Hail, Pecos
- When
- June 28, 2:39 PM CST to 2:45 PM CST
- Where
- Pecos County, 0.91 mi NW of Belding
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Law Enforcement
- Coordinates
- 30.790, -103.030
Quarter sized hail was reported at a Texas Detention Center in Belding.
Flash Flooding and Hail in Texas, June 28, 2008
Widespread showers and thunderstorms developed across much of west Texas, as an upper level low pressure system slowly moved across the region. While flash flooding was the primary threat, a few thunderstorms did reached severe thresholds.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 5
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS MAF wrote it up.
Widespread showers and thunderstorms developed across much of west Texas, as an upper level low pressure system slowly moved across the region. While flash flooding was the primary threat, a few thunderstorms did reached severe thresholds.
What forecasters said that day
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 28, 1:05 PM CST, 1 hour 34 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 28, 1:05 PM CST, 1 hour 34 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 205 PM CDT SAT JUN 28 2008 .DISCUSSION... AS UPPER LOW MEANDERS INVOF SE NM WITH FRONT PUSHING S INTO PB OVERNIGHT A GOOD CHANCE OF SHRA/TSRA WILL EXIST. 7H-5H THETA-E RIDGE WILL BE ORIENTED ALONG/INVOF UPPER LOW AND FRONTAL BOUNDARY. USING 7H-5H AS STEERING FLOW...STEERING WINDS ARE FCST TO BE NEAR PARALLEL TO THE FRONT AND WITH PW/S INCREASING TO WELL OVER 1.5/THETA-E RIDGE HAVE OPTED TO INSERT HEAVY RAIN...ESPECIALLY SE NM/NW PB OVERNIGHT. WILL CONTINUE THE MENTION OF FLASH FLOODING IN HWO. ALSO INSERTED SEVERE MENTION. BEST OPPORTUNITY FOR SEVERE MAY BE MORE EARLY ON RATHER THAN OVERNIGHT AS 7H-5H LR/S WILL BE CLOSER TO 7.5 C/KM AROUND 00Z...THEN DECREASING. BULK SHEAR CONTINUES TO BE LESS THAN IMPRESSIVE. HIGH END CHANCE/LIKELY POPS WILL PERSIST INTO SUNDAY AS FRONTAL BOUNDARY REMAINS ACRS THE AREA. AFOREMENTIONED UPPER LOW WILL GET ABSORBED INTO CIRCULATION AROUND PERIPHERY OF SUBTROPICAL RIDGE CENTERED INVOF 4 CORNERS AND WILL START TO MOVE SW-W SUNDAY. THIS WITH UPSLOPE FLOW AND PRESENCE OF FRONT WILL RESULT IN BETTER POPS SHIFTING W. SHEAR WILL CONTINUE TO BE WEAK AND HEAVY RAIN WILL BE THE PRIMARY CONCERN AGAIN SUNDAY. RAIN COOLED AIR/CLOUD COVER/7H TEMPS NEAR 8-9C WILL RESULT IN TEMPS WELL BLO NORMAL. FOCUS WILL TEND TO BE S/W (LOWER TRANS PECOS/DAVIS MTNS) MONDAY. THIS IS SOMEWHAT DEPENDENT ON MOVEMENT OF UPPER LOW AS PRECIP WILL BECOME LESS LIKELY IN ITS WAKE WITH MUCH LOWER THETA-E AIR MOVING INTO PB. 85H TEMPS REMAIN RELATIVELY COOL 21C...SO COOLER HIGHS WILL CONTINUE MONDAY. SUBTROPICAL RIDGE WILL BUILD EWD TUE WHICH WILL TEND TO DIMINISH POPS (NE MID LEVEL FLOW). OTHERWISE WILL MAKE LITTLE CHANGE TO FCST. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... BIG SPRING TX 70 84 65 90 / 40 40 20 20 CARLSBAD NM 67 82 68 88 / 50 50 30 20 DRYDEN TX 72 93 71 93 / 20 20 30 30 FORT STOCKTON TX 70 86 68 88 / 30 50 20 30 GUADALUPE PASS TX 61 77 60 80 / 40 50 30 20 HOBBS NM 69 83 65 85 / 60 50 20 20 MARFA TX 60 81 58 81 / 20 50 30 30 MIDLAND INTL AIRPORT TX 69 84 67 90 / 50 50 20 20 ODESSA TX 70 86 67 90 / 50 50 20 20 WINK TX 72 88 71 94 / 50 50 20 20 && .MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NM...NONE. TX...NONE. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 28, 12:53 PM CST, 1 hour 46 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 153 PM CDT SAT JUN 28 2008 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-291900- 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- 153 PM CDT SAT JUN 28 2008 /1253 PM MDT SAT JUN 28 2008/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND WEST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA...ESPECIALLY OVER THE HIGHER MOUNTAIN TERRAIN...SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO...AND THE NORTHERN PERMIAN BASIN AS A COLD FRONT MOVES INTO THE AREA. SOME STORMS MAY BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WIND THE MAIN THREAT...HOWEVER LARGE HAIL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH SOME STORMS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS WHICH MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN SUNDAY ACROSS THE AREA. THE MAIN THREAT SUNDAY WILL BE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN INCREASING THE RISK OF FLASH FLOODING...ESPECIALLY OVER SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO...THE VAN HORN REGION...AND THE UPPER TRANS PECOS. THE RISK OF HAZARDOUS WEATHER WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE THROUGHOUT THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... THERE IS A LOW PROBABILITY OF SPOTTER ACTIVATION LATE THIS AFTERNOON GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A CARLSBAD TO GARDEN CITY LINE. 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 13
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 28, 1:42 PM CST, 57 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 242 PM CDT SAT JUN 28 2008 TXZ058-282015- REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS- 242 PM CDT SAT JUN 28 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL REEVES COUNTY. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF BALMORHEA AT 242 PM CDT. THE STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY AND WILL AFFECT THE SARAGOSA AREA. HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS TO 50 MPH... HAIL... HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE.
Special weather statement, Jun 28, 1:50 PM CST, 49 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 250 PM CDT SAT JUN 28 2008 TXZ058-074-282015- DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA-REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS- 250 PM CDT SAT JUN 28 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR CENTRAL REEVES COUNTY. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER WEST CENTRAL REEVES COUNTY AT 250 PM CDT...MOVING EAST AT 4 MPH. HEAVY RAIN... GUSTY WINDS TO 50 MPH... HAIL... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE.
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 151 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:40 UTC.
Event by event
4 flash flood, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Flash Flood, Ector
- When
- June 28, 5:05 PM CST to 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Ector County, 1.51 mi NNE of Westover to 1.41 mi NNE of Westover
- Cause
- Heavy Rain
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 31.841, -102.442
The public reported six inches of water flowing through the intersection of 16th st. and Farm to Market Road 1936.
Flash Flood, Crane
- When
- June 28, 5:44 PM CST to 7:44 PM CST
- Where
- Crane County, 1.03 mi S of Crane Co Arpt to 1.14 mi NNE of Crane
- Cause
- Heavy Rain
- Reported by
- Law Enforcement
- Coordinates
- 31.405, -102.367
Crane Police Department reported one foot of water flowing across several low water crossings in Crane.
Flash Flood, Gaines
- When
- June 28, 7:13 PM CST to 11:00 PM CST
- Where
- Gaines County, Seagraves to 3.53 mi NW of Seagraves Arpt
- Cause
- Heavy Rain
- Reported by
- Emergency Manager
- Coordinates
- 32.930, -102.550
Several roadways in and around Seagraves were under water and deemeed impassible by TXDOT.
Flash Flood, Terrell
- When
- June 28, 8:00 PM CST to 10:00 PM CST
- Where
- Terrell County, 0.9 mi SE of (P07)sanderson to 0.79 mi SE of (P07)sanderson
- Cause
- Heavy Rain
- Reported by
- Law Enforcement
- Coordinates
- 30.141, -102.389
The intersection of 18th and 5th streets in Sanderson was covered by water that was eighteen inches deep and therefore impassible.
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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More
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Sources
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: 119247, 119248, 119249, 119251, 119253.