An organized linear complex of thunderstorms propagated east-northeast across the western and central Permian Basin of west Texas during the very early morning hours of the 3rd and produced widespread severe weather and heavy rainfall. Small bow-shaped segments embedded within the squall line produced damaging winds and 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.
An organized linear complex of thunderstorms propagated east-northeast across the western and central Permian Basin of west Texas during the very early morning hours of the 3rd and produced widespread severe weather and heavy rainfall. Small bow-shaped segments embedded within the squall line produced damaging winds and hail. Most of the severe winds remained over relatively unpopulated areas, so damage was largely limited to downed trees and utility poles. At least one light structure was destroyed in rural areas of Upton County. Flash flooding caused serious travel problems during the overnight hours in Midland and Odessa. No injuries were reported.An outbreak of severe thunderstorms affected much of west Texas during the late evening hours of the 2nd and during the pre-dawn hours of the 3rd. Convection initiated late on the 2nd over the Big Bend and Upper Trans Pecos regions. This activity eventually merged into an organized squall line that rapidly propagated east-northeast over the Permian Basin. Large hail and damaging thunderstorm winds were widespread across the region. The most significant damage occurred in Marfa as the city was pounded by two severe hailstorms that resulted in nearly $200,000 in damages. The second storm to impact Marfa produced very large hail up to two inches in diameter.
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 2, 8:42 PM CST, 3 hours 18 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 942 PM CDT THU JUN 2 2005 .UPDATE... IMPRESSIVE SYSTEM NOW COMING OUT OF NORTHERN CHIHUAHUA WILL ACT UPON A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS TO PRODUCE SEVERE CONVECTION TONIGHT ACROSS THE ENTIRE CWFA. SCATTERED SUPERCELLS SHOULD MORPH INTO A LINEAR MCS AS COLD POOLS CONSOLIDATE BENEATH RESPECTABLE DEEP LAYER SHEAR. AM UPDATING GRIDS RAISE POP AND QPF SUBSTANTIALLY. TEXT PRODUCTS OUT SOON. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 311 PM CDT THU JUN 2 2005/ SHORT TERM... SURFACE DEW POINTS CONTINUE TO FALL ACROSS PORTIONS OF WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO THIS AFTERNOON. THE MOST NOTABLE DROP IN DEW POINTS ENDING 19Z HAS BEEN ACROSS THE UPPER TRANS PECOS REGION AND INTO SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO. THE DRYLINE IS BECOMING A LITTLE MORE APPARENT ACROSS THE REGION...WITH SAID FEATURE ROUGHLY ALONG A KCNM-KINK-KMRF LINE AT 19Z. WATER VAPOR IMAGERY LOOP CONTINUES TO SHOW A CLOSED LOW TRANSLATING EAST OVER THE NORTHERN BAJA PENINSULA/GULF OF CALIFORNIA...WITH SUBTROPICAL CIRRUS SHIELD AHEAD OF THIS FEATURE ENCOMPASSING ALL OF WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO. THE 18Z KMAF SOUNDING...WHICH COMPARES RELATIVELY WELL WITH THE NAM-BUFR FORECAST SOUNDING...DOES SHOW AN INVERSION IN THE 850-800MB LAYER. THIS INVERSION IS CERTAINLY BREAKABLE WITH A FEW DEGREES OF HEATING. WE BELIEVE THE MID-LEVEL TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO WARM THIS AFTERNOON AND THUS PROVIDE A CAPPING INVERSION TO LIMIT THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. HOWEVER...WITH STRONG AFTERNOON HEATING ACROSS THE AREA...THE AIRMASS EAST OF THE DRYLINE WILL BE VERY UNSTABLE...PARTICULARLY ALONG AND EAST OF A PANTHER JUNCTION TO FORT STOCKTON TO BIG SPRING LINE. THE CURRENT FORECAST HAS THIS COVERED AND OVERALL...LITTLE CHANGES WERE MADE TO THE EVENING FORECAST. CONDITIONS STILL APPEAR FAVORABLE AFTER MIDNIGHT FOR A ROUND OF SEVERE WEATHER AS LARGE SCALE FORCING INCREASES OVER THE AREA IN ADVANCE OF THE ABOVE MENTIONED CLOSED LOW. SURFACE PRESSURE FALLS ARE TAKING PLACE ACROSS EASTERN NEW MEXICO AND THIS WILL ALLOW THE DRYLINE TO QUICKLY RETREAT WESTWARD BEGINNING LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. MID-LEVEL COOLING WILL SERVE TO STEEPEN LAPSE RATES FURTHER AS SHEAR PROFILES BECOME FAVORABLE FOR A LINEAR COMPLEX OF STORMS TO MOVE ACROSS THE TRANS PECOS...PERMIAN BASIN AND WESTERN LOW ROLLING PLAINS TONIGHT. DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE PRIMARY CONCERNS. LONG TERM... THE LAST COUPLE MODEL RUNS HAVE COME CLOSER TOGETHER ON THE TIMING OF A MID LEVEL SHORTWAVE INTO OUR FORECAST AREA ON FRIDAY. I CURRENTLY FAVOR THE SLIGHTLY SLOWER NAM SOLUTION. THIS SHORTWAVE...CURRENTLY CROSSING THE BAY OF CALIFORNIA SHOULD MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN MEXICO... REACHING FAR WEST TEXAS BY AROUND 12Z EARLY TOMORROW MORNING... THEN MOVE ACROSS THE COUNTY WARNING AREA BY EARLY AFTERNOON. AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM...MID LEVEL COOLING WILL ALLOW FOR THE CAP TO ERODE...WITH THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG AND EAST OF THE DRYLINE...FROM LEA COUNTY TO CENTRAL BREWSTER COUNTY. WITH CAPE VALUES EXPECTED TO BE IN THE 1500 TO 2500 J/KG RANGE EAST OF THE DRYLINE OVERNIGHT AND LIFTED INDICES AROUND -4 TO -6...EXPECT THAT THUNDERSTORMS WILL REACH SEVERE LEVELS OVERNIGHT AND THEN SPREAD EASTWARD ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE CWA FRIDAY MORNING AND FRIDAY AFTERNOON. WHILE THE MAIN THREAT STILL APPEARS TO BE LARGE HAIL...0-6 KM SHEAR AND BRN SHEAR VALUES SUPPORT SUPERCELL DEVELOPMENT...WOULD NOT RULE OUT THE POSSIBILITY OF ISOLATED TORNADOES OVERNIGHT. BASED ON CURRENT DEW POINT TRENDS...THE NAM CONTINUES TO OVERDUE THE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE...WHICH CAUSES PROGGED NAM CAPE VALUES TO EXCEED 5000 J/KG IN SOME LOCATIONS OVERNIGHT. THE GFS LOOKS TO BE DOING A MUCH BETTER JOB WITH THIS MOISTURE (SLIGHTLY LOWER DEWPOINTS)...AND FAVOR ITS MODERATE INSTABILITY SOLUTION. HOWEVER...THE NAM SOLUTION FOR THE TIMING OF THE SHORTWAVE STILL LOOKS ON TRACK. SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT THROUGH LATE NEXT WEEK WILL RESULT IN A SERIES MID LEVEL SHORT WAVES MOVING ACROSS THE AREA. THIS WILL ALLOW A SURFACE TROUGH AND THE DRYLINE TO REMAIN OVER THE AREA...WITH MOISTURE OCCASIONALLY BEING PULLED BACK TOWARDS THE MOUNTAINS IN ADVANCE OF ADVANCING SHORTWAVES. THE CURRENT FORECAST ALREADY TRENDS THAT DIRECTION. OVERALL...WILL MAKE MINOR ADJUSTMENTS TO THE CURRENT FORECASTS... PRIMARILY TO THE DEW POINT AND TEMPERATURE GRIDS. && .MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NM...NONE. TX...NONE. && 01/70
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 951 PM CDT THU JUN 2 2005 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-040251- 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- 951 PM CDT THU JUN 2 2005 (851 PM MDT THU JUN 2 2005) THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS...SOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES...ARE POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT ACROSS ALL OF WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CREATE LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING...ESPECIALLY IN URBAN AREAS AND IN LOW LYING AREAS. NEARLY CONTINUOUS CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY EARLY FRIDAY MORNING...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BE ONGOING ALONG AND EAST OF THE DRYLINE LOCATED FROM LEA COUNTY NEW MEXICO TO FORT STOCKTON TO EASTERN BREWSTER COUNTY. WITH MODERATE ATMOSPHERIC INSTABILITY AND ABUNDANT AMOUNTS OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE IN PLACE...THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH SEVERE LEVELS WITH THE MAIN THREATS BEING LARGE HAIL AND HIGH WINDS. AN ISOLATED TORNADO IS ALSO POSSIBLE. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE DRYLINE SATURDAY THROUGH NEXT THURSDAY WILL PROVIDE A CHANCE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... 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 747 PM CDT THU JUN 2 2005 TXZ058-074-030130- DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA TX-REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS TX- 747 PM CDT THU JUN 2 2005 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR CENTRAL REEVES AND NORTH CENTRAL JEFF DAVIS COUNTIES. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TOYAH AT 747 PM CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THIS STORM WILL TRACK ALONG AND JUST SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20 FROM MILE MARKER 5 TO MILE MARKER 45. SMALL HAIL AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. PEOPLE IN CENTRAL REEVES AND NORTH CENTRAL JEFF DAVIS COUNTIES 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 948 PM CDT THU JUN 2 2005 TXZ057-058-074-075-080-030330- DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA-MARFA PLATEAU-PECOS- REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR- 948 PM CDT THU JUN 2 2005 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR WESTERN CULBERSON COUNTY AND EASTERN REEVES COUNTY... AS OF 945 PM CDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE CURRENTLY DEVELOPED OVER RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN CULBERSON COUNTY AND WESTERN REEVES COUNTY. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING UP TO DIME SIZE HAIL AND 50 MPH WINDS. IN ADDITION...VERY HEAVY RAINS ARE POSSIBLE. MOTORISTS AND RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO STAY ALERT TO THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS. IF YOU SEE FLOODED ROADWAYS....TURN AROUND. DON/T DROWN. 02
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 1027 PM CDT THU JUN 2 2005 TXZ079>081-030400- BIG BEND AREA TX-MARFA PLATEAU TX-PRESIDIO VALLEY TX- 1027 PM CDT THU JUN 2 2005 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR BREWSTER...PRESIDIO AND WESTERN JEFF DAVIS COUNTIES. A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES UNTIL 4 AM CDT. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PERSIMMON GAP AT 1027 PM CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THIS STORM IS ALREADY CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA SIZED HAIL... DEADLY LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN. FURTHER INTENSIFICATION IS LIKELY. OTHER SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING OVER THE MARFA PLATEAU AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS SOUTHWARD TO THE BIG BEND REGION. THE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND POSSIBLY TORNADOES THROUGH THE EVENING AND EARLY MORNING IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE. PLEASE STAY APPRISED OF THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION. 05
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 1050 PM CDT THU JUN 2 2005 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-030600- 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- 1050 PM CDT (950 PM MDT) THU JUN 2 2005 ...SEVERE WEATHER EPISODE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT... A SIGNIFICANT EPISODE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...INCLUDING THE POSSIBILITY OF VERY LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND A FEW TORNADOES...IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT MUCH OF WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER THE UPPER TRANS PECOS REGION AS OF LATE EVENING. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE EAST INTO A VOLITALE AIRMASS OVER THE TRANS PECOS AND THE PERMIAN BASIN LATER TONIGHT. CURRENT INDICATIONS SUGGEST A SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER EVENT WILL BE POSSIBLE. SEVERE WEATHER MAY BEGIN TO IMPACT THE CENTRAL PERMIAN BASIN AROUND MIDNIGHT. RESIDENTS AND MOTORISTS IN WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO... INCLUDING THE CENTRAL PERMIAN BASIN...SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TONIGHT AND MONITOR THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION. REMEMBER YOUR SEVERE WEATHER AND TORNADO SAFETY RULES AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD A WARNING BE ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 1129 PM CDT THU JUN 2 2005 NMZ033-034-TXZ059-060-030545- CENTRAL LEA COUNTY-LOVING-SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY-WINKLER- 1129 PM CDT (1029 PM MDT) THU JUN 2 2005 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT... AT 1120 PM CDT /1020 PM MDT/...A SEVERE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS CURRENTLY LOCATED ALONG SH 128 IN SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATES SEVERE WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ASSOCIATED WITH THESE STORMS AS THEY RACE TO THE NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE... SH 128... SH 18... EUNICE... HOBBS... RESIDENTS AND MOTORISTS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TONIGHT AND MONITOR THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS. REMEMBER YOUR SEVERE WEATHER AND TORNADO SAFETY RULES AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE COVER AS THESE STORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA.
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 62 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 06:01 UTC.
6 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 3 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Nickel size hail was reported by local law enforcement officials along Texas Highway 115 northeast of Andrews.
Severe thunderstorms produced damaging winds over Gaines County shortly after midnight CST. The West Texas Mesonet site near Seagraves recorded a peak gust of 61 MPH at 00:10 CST. Utility poles also were downed by thunderstorm winds along County Road 305 south of Seminole.
The public reported thunderstorm wind gusts to 60 MPH in rural areas of western Dawson County. No damage was reported.
The public reported intermittent severe wind gusts from thunderstorms over Gardendale between 01:00 and 01:30 CST. No damage was reported.
Penny size hail was reported at a rural homestead southeast of Andrews.
Severe thunderstorm winds downed at least four utility poles along Farm to Market Road 1601 north of Texas Highway 329 in east-central Crane County. Damaging winds spread east toward Crane, where several large trees were blown down.
The public reported thunderstorm wind gusts up to 60 MPH in Lenorah. No damage was reported.
Urban flash flooding occurred throughout Midland during the pre-dawn hours of the 3rd. A complex of strong thunderstorms produced brief, but very heavy rainfall over the city and resulted in more than six inches of flowing flood waters through Midland Drive and Wadley Avenue. Numerous other streets were reportedly under water, but no reports of damage or injuries were received.
Damaging thunderstorm winds swept over portions of Upton County during the early morning hours of the 3rd. A storage shed that was located at an oil field near the intersection of Farm to Market Road 1492 and Texas Highway 329 was destroyed. Debris from the shed was blown into an electrical transformer and caused additional damage including power outages.
A complex of strong to severe thunderstorms moved over Odessa during the pre-dawn hours of the 3rd and produced brief but very heavy rainfall. The local media reported up to eight inches of rapidly flowing flood waters at the intersection of West County Road and University in Odessa. No damage was reported.
Law enforcement officials reported that sections of Texas Highway 329 were barricaded for at least ninety minutes due to flood waters that inundated the driving surface.
Local law enforcement and fire department officials reported nickel size hail east of Big Lake along U.S. Highway 67.
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, June 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: 5457508, 5457509, 5457510, 5457511, 5457512, 5457513, 5457514, 5456693, 5456911, 5457158, 5457159, 5457160.