An active round of severe weather affected portions of west Texas during the afternoon and evening of the 14th. By mid afternoon, a large outflow boundary was stretched from the Davis Mountains northeastward across the Permian Basin.
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An active round of severe weather affected portions of west Texas during the afternoon and evening of the 14th. By mid afternoon, a large outflow boundary was stretched from the Davis Mountains northeastward across the Permian Basin. While the dominant convective mode was multicellular clusters, a few storms obtained supercellular characteristics. The initial storm that developed along the boundary over the southern Permian Basin quickly became a supercell, and produced golfball size hail and funnel clouds.Additional storms over the Trans Pecos region produced large hail up to the size of golfballs, damaging wind gusts, and flash flooding. A motorist on Interstate 10 reported that large hail broke a vehicle windshield in western Pecos County. Apparent downbursts resulted in damage to light structures near Pecos and Mentone.
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 14, 1:00 PM CST, 36 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTED SPELLING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 200 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2005 .SHORT TERM... ATMOSPHERE ACRS CWFA SWD FROM KMAF CONTINUES TO DESTABILIZE IN ADVANCE OF COLD FRONT INVOF KMAF. LOW LEVEL MSTR REMAINS IMPRESSIVE S OF BOUNDARY WITH PECOS 95/61 AND FST 89/66. AS SUCH SB INSTABILITY MOST IMPRESSIVE WITH 17Z MSAS LI/S TO MINUS 10 ACRS CENTRAL PB. HOWEVER MODIFIED 12Z KMAF SOUNDING FOR CURRENT KMAF CONDITIONS REFLECTS LARGE NEGATIVE AREA WITH ABOUT A 2C CAP. JUST A LITTLE FARTHER SW CAP IS MUCH WEAKER AND FAVOR THE AREA INVOF THE PECOS RIVER BETWEEN ORLA AND SHEFFIELD FOR CONVECTION TO DEVELOP NEXT FEW HOURS. FRONT WILL MOVE NEAR THIS AREA BUT WILL PROBABLY STALL JUST N OF PECOS RIVER AS CENTER OF ISALLOBARIC HIGH DROPS S INTO THE CONCHO VALLEY. STORMS HAVE ALREADY DEVELOP IN THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS AN EXPECT THEY WILL CONTINUE TO PROSPER COURTESY MST UPSLOPE FLOW AND NEAR 8 C/KM 7H-5H LR/S. DOWNBURST AND HEAVY RAIN FAVORED IN WHAT LOOKS TO BE WEAKLY SHEARED ENVIRONMENT. NAM40 SOUNDING ACRS DAVIS MTNS REFLECT POTENTIAL FOR DOWNBURST WINDS WITH SOUNDING INDICATIVE OF HYBRID DOWNBURST PROFILE. NONETHELESS WITH BOUNDARY INFLUENCES AND CAPES OVER 3000 J/KG CAN/T RULE OUT ISOLD ORGANIZED UPDRAFTS. STEERING FLOW ACRS THE TRANS PECOS IS ANEMIC INCREASING HEAVY RAIN CONCERNS. LOW TEMPS IN GENERAL WILL CONTINUE TO BE ON THE WARM SIDE...HOWEVER RAIN COOLED AIR WILL MAKE FOR DIFFICULT TEMP FCST. .LONG TERM... UPPER RIDGE BEGINNING TO BUILD OVER THE AREA...HOWEVER IT IS NOT QUITE STRONG ENOUGH TO SQUELCH CONVECTION AS EVIDENCED IN THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON. LOOKING FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF EAST/ SOUTHEAST UPSLOPE FLOW AS UPPER RIDGE BECOMES MORE ESTABLISHED OVER THE AREA. CURRENT CROP OF MODEL DATA INDICATES THE UPPER RIDGE STRENGTHENING IN EARNEST FROM FRIDAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND. SINCE WE/LL HAVE THE AFOREMENTIONED UPSLOPE FLOW ON WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY... AFTERNOON AND EVENING CONVECTION WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG THE HIGHER TERRAIN AS ABUNDANT MOISTURE...HEATING...AND PERIODIC WEAK SHORTWAVES MILLING ABOUT UNDER EXPANDING RIDGE WILL ALLOW THIS. SHEAR WILL BE PALTRY DUE TO PRESENCE OF RIDGE...SO ONLY ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE. ON FRIDAY AND THROUGH THE WEEKEND...MID LEVEL TEMPS WARM MARKEDLY AS RIDGE CONTINUES TO EXPAND/STRENGTHEN. THIS SHOULD EFFECTIVELY SHUT DOWN AFTERNOON/ EVENING TSRA IN THE MOUNTAINS THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THERE IS SOME INDICATION THAT ANOTHER CONVECTIVELY DRIVEN BOUNDARY WILL GRAZE THE NORTHEASTERN ZONES...AND POSSIBLY SKIRT THE EXTREME EASTERN CWA DOWN TO THE LOWER TRANS PECOS. BUT SINCE THIS IS HIGHLY SPECULATIVE... WILL GO WITH THE UPPER RIDGE DOMINATING AND LEAVE POPS OUT AFTER THURSDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL BE ON THE RISE...ESPECIALLY THURSDAY AND ONWARD AS SOME DRIER AIR OVER THE WESTERN CWA AND POINTS FURTHER WEST MIXES DOWN EACH AFTERNOON. DO NOT EXPECT TO SEE A VERY SHARP DRYLINE THROUGH THIS PERIOD...BUT THE DRIER AIR WILL PROBABLY ALLOW FOR MAX TEMPS CLOSER TO THE GFS OUTPUT...WHICH HAVE BEEN TOO HOT OF LATE. THEREFORE...HAVE TRENDED MAXES TOWARD THE HIGH SIDE...ESPECIALLY THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. LATE IN THE WEEKEND...IF NOT EARLY NEXT WEEK MODELS INDICATING EAST COAST UPPER TROUGH DIGGING SOUTHWESTWARD BEFORE CUTTING OFF AN UPPER LOW OVER THE GULF COAST STATES. MEDIUM RANGE MODELS HAVE BEEN TAKING TURNS DEPICTING THIS...BUT ARE FAR TOO INCONSISTENT TO REALLY PUT MUCH STOCK INTO THEM. SINCE PREVIOUS SHIFT HAD THIS COVERED... WILL LEAVE THE GRIDS PRETTY MUCH AS THEY ARE. SOME LOCATIONS ALONG THE RIO GRANDE HAVE BEEN FLIRTING WITH HEAT ADVISORY CRITERIA/MINS OF 75 OR GREATER...AND AFTERNOON HEAT INDICES OF 105 OR GREATER/OVER THE LAST DAY OR SO. WILL HOLD OFF ON ISSUING ANYTHING AT THIS TIME...AS CONVECTION THIS AFTERNOON/TONIGHT COULD COOL SOME OF THESE LOCALES DOWN ENOUGH TO PREVENT REACHING CRITERIA. HOWEVER...COME THURSDAY AND THROUGH THE WEEKEND...SOME LOCATIONS ALONG THE RIO GRANDE...IF NOT OVER THE UPPER TRANS PECOS...MAY NEED SUCH AN ADVISORY. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... BIG SPRING TX 70 96 72 99 / 30 0 0 0 CARLSBAD NM 67 99 69 104 / 40 10 20 10 DRYDEN TX 73 94 73 99 / 40 0 0 0 FORT STOCKTON TX 70 95 71 102 / 40 10 0 0 GUADALUPE PASS TX 65 91 67 100 / 40 10 20 10 HOBBS NM 68 98 70 103 / 30 10 30 10 MARFA TX 60 91 59 92 / 50 10 0 20 MIDLAND INTL AIRPORT TX 70 94 72 99 / 30 0 0 0 ODESSA TX 71 96 72 100 / 30 0 0 0 WINK TX 74 101 75 106 / 30 0 10 0 && .MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NM...NONE. TX...NONE. && 49/67
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 125 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2005 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-151825- 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- 125 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2005 (1225 PM MDT TUE JUN 14 2005) THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS A LARGE PART OF THE AREA THIS EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS ARE ESPECIALLY FAVORED WEST OF A LINE FROM HOBBS...TO MIDLAND...TO SHEFFIELD WITH THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS AND THE UPPER TRANS PECOS MOST LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE THUNDERSTORMS. A FEW STORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH HAIL TO NEAR THE SIZE OF NICKELS...HOWEVER DOWNBURST WINDS WITH GUSTS AROUND 70 MPH AND HEAVY RAIN ARE THE PRIMARY CONCERNS. LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND LOW WATER CROSSING IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE TRANS PECOS INCLUDING THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. A FEW STORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS THE PRIMARY CONCERN. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED TONIGHT...HOWEVER LOCALIZED FLOODING RAINS AND STRONG DOWNBURST WINDS MAY WARRANT LOCAL SPOTTER ACTIVATION ACROSS THE TRANS PECOS INTO THE EVENING. THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WATCHES...WARNINGS...ADVISORIES... AND STATEMENTS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN MIDLAND CAN BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET AT (LOWER CASE) HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MIDLAND
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 224 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2005 TXZ074-080-142030- DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA TX-MARFA PLATEAU TX- 224 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2005 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR JEFF DAVIS...NORTHERN PRESIDIO AND NORTHWESTERN BREWSTER COUNTIES. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FORT DAVIS AT 224 PM CDT. THE STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. OTHER STRONG STORMS ARE LOCATED NEAR MARFA AND NORTHEAST OF FORT DAVIS. HAIL...WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 55 MPH...HEAVY DOWNSPOURS RESULTING IN FLOODING...AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE ACROSS THESE AREAS THROUGH 330 PM.
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 221 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:37 UTC.
7 hail, 2 flash flood, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 debris flow. Local standard time, as filed.
Initial reports indicated that flash flooding resulted in up to six inches of rapidly flowing water over several city streets in Fort Davis. By 15:18 CST, high water was reported flowing over Texas Highway 118 near the Prude Ranch north of Fort Davis.
Heavy rainfall over the Davis Mountains was a contributing factor in triggering a landslide along Texas Highway 118 southeast of Fort Davis. Several large boulders fell onto the highway near the Musquiz historical marker above Musquiz Creek. No damage or injuries were reported.
Pea to golfball size hail was reported at a gas plant near the intersection of Farm to Market Road 1492 and Texas Highway 329. The hail fell at the plant for twenty minutes, but no damage was reported. Employees at the gas plant watched a rotating wall cloud produce funnel clouds south of the plant while the hail was falling. A National Weather Service damage survey to the area found no evidence of a tornado.
The public reported nickel size hail along U.S. Highway 285 south of Pecos.
Multiple reports were received of large hail up to the size of quarters as a cluster of severe thunderstorms affected central Reeves County. The Texas Department of Public Safety reported quarter size hail in Pecos at 15:20 CST. Nickel size hail was reported in Toyah at 15:53 CST, and penny size hail was reported at the Pecos Airport at 15:55 CST. No damage was reported to be associated with the hail.
A trailer home sustained minor damage due to thunderstorm winds just southwest of Pecos at 15:30 CST. A portion of the home's porch was blown into an adjacent field. Several large tree limbs were downed. Two poles that were set in concrete were also blown down by the winds. Severe thunderstorm wind gusts also were reported by law enforcement officials north of Pecos at 15:50 CST.
The Texas Department of Public Safety reported flash flooding along a secondary roadway north of Interstate 20 in rural areas west of Pecos.
Half-dollar size hail was reported at Terlingua Ranch in Big Bend National Park.
A motorist traveling along Interstate 10 west of Fort Stockton reported that her windshield was cracked by large hail. The hail was reported to be at least one inch in diameter.
Severe thunderstorm winds blew the roof off of a large barn northeast of Mentone.
A left-moving supercell produced large hail along a swath from Mentone to near the Texas and New Mexico border in northern Loving County. Initial reports indicated penny size hail in Mentone and just east of the city along Texas Highway 302. A rancher reported golfball size hail fell in rural areas of the county before the storm moved over the state line. No damage was reported.
A severe storm explosively developed over Fort Stockton, and quickly produced pea to nickel size hail. No damage was reported.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 5457157, 5457290, 5457218, 5457219, 5457220, 5457221, 5457223, 5457222, 5457224, 5457226, 5457225, 5457227.