An unseasonably strong upper level system, located over the Four Corners area of the southwest United States, began impacting the region. A Pacific cold front pushing eastward across the county warning area merged with a slower moving dryline, thus providing ample atmospheric lift.
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The episode as NWS MAF wrote it up.
An unseasonably strong upper level system, located over the Four Corners area of the southwest United States, began impacting the region. A Pacific cold front pushing eastward across the county warning area merged with a slower moving dryline, thus providing ample atmospheric lift. This, in combination with increased low level moisture ahead of these boundaries, provided an environment conducive for severe thunderstorms to develop.
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 5, 7:14 PM CST, 46 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
814 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2008
.UPDATE...
WE HAVE UPDATED THE FORECAST TO REFLECT THE ISSUANCE OF TORNADO
WATCH NUMBER 468 IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CDT FOR SCURRY COUNTY.
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.MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NM...RED FLAG WARNING FROM 7 PM TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR THE
FOLLOWING ZONES...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP/LINCOLN NF/LNZ...
SOUTHEAST PLAINS/BLM ROSWELL/LNZ.
HIGH WIND WARNING FROM 7 PM TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR THE
FOLLOWING ZONES...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY.
TX...RED FLAG WARNING FROM 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ TO 10 PM CDT /9 PM
MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES...ANDREWS...BIG
BEND AREA...BORDEN...CRANE...DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA...
DAWSON...ECTOR...GAINES...GLASSCOCK...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS...
HOWARD...LOVING...MARFA PLATEAU...MARTIN...MIDLAND...
MITCHELL...PECOS...PRESIDIO VALLEY...REAGAN...REEVES COUNTY
AND UPPER TRANS PECOS...SCURRY...UPTON...VAN HORN AND
HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR...WARD...WINKLER.
HIGH WIND WARNING FROM 7 PM TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR THE
FOLLOWING ZONES...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS.
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06/21HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 131 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2008 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-061845- 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- 131 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2008 /1231 PM MDT THU JUN 5 2008/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND WEST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT EXTREMELY CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND ALL OF WEST TEXAS EXCEPT FOR TERRELL COUNTY. VERY WINDY AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL LEAD TO THIS DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER SITUATION. A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT FOR THESE AREAS. A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT FOR THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS AS STRONG WESTERLY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 70 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDY CONDITIONS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE ACROSS THE PERMIAN BASIN...DAVIS MOUNTAINS...UPPER TRANS PECOS...VAN HORN AREA...AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THESE AREAS. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT ACROSS THE EXTREME EASTERN PERMIAN BASIN...EAST OF A LAMESA TO MIDLAND LINE. IF THUNDERSTORMS CAN FORM THEY WILL BE CAPABLE OF BECOMING STRONG WITH THE CHANCE OF PRODUCING HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. 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
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 703 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2008 TXZ047-048-060030- SCURRY-BORDEN- 703 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR SCURRY AND SOUTHEASTERN BORDEN COUNTIES. A THUNDERSTORM WITH SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF LAKE J.B. THOMAS AT 703 PM CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. PEA TO MARBLE SIZED HAIL AND WINDS GUSTING TO AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. SEEK SHELTER IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH YOUR LOCATION.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 733 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2008 TXZ052-053-063-060100- HOWARD-MITCHELL-GLASSCOCK- 733 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR NORTHEASTERN GLASSCOCK... SOUTHEASTERN HOWARD AND WESTERN MITCHELL COUNTIES. AT 733 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE MONITORING AN INTENSIFYING THUNDERSTORM THAT WAS LOCATED NEAR FORSAN...MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA TO MARBLE SIZED HAIL...STRONG WIND GUSTS NEAR 50 MPH...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN. SEEK SHELTER IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH YOUR LOCATION.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 801 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2008 TXZ048-060130- SCURRY- 801 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR NORTHEASTERN SCURRY COUNTY. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF SNYDER AT 801 PM CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR WEST TEXAS. GUSTY WINDS... SMALL HAIL... HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE.
The San Angelo radar (KSJT), 123 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:02 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Strong thunderstorm winds ripped a metal roof off of a barn.
Several power poles were downed by strong thunderstorm winds in Loraine and Colorado City. In addition, several pivot irrigation systems were overturned.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2008Every state in 2008This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, June 2008
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: 112715, 112717.