Thunderstorm Wind, Pecos
- When
- May 13, 3:50 PM CST
- Where
- Pecos County, Girvin
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 31.080, -102.380
Damaging Wind in Texas, May 13, 1996
A multicell cluster of storms developed in Central Pecos County and moved eastward. When over northeastern Pecos County, a large section of the cluster collapsed sending 60 mph outflow winds into the Girvin community.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS MAF wrote it up.
A multicell cluster of storms developed in Central Pecos County and moved eastward. When over northeastern Pecos County, a large section of the cluster collapsed sending 60 mph outflow winds into the Girvin community.
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 98 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:51 UTC.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- High Wind in Ohio, May 13, 1996
- Cold in West Virginia, May 13 to 14, 1996
- Hail in Texas, May 13, 1996
- Cold in Ohio, May 13 to 14, 1996
- Cold in Kentucky, May 13 to 14, 1996
- Heat in Alaska, May 13, 1996
- Heat in Alaska, May 13, 1996
- Hail in Texas, May 13, 1996
- Hail in Kansas, May 13, 1996
- Hail in Kansas, May 13, 1996
- Hail in Kansas, May 13, 1996
- Flood in New Hampshire, May 13 to 14, 1996
More
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5576915.