An unseasonably strong cold front swept south across West Texas on the 26th. Severe thunderstorms developed near the front across the Davis Mountains and the Lower Trans Pecos.
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An unseasonably strong cold front swept south across West Texas on the 26th. Severe thunderstorms developed near the front across the Davis Mountains and the Lower Trans Pecos. These storms resulted in large hail and severe thunderstorm winds.
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 Jun 26, 9:00 AM CST, 4 hours earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 1000 AM CDT THU JUN 26 2003 QUICK UPDATE TO RAISE POPS AND MENTION LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL TODAY PORTIONS OF THE EXTREME WESTERN LOW ROLLING PLAINS PER CURRENT TRENDS. ALSO INCREASED WIND SPEEDS MOST ZONES TO BREEZY CATEGORY. LOOKS LIKE MORE SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL ON TAP FOR PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY WARNING AREA LATE TODAY AND THIS EVENING AS THE FRONT CONTINUES TO PUSH SOUTH IN MOIST REGIME AND DIFFLUENT FLOW ALOFT. MORE ON THIS LATER. .MAF... TX...NONE. NM...NONE. 12
NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-261930- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 532 AM CDT THU JUN 26 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TODAY THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS A LARGE PART OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS TODAY AND THIS EVENING. THE MOST LIKELY AREAS TO EXPERIENCE SEVERE WEATHER LATER TODAY WILL INCLUDE THOSE LOCATIONS GENERALLY SOUTH AND WEST OF AN ARTESIA...TO WINK...TO BIG LAKE LINE. ANY THUNDERSTORMS WHICH DEVELOP TODAY AND IMPACT THE OUTLOOK AREA WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. A FEW OF THE STRONGER STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE...RESULTING IN LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED LATER TODAY ACROSS PARTS OF WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO.
TXZ057-058-074-075-079>082-270000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 134 PM CDT THU JUN 26 2003 THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER IN NORMAN OKLAHOMA HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 700 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS... BREWSTER...CULBERSON...JEFF DAVIS...PECOS...PRESIDIO...REEVES AND TERRELL THIS TORNADO WATCH INCLUDES THE CITIES OF... ALPINE...BAKERSFIELD...DRYDEN...FORT DAVIS...FORT STOCKTON... LAJITAS...MARATHON...MARFA...PANTHER JUNCTION...PECOS...PRESIDIO... SANDERSON...SHEFFIELD AND VAN HORN
TXZ057-058-074-075-079>082-270000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...ADDED CTA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 137 PM CDT THU JUN 26 2003 THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER IN NORMAN OKLAHOMA HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 700 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS... BREWSTER...CULBERSON...JEFF DAVIS...PECOS...PRESIDIO...REEVES AND TERRELL THIS TORNADO WATCH INCLUDES THE CITIES OF... ALPINE...BAKERSFIELD...DRYDEN...FORT DAVIS...FORT STOCKTON... LAJITAS...MARATHON...MARFA...PANTHER JUNCTION...PECOS...PRESIDIO... SANDERSON...SHEFFIELD AND VAN HORN A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES. IN ADDITION...LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. IF YOU ARE IN OR NEAR TO THE WATCH AREA...CHECK PREPAREDNESS REQUIREMENTS...KEEP INFORMED...AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SAFE SHELTER IF A WARNING IS ISSUED OR SEVERE WEATHER IS OBSERVED.
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 176 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:02 UTC.
2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The public reported penny size hail falling at a gas station along Interstate 10 for fifteen minutes.
Reported at the Terrell County Gas Plant.
Reported by a rural resident.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, June 2003
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: 5363406, 5363405, 5363404.