Hail, Glasscock
- When
- June 21, 6:05 PM CST to 6:10 PM CST
- Where
- Glasscock County, 12.32 mi E of Garden City
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 31.870, -101.290
Hail in Texas, June 21, 2011
A cold front provided a focus for scattered thunderstorm development through the evening hours. Steep mid level lapse rates and modest deep layer shear resulted in several large hail reports across west Texas, as a minor mid level shortwave trough passed overhead.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- 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.
A cold front provided a focus for scattered thunderstorm development through the evening hours. Steep mid level lapse rates and modest deep layer shear resulted in several large hail reports across west Texas, as a minor mid level shortwave trough passed overhead.
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 21, 5:29 PM CST, 36 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 21, 5:29 PM CST, 36 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
629 PM CDT TUE JUN 21 2011
.DISCUSSION...
&&
.AVIATION...
VFR CONDITIONS FOR ALL TAF SITES. STORMS HAVE DEVELOPED ALONG A
FRONTAL BOUNDARY RUNNING ACROSS THE PERMIAN BASIN TO THE DAVIS
MOUNTAINS. HAVE INCLUDED TEMPO TSRA THIS EVENING FOR MAF AND FST.
&&
.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 523 PM CDT TUE JUN 21 2011/
UPDATE...
UPDATED TO ISSUE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
DISCUSSION...
THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ALONG A FRONTAL
BOUNDARY FROM GARDEN CITY TO PECOS AND INTO FORT DAVIS. SOME OF
THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE. HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS
WILL BE THE MAIN CONCERNS WITH THESE STORMS.
PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 216 PM CDT TUE JUN 21 2011/
DISCUSSION...
COLD FRONT HAS BROUGHT RELIEF FROM RECORD HEAT AND WILL PROVIDE
FOCUS FOR TSTM DEVELOPMENT THIS PM AND EVENING. VISIBLE IMAGERY
SHOWS FRONT IS IN SRN PB. DWPNTS FROM U50S TO THE U60S ALONG AND S
OF FRONT WITH STEEP LR/S WILL CONTRIBUTE TO MODERATE INSTABILITY
THIS PM. THIS WITH DAYTIME HEATING AND POTENTIAL FOR MINOR SHRTWV
TROF IS A FAVORABLE PATTERN FOR TSTMS TO DEVELOP. EXPECT SCATTERED
POPS WILL SUFFICE AND HAVE TRENDED UP. 85H WINDS WILL VEER TO THE SE
OVERNIGHT AND STORMS WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD NWD INTO THE
PB AS 85H MSTR TRANSPORT INCREASES ACRS PB. MET MOS HAS TRENDED POPS
UP SOME...BUT HIEST POPS WILL BE E. THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE
STORMS TOO WITH SAID INSTABILITY AND 25-30KTS 0-6KM BULK SHEAR. NW
MID LEVEL FLOW WILL PERSIST WED AND THERE WILL BE ANOTHER INCREASED
CHANCE OF STORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. FRONTAL REMNANTS BECOME DIFFICULT
TO FIND IN WIND/TEMP FIELDS HOWEVER THERE IS EVIDENCE IN MSTR
CONVERGENCE FIELDS/LOW LEVEL THETA-E RIDGE. INITIATION ACRS THE
PLAINS LOOKS TO BE FAVORED IN THE LEA COUNTY/NRN PB AND WITH
DIFFLUENT NW 5H FLOW TSTMS THAT DEVELOP WILL DRIFT SE...THIS IS
FURTHER SUPPORTED WITH DEVELOPMENT OF LLJ. ALSO EXPECT THAT STORMS
WILL DEVELOP IN THE MTNS WHERE DWPNTS WILL BE 45-50 WITH STEEP LR/S.
BASED ON DWPNTS/MUCH HIER PW/S EXPECT THAT STORMS WILL BE MORE WET
THAN DRY FOR ONCE. INCREASED MSTR WILL KEEP TEMPS IN CHECK AND MET
MOS GUIDANCE MAY BE ON THE HIGH SIDE FOR ONCE TOO. CAPES 1000-2000
J/KG AND BULK SHEAR OF 25-30KTS ACRS PB SUGGEST SEVERE STORMS WILL
BE POSSIBLE. MID LEVEL RIDGE INCREASES ITS PRESENCE AND INSTABILITY
WILL DECREASE WHILE LOW LEVEL FOCUS BECOMES LESS SO. DWPNTS HOLD
NEAR 40 IN THE MTNS AND WITH STEEP LR/S ISOLD TSTMS CAN/T BE RULED
OUT THERE. MID LEVEL RIDGE EXERTS A BIG PRESENCE FRI-TUE. THE 85H
TEMPS WILL SOAR FOR THE MOST PART AND WIDESPREAD TRIPLE DIGIT WILL
RETURN ESPECIALLY FRI-SUN WHEN 85H TEMPS RANGE FROM NEAR 30C ACRS
ERN PB TO 36C IN SE NM AND AT LEAST 32C ALONG THE RIO GRANDE. DWPNTS
WILL MOSTLY STAY IN THE 60S AND SO MORNING LOW WILL BE IN THE WARM
SIDE. MAY LITTLE CHANGE BEYOND THURSDAY. HEAT ADVISORY CONDITIONS
MAY RETURN TO THE RIO GRANDE BY THE WEEKEND.
&&
.MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NM...NONE.
TX...HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES... BIG BEND AREA...PRESIDIO VALLEY...TERRELL.
&&Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 21, 12:06 PM CST, 5 hours 59 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 106 PM CDT TUE JUN 21 2011 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-221200- 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- 106 PM CDT TUE JUN 21 2011 /1206 PM MDT TUE JUN 21 2011/ 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 CHANCE TO A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH TONIGHT ACROSS MUCH OF WEST TEXAS. THE GREATEST AREAL COVERAGE OF STORMS IS EXPECTED TO BE EAST OF A LAMESA...WINK...CASTOLON LINE. SOME OF THE STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. IN ADDITION LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGER STORMS. A HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MID EVENING ALONG THE RIO GRANDE RIVER FROM THE PRESIDIO VALLEY TO SOUTHERN TERRELL COUNTY. HIGH TEMPERATURES LATE THIS AFTERNOON ARE EXPECTED TO CLIMB BACK INTO THE 105 TO 110 DEGREE RANGE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE TO A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SOME STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. IN ADDITION THE STRONGER STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. NEAR RECORD TO RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL RETURN TO MUCH OF WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO BY THURSDAY AND LAST THROUGH THE WEEKEND. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED ACROSS THE EASTERN PERMIAN BASIN AND LOWER TRANS PECOS REGION LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR EARLY 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
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 21, 1:52 PM CST, 4 hours 13 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 252 PM CDT TUE JUN 21 2011 TXZ081-212015- BIG BEND AREA- 252 PM CDT TUE JUN 21 2011 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTING CENTRAL BREWSTER COUNTY UNTIL 315 PM CDT... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER STATE HIGHWAY 118...35 MILES WEST OF MARATHON IN WEST CENTRAL BREWSTER COUNTY AT 250 PM CDT. THE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IN ADDITION TO HAIL AND STRONG WINDS... DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER... YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. SEEK SAFE SHELTER NOW. &&
Special weather statement, Jun 21, 2:23 PM CST, 3 hours 42 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 323 PM CDT TUE JUN 21 2011 TXZ080-081-212115- BIG BEND AREA-MARFA PLATEAU- 323 PM CDT TUE JUN 21 2011 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTING CENTRAL BREWSTER AND EAST CENTRAL PRESIDIO COUNTIES UNTIL 415 PM CDT... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER WEST CENTRAL BREWSTER COUNTY AT 323 PM CDT...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THIS STORM MAY CROSS S.H. 118. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... GUSTY WINDS... HAIL... HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE. &&
Special weather statement, Jun 21, 3:14 PM CST, 2 hours 51 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 414 PM CDT TUE JUN 21 2011 TXZ081-212200- BIG BEND AREA- 414 PM CDT TUE JUN 21 2011 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTING CENTRAL BREWSTER COUNTY UNTIL 500 PM CDT... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER WEST CENTRAL BREWSTER COUNTY AT 415 PM CDT...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... GUSTY WINDS... HAIL... HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE. &&
Special weather statement, Jun 21, 4:23 PM CST, 1 hour 42 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 523 PM CDT TUE JUN 21 2011 TXZ063-212245- GLASSCOCK- 523 PM CDT TUE JUN 21 2011 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTING SOUTHERN GLASSCOCK COUNTY UNTIL 545 PM CDT... ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER SAINT LAWRENCE AT 522 PM CDT...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IN ADDITION TO HAIL AND STRONG WINDS... DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER... YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. SEEK SAFE SHELTER NOW. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS. &&
Special weather statement, Jun 21, 5:01 PM CST, 1 hour 4 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 601 PM CDT TUE JUN 21 2011 TXZ063-212330- GLASSCOCK- 601 PM CDT TUE JUN 21 2011 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTING EAST CENTRAL GLASSCOCK COUNTY UNTIL 630 PM CDT... ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED ALONG HIGHWAY 158...15 MILES EAST OF GARDEN CITY OVER EXTREME EAST CENTRAL GLASSCOCK COUNTY AT 600 PM CDT...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IN ADDITION TO HAIL AND STRONG WINDS... DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER... YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. SEEK SAFE SHELTER NOW. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS. &&
Special weather statement, Jun 21, 5:40 PM CST, 25 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 640 PM CDT TUE JUN 21 2011 TXZ063-220015- GLASSCOCK- 640 PM CDT TUE JUN 21 2011 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTING EAST CENTRAL GLASSCOCK COUNTY UNTIL 715 PM CDT... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 15 MILES EAST OF GARDEN CITY ALONG HIGHWAY 158 IN EXTREME EAST CENTRAL GLASSCOCK COUNTY AT 640 PM CDT...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT. IF SEVERE WEATHER IS OBSERVED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM. IN ADDITION TO HAIL AND STRONG WINDS... DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER... YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. SEEK SAFE SHELTER NOW. &&
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 85 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:03 UTC.
Event by event
5 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Glasscock
- When
- June 21, 7:30 PM CST to 7:40 PM CST
- Where
- Glasscock County, 10.78 mi W of St Lawrence
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Reported by
- COOP Observer
- Coordinates
- 31.700, -101.680
Hail, Upton
- When
- June 21, 7:50 PM CST to 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Upton County, 0.59 mi E of Midkiff
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- COOP Observer
- Coordinates
- 31.630, -101.840
High winds were also reported, although an estimate for the speed was not available.
Hail, Crane
- When
- June 21, 9:44 PM CST to 9:49 PM CST
- Where
- Crane County, 1.37 mi ESE of Crane J Bar Arpt
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 31.520, -102.510
Hail, Pecos
- When
- June 21, 11:00 PM CST to 11:05 PM CST
- Where
- Pecos County, 1.37 mi WSW of Iraan
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 30.910, -101.900
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Tornado and Flash Flood in Minnesota, June 21, 2011
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: 326479, 326480, 326481, 326482, 326483.