A nearby trough and the presence of a nearby stationary boundary led to thunderstorm development early in the morning of the 18th in West Texas. One storm managed to produce severe winds as it moved through Crane.
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The episode as NWS MAF wrote it up.
A nearby trough and the presence of a nearby stationary boundary led to thunderstorm development early in the morning of the 18th in West Texas. One storm managed to produce severe winds as it moved through Crane.
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 Oct 17, 5:26 PM CST, 11 hours 2 minutes earlier.
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</html>The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 61 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 10:25 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The West Texas Mesonet station at Crane measured a 65 mph wind gust. The sheriff's office in Crane relayed a delayed report of some power outages, but did not reported any damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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