Hail, Pecos
- When
- May 6, 6:40 PM CST
- Where
- Pecos County, Sheffield
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- FIRE DEPT/RESCUE SQUAD
- Coordinates
- 30.667, -101.833
Hail in Texas, May 6, 2000
This storm developed on the east end of an area of storms that formed in the mountains to the west. Most storms were in an area with dew points in the 30s, however, this storm developed east of the dryline where dew points were in the lower to mid 50s.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
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.
This storm developed on the east end of an area of storms that formed in the mountains to the west. Most storms were in an area with dew points in the 30s, however, this storm developed east of the dryline where dew points were in the lower to mid 50s.
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 146 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:40 UTC.
Event by event
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Heat in Pennsylvania, May 6 to 9, 2000
- Hail in Wyoming, May 6, 2000
- Hail in Nebraska, May 6, 2000
- Heat in Virginia, May 6 to 9, 2000
- Hail in Nebraska, May 6, 2000
- Heat in Maryland, May 6 to 9, 2000
- Hail in Nebraska, May 6, 2000
- Heat in District of Columbia, May 6 to 9, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Wind in North Dakota, May 6, 2000
- Heat in West Virginia, May 6 to 9, 2000
- Flooding in Oklahoma, May 6, 2000
- Flooding in Oklahoma, May 6 to 8, 2000
More
Every storm in Texas in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, May 2000
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: 5143954.