A surface trough was in place across West Texas and Southeast New Mexico which created instability. An outflow boundary was across the northern Permian Basin in advance of a cold front that was moving southward across West Texas as an upper level disturbance moved over the area.
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The episode as NWS MAF wrote it up.
A surface trough was in place across West Texas and Southeast New Mexico which created instability. An outflow boundary was across the northern Permian Basin in advance of a cold front that was moving southward across West Texas as an upper level disturbance moved over the area. These features helped to create good lift over the area. A dryline was across the Permian Basin and Lower Trans Pecos with good moisture present. Thunderstorms developed along the dryline, outflow boundary, and cold front and produced severe wind gusts and large hail.
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, 5:14 PM MST, 2 hours 21 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 714 PM CDT WED JUN 5 2013 .DISCUSSION... && .AVIATION... PRIMARY AVIATION CONCERNS OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS INCLUDE ONGOING THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT AND A FRONTAL PASSAGE. CONVECTION WILL CONTINUE THRU THE EVENING AND HAVE INCLUDED TEMPO TSRA MENTIONS AT CNM...HOB...AND MAF. BOUNDARIES ACROSS THE AREA ARE PRODUCING A HIGHLY VARIABLE WIND FIELD WHICH WILL BECOME MORE UNIFORM OUT OF THE EAST WITH TONIGHT/S FRONTAL PASSAGE. THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO BE THROUGH ALL TAF SITES BY 07Z. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 231 PM CDT WED JUN 5 2013/ DISCUSSION... THE CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE NORTHERN AND POSSIBLY THE CENTRAL PERMIAN BASIN THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT DUE TO AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY CURRENTLY RESIDING IN THE NORTHERN PERMIAN BASIN...COMBINED WITH UPPER LEVEL DIVERGENCE ASSOCIATED WITH THE LEFT EXIT REGION OF THE UPPER JET. THE OUTFLOW SHOULD PRESS SOUTH AND WEST OVERNIGHT TOWARD THE MOUNTAINS AS IT GETS PUSHED BY CONVECTION FORMING ALONG THE BOUNDARY AND ALSO CONVECTION FORMING FURTHER NORTH DEVELOPING IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE ASSOCIATED WITH A COLD FRONT. STORMS THAT FORM WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE GIVEN 0-6 KILOMETER SHEAR GREATER THAN 40 KNOTS AND CAPES IN EXCESS OF 1500 J/KG. GETTING MIXED SIGNALS ABOUT THE BEST CHANCE FOR CONVECTION TOMORROW. THE BEST CHANCE MAY ENDING UP BEING IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF EXTREME SOUTHWEST TEXAS CLOSEST TO THE SOUTHWARD MOVING FRONT WITH ENHANCEMENT FROM TOPOGRAPHY. ANY STORMS THAT COULD FORM TOMORROW WOULD HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE WITH SHEAR FORECAST TO BE 40 KNOTS WITH CAPES OF OVER 1000 J/KG. WILL CONTINUE SLIGHT POPS AREAWIDE. HIGH TEMPERATURES THURSDAY WILL BE 10 TO 20 DEGREES COOLER AREAWIDE BEHIND THE FRONT. THE BEST CHANCE FOR WIDESPREAD CONVECTION THE NEXT 7 DAYS MAY END UP BEING THURSDAY NIGHT. THE GFS/NAM/ECMWF ARE KEYING ON A POTENTIAL MCS FORMING BY A SHORTWAVE MOVING SOUTHEAST FROM NEW MEXICO INTO THE PERMIAN BASIN AIDED BY A 30 KNOT LOW LEVEL JET. HAVE UPPED POPS IN THE CHANCE CATEGORY THURSDAY NIGHT ACROSS THESE AREAS. KEPT CHANCE POPS GOING FRIDAY ANTICIPATING THURSDAY NIGHT ACTIVITY COULD STILL BE ONGOING IN THE AFOREMENTIONED AREAS FRIDAY MORNING WITH ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT FURTHER WEST IN THE MOUNTAINS IN THE AFTERNOON DUE TO HEATING COMBINED WITH MOIST UNSTABLE UPSLOPE FLOW. ACTIVITY WOULD CONTINUE BUT DIMINISH INTO FRIDAY EVENING SO KEPT SLIGHT POPS GOING. IT APPEARS THE LAST CHANCE FOR ANY PRECIPITATION THIS FORECAST PACKAGE WILL BE SATURDAY AS ONE ADDITIONAL SHORTWAVE POSSIBLY MOVES INTO THE REGION IN THE NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT. BEYOND SATURDAY AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE IS FORECAST TO BUILD OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS AND SOUTHERN ROCKIES SUNDAY THROUGH NEXT TUESDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO CLIMB TO ABOVE NORMAL AGAIN BY NEXT SUNDAY UNDERNEATH THIS RIDGE. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS CANNOT BE ENTIRELY RULED OUT EACH AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING IN THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS BUT WILL NOT MENTION THIS FAR OUT IN THE FORECAST CYCLE. && .MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NM...NONE. TX...NONE. && 13
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 1227 PM CDT WED JUN 5 2013 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-061730- 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- 1227 PM CDT WED JUN 5 2013 /1127 AM MDT WED JUN 5 2013/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND WEST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG AND EAST OF A TATUM TO BIG SPRING LINE THIS AFTERNOON, WITH MORE WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE TRANS PECOS, PERMIAN BASIN AND INTO THE BIG BEND REGION. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BE SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS THE MAIN THREATS. ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY LAST INTO THE EVENING, IF NOT THROUGH THE NIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BE SEVERE, ESPECIALLY OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF SOUTHWEST TEXAS. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS THURSDAY AFTERNOON. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND THE PERMIAN BASIN THURSDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED THIS AFTERNOON AND 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
804 PM CDT WED JUN 05 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
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..REMARKS..
0801 PM HAIL TARZAN 32.31N 101.98W
06/05/2013 E1.75 INCH MARTIN TX FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
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MHPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
830 PM CDT WED JUN 05 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
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..REMARKS..
0827 PM HAIL LEES 32.08N 101.49W
06/05/2013 M1.00 INCH GLASSCOCK TX TRAINED SPOTTER
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HLUCHANPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
837 PM CDT WED JUN 05 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
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0825 PM HAIL 3 S ELBOW 32.12N 101.51W
06/05/2013 M1.00 INCH HOWARD TX PUBLIC
1.2 INCHES OF RAIN IN 30 MINUTES MEASURED
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MARK.STROBINSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 846 PM CDT WED JUN 5 2013 NMZ033-060215- CENTRAL LEA COUNTY- 746 PM MDT WED JUN 5 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTING CENTRAL LEA COUNTY UNTIL 815 PM MDT... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF BUCKEYE AT 746 PM MDT...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. THIS STORM IN INCREASING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... GUSTY WINDS... HAIL... HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE. && LAT...LON 3295 10311 3269 10328 3281 10359 3298 10350 TIME...MOT...LOC 0146Z 279DEG 15KT 3287 10341
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
921 PM CDT WED JUN 05 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
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0920 PM HAIL COLORADO CITY 32.40N 100.86W
06/05/2013 E1.00 INCH MITCHELL TX PUBLIC
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MARK.STROBINSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 923 PM CDT WED JUN 5 2013 NMZ033-TXZ045-060300- GAINES-CENTRAL LEA COUNTY- 823 PM MDT WED JUN 5 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTING EAST CENTRAL LEA AND WEST CENTRAL GAINES COUNTIES UNTIL 900 PM MDT/1000 PM CDT/... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES WEST OF HUMBLE CITY AT 823 PM MDT/923 PM CDT/...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TOWARD HOBBS. 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. && LAT...LON 3285 10293 3263 10297 3270 10341 3288 10338 TIME...MOT...LOC 0223Z 277DEG 21KT 3278 10329
The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 150 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:33 UTC.
4 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A thunderstorm moved over Lea County and produced a 62 mph wind gust two miles southwest of Tatum.
A thunderstorm moved over Lea County and produced a 62 mph wind gust two miles southwest of Tatum.
A thunderstorm moved over Lea County and resulted in brown-out conditions, snapped power poles, and downed trees in Hobbs. Wind gusts were estimated to be around 65 mph. The cost of damage is a rough estimate.
A thunderstorm moved over Lea County and produced a 59 mph wind gust five miles northwest of Hobbs.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in New Mexico in 2013Every state in 2013This day in weather historyWarnings in New Mexico, June 2013
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: 454546, 454550, 454562, 454551.