OBSERVATIONS OF A TROPICAL STORM
IN WEST TEXAS

Todd Lindley
Alexander Lyster
Rebecca Gould
NOAA / NWSFO - Midland / Odessa, Texas

Figure 13
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loop of thunderstorms over McDonald Observatory in the Davis Mountains
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Figure #13...KMAF base reflectivity loop from 1828 to 1938 UTC shows convection associated with one of Claudette’s outer rainbands moving over the McDonald Observatory. This convection likely generated the relatively stronger winds noted on the Mount Fowlkes meteogram between 1830 and 1930 UTC.