601 
FPUS74 KMAF 152257
NOWMAF

SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
556 PM CDT THU AUG 15 2002

NMZ027-028-TXZ057-058-074-075-079>081-258-160030-
BIG BEND AREA-DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA-EDDY COUNTY PLAINS-
GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF CULBERSON COUNTY-
GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-MARFA PLATEAU-PECOS-
PRESIDIO VALLEY-REEVES COUNTY/UPPER TRANS PECOS-
VAN HORN AND HWY 54 CORRIDOR-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALPINE/FT. DAVIS...CARLSBAD/ARTESIA...
FT. STOCKTON...MARFA...PANTHER JUNCTION...PECOS/BALMORHEA...
PINE SPRINGS...PRESIDIO...QUEEN...VAN HORN
556 PM CDT (456 PM MDT) THU AUG 15 2002

.NOW...
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE FROM NORTHERN EDDY COUNTY...
SOUTH THROUGH THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS AND INTO THE BIG BEND REGION
THROUGH 730 PM CDT. MOST THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE SHORT LIVED...
HOWEVER THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND
GUSTS TO 45 MPH...BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL...OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING AND
SMALL HAIL. THUNDERSTORM MOVEMENT WILL BE SLOW...GENERALLY TO THE
EAST AND SOUTHEAST AT 5 TO 10 MPH.

$$

NMZ029-033-034-TXZ045-050-059>061-067-068-160030-
ANDREWS-CENTRAL LEA COUNTY-CRANE-ECTOR-GAINES-LOVING-
NORTHERN LEA COUNTY-SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY-WARD-WINKLER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANDREWS...CRANE...EUNICE/JAL...
HOBBS/LOVINGTON...KERMIT...MENTONE...MONAHANS...ODESSA...SEMINOLE...
TATUM
556 PM CDT (456 PM MDT) THU AUG 15 2002

.NOW...
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THROUGH 730 PM CDT
ACROSS PARTS OF THE FAR WESTERN PERMIAN BASIN...THE UPPER TRANS
PECOS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO.  RAINFALL WILL BE VERY LOCALIZED.
ANY STORMS WHICH DO DEVELOP WILL PRODUCE BRIEF GUSTY WINDS TO
45 MPH...ALONG WITH BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.
THUNDERSTORM MOVEMENT WILL BE SLOW...GENERALLY TO THE EAST AND
SOUTHEAST AT 5 TO 10 MPH.

$$

PLATT