1 tornado, 1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
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 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 30, 12:30 PM MST, 3 hours 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 230 PM CDT TUE MAY 30 2006 .SHORT TERM... SOUTH TO SOUTHEASTERLY SURFACE WINDS HAVE BROUGHT A RETURN FLOW OF MOISTURE TO MUCH OF WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO THIS AFTERNOON. WITH THE ONSET OF SURFACE HEATING...THE ATMOSPHERE IS STARTING TO BECOME UNSTABLE ACROSS A GOOD PORTION OF THE REGION. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ALREADY DEVELOPED ACROSS THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...AND WE EXPECT ADDITIONAL CONVECTION TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE FAR SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO PLAINS...THE PERMIAN BASIN...AND AREAS ALONG THE NORTHERN BIG BEND AND TRANS PECOS REGION LATER THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. WE WILL CARRY THE HIGHEST COVERAGE OF PRECIPITATION ACROSS AREAS NORTHEAST OF A TATUM...KERMIT...FORT STOCKTON...BIG LAKE LINE TONIGHT...WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF CONVECTION AS FAR WEST AS AN ARTESIA...CARLSBAD... MARFA LINE. WITH MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES STEEPENING AND MODEST BULK SHEAR IN PLACE...WILL CONTINUE TO KEEP A MENTION OF SEVERE WEATHER FOR THE FAR SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO PLAINS...THE PERMIAN BASIN...AND THE WESTERN LOW ROLLING PLAINS. MODELS ALSO HINT AT A CONVECTIVE COMPLEX DEVELOPING ACROSS THE EASTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE TONIGHT...BEFORE SLIDING SOUTHEASTWARD INTO NORTHWEST TX TOWARD MORNING. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE THAT THE WESTERN EDGE OF THIS FEATURE COULD CLIP THE WESTERN LOW ROLLING PLAINS EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. OTHERWISE...SKIES SHOULD REMAIN PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY ACROSS MOST LOCATIONS OVERNIGHT...WITH MINIMUM TEMPERATURES SIMILAR TO READINGS THIS MORNING. ONLY MINOR EDITS WERE MADE TO THE WIND AND DEWPOINT GRIDS. .LONG TERM... ACTIVE PERIOD ANTICIPATED WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT AS FRONT MOVES SOUTH INTO THE REGION. PLENTY OF LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE AND INSTABILITY WITH NO CAP TO GENERATE WIDELY SCATTERED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. EAST TO NORTHEAST FLOW PROGGED THROUGH THE COLUMN THURSDAY WITH FRONT DIFFICULT TO DEFINE. WILL CONTINUE 15-30 POPS WITH INSTABILITY PROGGED DESPITE SURFACE HIGH ATTEMPTING TO BUILD SOUTHWARD FROM THE CENTRAL PLAINS. BEST POPS HIGHER IN THE MOUNTAINS IN BEST INSTABILITY WITH TOPOGRAPHY A HELP. FOR FRIDAY AND BEYOND UPPER HIGH BUILDS ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST UNITED STATES WITH NORTH TO NORTHEAST FLOW ALOFT. KEPT ISOLATED POPS IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN WITH STEEP LAPSE RATES IN UPSLOPE FLOW CLOSEST TO ANY SHORTWAVES ROTATING AROUND RIDGE...DESPITE WARMING MID LEVEL TEMPERATURES. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... BIG SPRING TX 67 92 66 83 / 40 20 30 20 CARLSBAD NM 65 92 62 89 / 20 30 40 30 DRYDEN TX 69 91 65 84 / 20 20 30 30 FORT STOCKTON TX 69 93 65 83 / 30 30 40 30 GUADALUPE PASS TX 65 88 59 83 / 10 20 30 30 HOBBS NM 65 92 63 88 / 40 30 40 30 MARFA TX 57 86 56 80 / 20 30 40 30 MIDLAND INTL AIRPORT TX 67 90 63 85 / 40 20 40 20 ODESSA TX 69 90 63 86 / 40 20 40 30 WINK TX 71 98 68 92 / 40 30 40 30 && .MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NM...NONE. TX...NONE. && 21/12
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 229 PM CDT TUE MAY 30 2006 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-311930- GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-EDDY COUNTY PLAINS- NORTHERN LEA COUNTY-CENTRAL LEA COUNTY-SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY-GAINES- DAWSON-BORDEN-SCURRY-ANDREWS-MARTIN-HOWARD-MITCHELL- VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR- REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-LOVING-WINKLER-ECTOR-MIDLAND- GLASSCOCK-WARD-CRANE-UPTON-REAGAN-DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA- PECOS-PRESIDIO VALLEY-MARFA PLATEAU-BIG BEND AREA-TERRELL- GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- 229 PM CDT TUE MAY 30 2006 /129 PM MDT TUE MAY 30 2006/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND WEST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS THE FAR SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO PLAINS...THE PERMIAN BASIN...AND THE WESTERN LOW ROLLING PLAINS...GENERALLY ALONG AND RIGHT OF A TATUM...HOBBS...KERMIT...BIG LAKE LINE. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED IN THESE AREAS TONIGHT...WITH A FEW OF THESE STORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY ANY THUNDERSTORM THAT DEVELOPS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED ACROSS AREAS EAST OF A HOBBS...KERMIT...BIG LAKE LINE LATER THIS AFTERNOON OR THIS 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://WEATHER.GOV/MIDLAND
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
509 PM CDT TUE MAY 30 2006
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0456 PM HAIL BARSTOW 31.46N 103.39W
05/30/2006 E1.00 INCH WARD TX PUBLIC
WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS.
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02SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 550 PM CDT TUE MAY 30 2006 TXZ059-060-067-302345- WINKLER-LOVING-WARD- 550 PM CDT TUE MAY 30 2006 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR LOVING...NORTHWESTERN WARD AND SOUTHWESTERN WINKLER COUNTIES. ONE STRONG THUNDERSTORM THAT WAS ONCE SEVERE IS LOCATED 11 MILES EAST OF MENTONE AT 550 PM CDT...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH. ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM IS LOCATED ALONG FM 652 IN NORTHWESTERN WARD COUNTY 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF ORLA ALSO MOVING TO THE NORTH AT ABOUT 20 MPH. BOTH STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL...LOCALIZED FLOODING...SMALL HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS IN UPWARDS OF 50 MPH. PEOPLE IN LOVING...NORTHWESTERN WARD AND SOUTHWESTERN WINKLER COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE CITY OF MENTONE...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 557 PM CDT TUE MAY 30 2006 TXZ081-310000- BIG BEND AREA- 557 PM CDT TUE MAY 30 2006 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL BREWSTER COUNTY. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES EAST OF MARATHON AT 557 PM CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. SMALL HAIL AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. WIND GUSTS TO 55 MPH...HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE. MOTORISTS ON U S 90 EAST OF MARATHON SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER CONDITIONS CLOSELY AND BE ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 190 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:57 UTC.
1 tornado, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
A landspout tornado was reported over an open field north of Whites City.
Pea to penny size hail fell along New Mexico Highway 18 near Jal.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in New Mexico in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for New Mexico, 2006Warnings in New Mexico, May 2006
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: 5510600, 5510599.