With shortwave troughs being pushed through during that time, expect unsettled weather to continue. A cold front moves through on Friday and keeps areas north of I-10 in the 70s. Shower and storm chances increase with the passage of the front. Forecast soundings for both Friday and Saturday show an environment once again conducive for severe storms, but details on how likely severe storms will be to form or their location will be settled in future forecast updates. Similar to the last several days, timing for storms will continue to be in the afternoon to evening hours. Beyond this weekend, a slight warmup is seen with a continued spring- like pattern expected. Long range guidance continues to show medium(40-60%) chances for showers and storms, but given the more isolated nature of spring time convection, have opted to lower those chances slightly to better reflect areal coverage of storms. Plenty of low level moisture looks to remain across the region as the dryline meanders back and forth over the area. -Stickney && .AVIATION... (18Z TAFS) Issued at 1100 AM CDT Wed Apr 30 2025 VFR conditions will prevail next 24 hours. Gusty west winds are expected this afternoon, w/a cu field ~ 4.5-14 kft AGL everywhere except KFST/KPEQ. Winds decrease and back to southwest after sundown. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Big Spring 53 90 59 71 / 0 0 10 60 Carlsbad 54 88 54 76 / 0 0 0 40 Dryden 59 93 64 88 / 0 0 10 40 Fort Stockton 58 92 61 85 / 0 0 10 60 Guadalupe Pass 55 79 55 71 / 0 0 0 30 Hobbs 52 85 54 69 / 0 0 10 30 Marfa 49 84 51 81 / 0 0 0 30 Midland Intl Airport 55 89 60 73 / 0 0 10 50 Odessa 56 88 60 73 / 0 0 10 50 Wink 54 91 59 81 / 0 0 10 40 && .MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...None. NM...None. && SHORT TERM...44 LONG TERM....93 AVIATION...44
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
1058 AM CDT Wed Apr 30 2025
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0631 AM Flash Flood 2 W Snyder 32.70N 100.95W
04/30/2025 Scurry TX Public
Report from mPING: Street/road flooding;
Street/road closed; Vehicles stranded.
0330 PM Non-Tstm Wnd Gst 14 WSW Coyanosa 31.15N 103.28W
04/28/2025 M60 MPH Reeves TX Mesonet
Mesonet station TWB47 13.9 SE Toyah Lake
(TWDB).
0700 PM Non-Tstm Wnd Gst 11 SSW Paisano Pass 30.15N 103.89W
04/27/2025 M59 MPH Presidio TX Mesonet
Mesonet station 156 Marfa 13SE.
1058 PM Non-Tstm Wnd Gst 7 WSW Mcdonald Observat 30.65N 104.14W
04/27/2025 M61 MPH Jeff Davis TX Mesonet
Mesonet station WDPT2 Wolf Den Dmp.
0538 AM Non-Tstm Wnd Gst 3 NNW Pine Springs 31.93N 104.83W
04/28/2025 M59 MPH Culberson TX Mesonet
Mesonet station GDBT2 The Bowl.
0835 PM Non-Tstm Wnd Gst 2 NW Alpine 30.38N 103.68W
04/27/2025 M61 MPH Brewster TX AWOS
AWOS station KE38 Alpine-Casparis.
0355 PM Non-Tstm Wnd Gst 2 W Artesia 32.85N 104.47W
04/27/2025 M60 MPH Eddy NM AWOS
AWOS station KATS Artesia.
&&Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
1244 PM CDT Wed Apr 30 2025
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0738 PM Non-Tstm Wnd Dmg 13 S Belding 30.60N 103.03W
04/24/2025 Pecos TX Emergency Mngr
Location of reported broken wood power pole
and damaged heavy duty windmill. Damage
direction was to the south with no damage to
nearby objects. Storm chaser photograph
during estimated time of damage supports
straight-line wind damage due to supercell
RFD. Wind speeds were estimated to be 80
MPH.
&&The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A maximum wind gust of 58 MPH was observed by the Carlsbad Caverns Airport ASOS (KCNM).
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