Thunderstorm Wind, Ector
- When
- May 2, 3:22 PM CST
- Where
- Ector County, Penwell
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 31.733, -102.600
The cooperative observer reported strong winds as a result of a collapsing thunderstorm.
Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, May 2, 2001
2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- 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
- 3
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 forecasters said that day
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 May 2, 1:05 PM CST, 2 hours 17 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 2, 1:05 PM CST, 2 hours 17 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 205 PM CDT WED MAY 2 2001 MID AND HIGH LEVEL MOISTURE CONTINUES TO INCREASE OVER WESTERN CWA IN ADVANCE OF APPROACHING UPPER LOW. 18Z SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWS A WEAK SURFACE TROUGH /DRYLINE/ CURRENTLY BISECTS CWA WITH A COLD FRONT ON A KCVN-KGAG-KSLN LINE. NO MAJOR INITIALIZATION PROBLEMS WITH 12Z MODEL RUNS...HOWEVER LOW LEVEL FEATURES REMAIN IN QUESTION BETWEEN ETA AND AVN. AGREE WITH NATIONAL MODEL DISCUSSION THAT AVN HAS SHOWN BEST CONSISTENCY WITH DEVELOPING FOUR CORNERS UPPER LOW...AND THE ETA HAS BACKED OFF WITH THE SOUTHERN EXTENT OF COLD FRONT PLUNGING DOWN FRONT RANGE. UPPER LOW TO REMAIN OVER SOUTHWEST U.S. THROUGH THE NEAR TERM. HIGH AND MID LEVEL SUBTROPICAL MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE OVER THE AREA AS SOUTHWESTERLY UPPER LEVEL FLOW BECOMES DOMINATE. EMBEDDED SHORTWAVE TROUGHS IN THE SUBTROPICAL FEED...ALONG WITH SHORTWAVE TROUGHS EJECTING FROM FOUR CORNERS LOW...WILL BEGIN AFFECTING THE AREA LATE TOMORROW. FORECASTING THE TIMING AND STRENGTH OF THESE FEATURES IS DIFFICULT AND LENDS TO FORECAST UNCERTAINTIES. AFOREMENTIONED COLD FRONT WOULD PROVIDE A NICE LOW LEVEL FOCUS... HOWEVER THINK THAT IT/S EFFECTS WILL BE SHORT LIVED THURSDAY MORNING AS SURFACE LOW DEEPENS IN CENTRAL NEW MEXICO IN RESPONSE TO DEVELOPING UPPER LOW...THEREBY FORCING SURFACE FRONT NORTHWARD AND OUT OF CWA BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. WILL NOT GO AS HIGH AS GUIDANCE SUGGESTS WITH POPS AS AMOUNT OF SIGNIFICANT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND LACK OF SURFACE BOUNDARY RAISE CONCERNS. TEMPS SHOULD COOL THROUGH FRIDAY AS THICKNESS LOWER AND AS MID AND HIGH LEVEL CLOUD COVER INCREASES. MOST OF THE EXTENDED LOOKS DRY AS UPPER LOW FINALLY SHIFTS INTO CENTRAL PLAINS BY SATURDAY WITH RIDGING IN ITS WAKE. MRF ADVERTISES COLD FRONT BY MID WEEK. HAVE TRENDED TEMPS DOWN SLIGHTLY...BUT HAVE CHOSEN NOT TO INCLUDE POPS JUST YET. THE PRELIMINARY GUIDANCE BELOW IS FOR COORDINATION PURPOSES ONLY. OFFICIAL FORECASTS ARE CONTAINED WITHIN THE WEST TEXAS/SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO ZONE FORECAST. MAF 62/85/60/81 0233 LSA 59/83/58/79 0233 E41 62/86/61/81 0233 6R6 64/90/62/86 0233 MRF 52/83/54/77 -223 CNM 59/88/56/84 0022 .MAF... TX...NONE. NM...NONE. JBM
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 2, 1:20 PM CST, 2 hours 2 minutes before
NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-031000- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 220 PM CDT WED MAY 2 2001 .SYNOPSIS... AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE SOUTHWESTERN U.S. TONIGHT...BUT THIS SYSTEM WILL NOT INFLUENCE THE WEATHER EXTENSIVELY ACROSS SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO. MOISTURE LEVELS ACROSS THE REGION ARE MARGINAL FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF PRECIPITATION...AND THE MOST LIKELY AREAS FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WILL BE ACROSS THE MOUNTAINOUS AREAS. .THREATS... THUNDERSTORMS... ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE MOUNTAINOUS REGIONS OF SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO TONIGHT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
Special weather statement, May 2, 2:45 PM CST, 37 minutes before
NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-031000- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 345 PM CDT WED MAY 2 2001 .SYNOPSIS... AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE SOUTHWESTERN U.S. TONIGHT. MOISTURE LEVELS ACROSS THE REGION ARE MARGINAL FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION...ALTHOUGH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN SOME AREAS. .THREATS... THUNDERSTORMS... ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE MOUNTAINOUS REGIONS OF SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO TONIGHT... IN ADDITION TO THE TRANS-PECOS AND PORTIONS OF THE PERMIAN BASIN. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS NOT ANTICIPATED...BUT SOME STORMS COULD PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH...BLOWING DUST...AND SMALL HAIL.
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 45 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:20 UTC.
Event by event
2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Ector
- When
- May 2, 3:55 PM CST
- Where
- Ector County, Odessa
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 31.850, -102.367
Hail was reported by the general public at the intersection of Interstate 20 and U.S. Highway 385.
Hail, Midland
- When
- May 2, 4:26 PM CST
- Where
- Midland County, Midland Arpt
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 31.933, -102.200
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.
- 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
- High Wind in Utah, May 2 to 4, 2001
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 2, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Alaska, May 2 to 4, 2001
- Excessive Heat in New Jersey, May 2 to 4, 2001
- Excessive Heat in Pennsylvania, May 2 to 4, 2001
- High Surf in Hawaii, May 2 to 3, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, May 2, 2001
- Winter Storm in Colorado, May 2 to 4, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, May 2 to 5, 2001
- Winter Storm in Wyoming, May 2 to 3, 2001
- Excessive Heat in Maryland, May 2 to 4, 2001
- Excessive Heat in Delaware, May 2 to 4, 2001
More
Every storm in Texas in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, May 2001
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: 5245194, 5245195, 5245196.