Isolated severe thunderstorms moved across much of the central Permian Basin during the evening of the 4th. One storm slowly moved across the Midland/Upton County line producing severe thunderstorm winds and large hail.
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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.
The episode as NWS MAF wrote it up.
Isolated severe thunderstorms moved across much of the central Permian Basin during the evening of the 4th. One storm slowly moved across the Midland/Upton County line producing severe thunderstorm winds and large hail. The ping-pong ball size hail combined with the winds to do over 70,000 dollars worth of damage to cotton and watermelon crops. The hail also damaged one farmer's irrigation system. A second storm also produced damage, blowing over a garage in north central Reagan county.
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 Jul 4, 7:40 PM CST, 38 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 840 PM CDT MON JUL 4 2005 .UPDATE... STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS MOVING ACROSS EASTERN PERMIAN BASIN... SHOULD CONTINUE EVEN A FEW HOURS AFTER SUNSET. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF PERMIAN BASIN TIL 06Z. .SHORT TERM... A WELL-DEFINED BOUNDARY SURGED INTO NORTHWEST TEXAS AND THE EASTERN SOUTH PLAINS THIS MORNING AHEAD OF A MCS THAT TRANSLATED ACROSS OKLAHOMA DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. THIS FEATURE HAS SINCE MOVED INTO THE PERMIAN BASIN AND THE FAR SOUTHEAST PLAINS OF NEW MEXICO...AND WAS ROUGHLY LOCATED ALONG A HOBBS...ANDREWS...MIDLAND LINE AT 18Z. IN ADDITION...A DRYLINE EXTENDED EAST OF THE GUADALUPE AND DAVIS MOUNTAIN AREAS. THE ATMOSPHERE WILL BECOME VERY UNSTABLE AHEAD OF THESE TWO BOUNDARIES LATE THIS AFTERNOON...AS TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO WARM INTO THE UPPER 90S/LOW-MID 100S...AND SURFACE DEWPOINTS RANGE FROM THE LOWER-MID 50S ACROSS THE TRANS PECOS TO THE LOWER-MID 60S ACROSS THE EASTERN PERMIAN BASIN. EXPECT SCATTERED CONVECTION TO INITIATE OVER THE PERMIAN BASIN ALONG THE FRONTAL/OUTFLOW BOUNDARY LATER THIS AFTERNOON...WITH MORE ISOLATED CONVECTION POSSIBLE EAST OF THE DRYLINE. ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL BE CAPABLE OF BECOMING SEVERE QUICKLY GIVEN THE STRONG INSTABILITY...WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS THE MAIN THREATS. HAVE INCLUDED SEVERE MENTION IN THE WEATHER GRIDS GENERALLY ALONG AND EAST OF A HOBBS...KERMIT...FORT STOCKTON...SANDERSON LINE. MODELS ALSO ARE HINTING AT ANOTHER MCS DEVELOPING IN THE VICINITY OF NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND THE TEXAS PANHANDLE TONIGHT. THIS FEATURE MAY EVENTUALLY TRACK SOUTHEAST TOWARD THE NORTHEAST PERMIAN BASIN AND THE WESTERN LOW ROLLING PLAINS AFTER MIDNIGHT. HAVE TRENDED OVERNIGHT MIN TEMPS CLOSE TO RECENT TRENDS/MET MOS DATA...WHILE FOLLOWING FAIRLY CLOSE TO THE GFS MOS FOR OVERNIGHT WIND AND DEWPOINTS. .LONG TERM... SIMILAR PATTERN SHAPING UP FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS AS AN UPPER-LEVEL RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS FIRMLY ANCHORED ACROSS NORTHERN CHIHUAHUA MEXICO AND SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO. NORTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT AROUND THIS RIDGE IS ALLOWING MULTIPLE SHORT WAVES TO TRANSLATE SOUTHEASTWARD INTO THE TX PANHANDLE EACH EVENING. TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...EXPECT SHORT WAVES TO ADVANCE INTO SOUTHWESTERN OK AND EASTERN TX PANHANDLE LATE IN THE EVENING. AS EACH IMPULSE MAKES AN APPROACH...THE 850 MB LLJ SHOULD BEGIN TO STRENGTHEN AND DEEPEN. THE PLACEMENT OF RESULTANT MCS/S WILL BE THE MOST CHALLENGING PART OF THE FORECAST. OPTED TO GO WITH 20 POPS IN THE WESTERN ROLLING PLAINS WITH POPS EXTENDING INTO THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE DAVIS/GLASS MOUNTAINS AS AN ISOLATED THREAT REMAINS FOR THE ELEVATED HEAT SOURCES EASILY PUNCHING THROUGH ANY AVAILABLE SURFACE CAP. OTHERWISE...NOT MUCH CHANGE HAS BEEN MADE TO THE FORECAST GRIDS AS UPPER HIGH BUILDS SLIGHTLY NORTHWARD INTO THE SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL ROCKIES...THE TREND WILL BE TO LIMIT THE CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY TO MORE LATE AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS...AS CONTINUED HOT TEMPERATURES AND FAIRLY MOIST BOUNDARY LAYER CONDITIONS WILL EXIST AND THE PERSISTENT NW FLOW ALOFT PROPAGATES FURTHER TO OUR NORTHEAST. HOT TEMPERATURES WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE REST OF THE WEEK...AS THERMAL LOW LEVEL RIDGING CONTINUES TO ENHANCE ALONG THE LEE SURFACE TROUGH DAILY. TEMPERATURES MAY COOL BY A FEW DEGREES LATE IN THE WEEK AS MODELS HINT OF THE LEE TROUGH RETROGRADING AND THE SURFACE FLOW BACKS A BIT...BUT TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN NEAR/ABOVE 95 DEGREES FOR MOST AREAS EXCEPT FOR THE HIGHER TERRAIN. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... BIG SPRING TX 73 99 71 97 / 30 10 20 0 CARLSBAD NM 72 102 71 101 / 0 10 20 10 DRYDEN TX 76 101 74 100 / 20 0 10 0 FORT STOCKTON TX 74 102 72 99 / 20 10 10 0 GUADALUPE PASS TX 73 95 70 93 / 0 10 10 10 HOBBS NM 71 102 71 101 / 10 10 20 0 MARFA TX 57 95 62 93 / 10 10 10 10 MIDLAND INTL AIRPORT TX 73 98 73 98 / 30 10 20 0 ODESSA TX 73 98 73 99 / 20 10 20 0 WINK TX 75 105 74 105 / 20 10 20 0 && .MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NM...NONE. TX...NONE. && 21/02
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 145 PM CDT MON JUL 4 2005 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-051837- ANDREWS-BIG BEND AREA-BORDEN-CENTRAL LEA COUNTY-CRANE- DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA-DAWSON-ECTOR-EDDY COUNTY PLAINS-GAINES- GLASSCOCK-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY- HOWARD-LOVING-MARFA PLATEAU-MARTIN-MIDLAND-MITCHELL- NORTHERN LEA COUNTY-PECOS-PRESIDIO VALLEY-REAGAN- REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-SCURRY-SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY- TERRELL-UPTON-VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR-WARD-WINKLER- 145 PM CDT MON JUL 4 2005 (1245 PM MDT MON JUL 4 2005) THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING GENERALLY ALONG AND EAST OF A HOBBS...KERMIT...FORT STOCKTON...SANDERSON LINE. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS WILL BE THE PRIMARY HAZARDS. THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN...WHICH MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING AND PONDING OF WATER ON AREA ROADWAYS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE AGAIN ON TUESDAY ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO...THE PERMIAN BASIN...AND PORTIONS OF THE UPPER TRANS PECOS REGION. THE PRIMARY HAZARDS WILL BE LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WIND GUSTS...AND LOCALIZED FLOODING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 540 PM CDT MON JUL 4 2005 TXZ081-042345- BIG BEND AREA TX- 540 PM CDT MON JUL 4 2005 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR EAST CENTRAL BREWSTER COUNTY. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER EAST CENTRAL BREWSTER COUNTY 9 MILES NORTH OF HEATH CANYON AT 540 PM CDT...MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH. STORM INTENSITY IS INCREASING AND SEVERE WEATHER MAY DEVELOP RAPIDLY.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 608 PM CDT MON JUL 4 2005 TXZ052-063-050015- GLASSCOCK TX-HOWARD TX- 608 PM CDT MON JUL 4 2005 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR NORTHEASTERN GLASSCOCK AND SOUTHERN HOWARD COUNTIES. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS RAPIDLY DEVELOPING 11 MILES EAST OF LEES AT 608 PM CDT. THIS STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. STORM INTENSITY IS INCREASING AND SEVERE WEATHER MAY DEVELOP RAPIDLY.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 729 PM CDT MON JUL 4 2005 TXZ082-050100- TERRELL TX- 729 PM CDT MON JUL 4 2005 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR WEST CENTRAL TERRELL COUNTY. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SANDERSON OVER FAR EASTERN BREWSTER COUNTY AT 729 PM CDT...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH. PEOPLE IN WEST CENTRAL TERRELL COUNTY...INCLUDING THE CITY OF SANDERSON...SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR WARNINGS AND REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 823 PM CDT MON JUL 4 2005 TXZ070-050230- REAGAN TX- 823 PM CDT MON JUL 4 2005 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR REAGAN COUNTY. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 20 MILES EAST OF NORTH REAGAN FIRE STATION OVER EXTREME NORTHEASTERN REAGAN COUNTY AT 823 PM CDT. THE STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. ADDITIONAL STORMS MAY RAPIDLY DEVELOP OVER CENTRAL AND NORTHERN REAGAN COUNTY. STORM INTENSITY IS INCREASING AND SEVERE WEATHER MAY DEVELOP RAPIDLY.
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 66 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:18 UTC.
8 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Quarter size hail and damaging thunderstorm winds were observed 27 miles north-northwest of Big Lake.
Damaging thunderstorm winds blew a garage down north-northwest of Big Lake.
Hail up to the size of ping-pong balls combined with damaging winds to destroy cotton and watermelon crops, along with one farmer's irrigation system, in far northern Upton county and far southern Midland county.
Hail up to the size of ping-pong balls combined with damaging winds to destroy cotton and watermelon crops, along with one farmer's irrigation system, in far northern Upton county and far southern Midland county.
Hail up to the size of ping-pong balls combined with damaging winds to destroy cotton and watermelon crops, along with one farmer's irrigation system, in far northern Upton county and far southern Midland county.
Hail up to the size of ping-pong balls combined with damaging winds to destroy cotton and watermelon crops, along with one farmer's irrigation system, in far northern Upton county and far southern Midland county.
A Crane County Sheriff's Deputy estimated wind gusts between 60 and 65 miles per hour at the intersection of Texas Highway 329 and Farm to Market Road 1492.
A National Weather Service cooperative observer reported large hail falling for over 30 minutes. At times, strong winds blew the hail horizontally.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, July 2005
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: 5463049, 5463050, 5463053, 5463054, 5463058, 5463059, 5463051, 5463056, 5463055, 5463052, 5463057, 5463137.