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, 1:31 PM CST, 3 hours 29 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 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. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ANDREWS TX 101 68 84 62 / 30 30 20 40 BIG SPRING TX 102 68 82 63 / 30 40 20 40 CARLSBAD NM 103 66 86 63 / 10 10 20 40 DRYDEN TX 106 74 92 71 / 20 20 20 20 FORT STOCKTON TX 105 70 93 66 / 20 20 20 30 GUADALUPE PASS TX 97 61 82 59 / 0 10 20 30 HOBBS NM 97 63 82 62 / 20 30 20 40 MARFA TX 96 57 90 55 / 10 10 20 30 MIDLAND INTL AIRPORT TX 105 69 84 63 / 20 30 20 40 ODESSA TX 104 69 86 64 / 20 30 20 40 WINK TX 106 69 92 64 / 20 20 20 40 && .MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NM...NONE. TX...NONE. && 67/12
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
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 314 PM CDT WED JUN 5 2013 TXZ075-052045- PECOS- 314 PM CDT WED JUN 5 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTING CENTRAL PECOS COUNTY UNTIL 345 PM CDT... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER CENTRAL PECOS COUNTY AT 313 PM CDT...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. THIS STORM WAS MOVING ACROSS US HIGHWAY 285. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... GUSTY WINDS... HAIL... HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE. && LAT...LON 3085 10252 3057 10236 3052 10272 3069 10280 TIME...MOT...LOC 2013Z 249DEG 12KT 3064 10266
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 352 PM CDT WED JUN 5 2013 TXZ075-052115- PECOS- 352 PM CDT WED JUN 5 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTING CENTRAL PECOS COUNTY UNTIL 415 PM CDT... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BAKERSFIELD AT 352 PM CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THIS STORM IS TRACKING TOWARDS BAKERSFIELD AND WILL MOVE ACROSS INTERSTATE 10. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... GUSTY WINDS... HAIL... HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE. && LAT...LON 3101 10231 3075 10212 3065 10248 3081 10256 TIME...MOT...LOC 2052Z 238DEG 19KT 3079 10242
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
516 PM CDT WED JUN 5 2013
TXZ069-070-052245-
REAGAN-UPTON-
516 PM CDT WED JUN 5 2013
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTING
SOUTHEASTERN UPTON AND SOUTHWESTERN REAGAN COUNTIES UNTIL 545 PM
CDT...
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF RANKIN AT 516
PM CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS STORM WILL CROSS US
HIGHWAY 67. PRIMARY CONCERN WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM IS GUSTY WINDS UP
TO 50 MPH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
GUSTY WINDS... HAIL... HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE
POSSIBLE.
&&
LAT...LON 3107 10156 3108 10193 3116 10200 3145 10178
3133 10154 3108 10150
TIME...MOT...LOC 2216Z 232DEG 27KT 3115 10184SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 542 PM CDT WED JUN 5 2013 TXZ062-063-069-070-052315- GLASSCOCK-MIDLAND-REAGAN-UPTON- 542 PM CDT WED JUN 5 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS AFFECTING GLASSCOCK...NORTHEASTERN UPTON...NORTHERN REAGAN AND SOUTHEASTERN MIDLAND COUNTIES UNTIL 615 PM CDT... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTH OF BIGBY CORNER AT 542 PM CDT...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. WINDS MAY GUST TO 55 MPH AND CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING DUST NEAR THE STORM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... GUSTY WINDS... HAIL... HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE. && LAT...LON 3162 10180 3206 10171 3201 10126 3148 10126 TIME...MOT...LOC 2242Z 283DEG 20KT 3179 10160 HLUCHAN
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 545 PM CDT WED JUN 5 2013 TXZ070-052315- REAGAN- 545 PM CDT WED JUN 5 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS AFFECTING SOUTHERN REAGAN COUNTY UNTIL 615 PM CDT... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS WAS LOCATED 3 MILES SOUTH OF BEST AT 545 PM CDT...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. WINDS MAY REACH 55 MPH AND CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING DUST NEAR THIS STORM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... GUSTY WINDS... HAIL... HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE. && LAT...LON 3108 10128 3108 10176 3141 10177 3149 10126 TIME...MOT...LOC 2245Z 249DEG 31KT 3121 10155 HLUCHAN
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 67 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:58 UTC.
17 thunderstorm wind, 9 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
A thunderstorm moved over Reagan County and produced a 68 mph wind gust five miles southwest of St. Lawrence.
A thunderstorm moved over Reagan County and produced a 60 mph wind gust 26 miles north northeast of Big Lake.
A thunderstorm moved over Mitchell County and produced a 70 mph wind gust in Westbrook.
A thunderstorm moved over Gaines County and produced damage in Seminole. A trailer house was blown onto a car on the road. Winds from this damage are estimated to be near 80 mph. The cost of damage is a rough estimate.
A thunderstorm moved over Gaines County and produced wind damage in Seminole. A radio tower was blown down and bent over a fire department building. The tower landed on electrical wires as well as on a personal vehicle of one of the firefighters. It made a three inch hole in the cab of the truck and fried some of the electronics. Based on the damage, the wind gusts were estimated to be around 65 mph. The cost of damage is a rough estimate.
A thunderstorm moved over Gaines County and produced a 58 mph wind gust one mile southwest of Seagraves.
A thunderstorm moved over Gaines County and produced a 62 mph wind gust two miles north northeast of Seminole.
A thunderstorm moved over Howard County and produced wind damage five miles northeast of Big Spring. The north side of a barn was destroyed. Based on the damage, the wind gusts were estimated to be around 70 mph. The cost of damage is a rough estimate.
A thunderstorm moved over Andrews County and produced a 61 mph wind gust two miles east of Andrews.
A thunderstorm moved over Ector County and produced wind damage in Gardendale. A storage shed was destroyed by the winds. The cost of damage is a rough estimate.
A thunderstorm moved over Borden County and produced a 70 mph wind gust three miles west northwest of Fluvanna.
A thunderstorm moved over Midland County and produced a 58 mph gust at Midland International Airport.
A thunderstorm moved over Midland County and produced wind damage at Midland International Airport. The winds damaged three new airport hangars by blowing off metal roof panels and unhinging hangar doors. The cost of damage is a very rough estimate.
A thunderstorm moved over Midland County and produced a 62 mph wind gust at the Midland International Airport.
A thunderstorm moved over Scurry County and produced a 60 mph wind gust five miles northwest of Snyder.
A thunderstorm moved over Scurry County and produced a 58 mph wind gust three miles east of Snyder.
A thunderstorm moved over Scurry County and produced a 72 mph wind gust three miles east of Snyder.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2013Every state in 2013This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, 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: 454413, 454414, 454416, 454415, 454417, 454510, 454511, 454514, 454516, 454517, 454519, 454522, 454566, 454797, 454809, 454814, 454820, 454822, 454838, 454826, 455085, 454828, 454829, 454830, 454833, 454837.