An upper level disturbance moved over the area with good moisture present. Heating of the higher terrain helped to create instability.
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An upper level disturbance moved over the area with good moisture present. Heating of the higher terrain helped to create instability. This combination of lift, moisture, and instability allowed thunderstorms to develop across the Davis Mountains.
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 7, 12:52 PM CST, 4 hours 23 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 152 PM CDT FRI JUN 7 2013 .DISCUSSION... NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL PERSIST TODAY AND SATURDAY BEFORE AN UPPER RIDGE OVER THE WEST COAST BEGINS TO TRANSLATE OVER THE REGION SUNDAY. THEREFORE EXPECT RAIN CHANCES TO CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY WITH TEMPERATURES RISING TO NEAR NORMAL SATURDAY AFTERNOON, BUT WELL ABOVE THEREAFTER. IT APPEARS HEATING OF THE HIGHER TERRAIN WILL YIELD SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. CAPE VALUES AROUND 1200 J/KG WILL COMBINE WITH MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES AROUND 8.5 C/KM AND 0 TO 6 KM BULK SHEAR OF 30 TO 40KT TO PRODUCE A FEW SEVERE STORMS. LARGE HAIL, DAMAGING WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS. LATER TONIGHT, A SHORTWAVE TROUGH, IF NOT TWO, WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA WITHIN NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT. THINK A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER NORTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO AND THE NORTHWESTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING, THEN MOVE SOUTH SOUTHEASTWARD INTO THE AREA LATE TONIGHT ON AN INCREASING LOW LEVEL JET, MUCH LIKE LAST NIGHT. HAVE INCREASED POPS OVER SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND THE NORTHERN PERMIAN BASIN, AND TO A LESSER EXTENT CENTRAL PERMIAN BASIN, FOR THE ARRIVAL OF ANOTHER MCS. DO NOT THINK THESE STORMS WILL BE SEVERE AS INSTABILITY WILL NOT BE OVERLY GREAT, AND SHEAR WILL NOT BE OPTIMAL. ANOTHER SHORTWAVE TROUGH IS PROGGED TO MOVE SOUTHEASTWARD WITHIN NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT SATURDAY, BUT IT APPEARS THIS WAVE WILL BE LATER IN THE DAY AND FURTHER NORTHEAST. HAVE KEPT SLIGHT CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER MOST OF THE AREA SATURDAY, EXCEPT FOR LOW ORDER CHANCE POPS OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN. A FEW OF THESE STORMS COULD BE SEVERE TOO, DUE TO INCREASED HEATING AND INSTABILITY, ALTHOUGH SHEAR WILL BE A LITTLE LESS THAN TODAY. TEMPERATURES WILL RISE ABOVE NORMAL ON SUNDAY, BUT THE CLOSER PROXIMITY OF THE UPPER RIDGE SHOULD LIMIT CONVECTION. THE SAME WILL BE TRUE MONDAY THROUGH NEXT WEEK AS THE RIDGE TAKES UP SEMI PERMANENT RESIDENCE OVER THE REGION. TEMPERATURES WILL STAY HOT, AND RAIN CHANCES SKIMPY. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ANDREWS TX 65 95 70 97 / 30 20 20 0 BIG SPRING TX 66 93 72 97 / 30 20 20 10 CARLSBAD NM 66 100 70 99 / 30 20 0 10 DRYDEN TX 74 93 75 101 / 20 20 0 10 FORT STOCKTON TX 67 95 73 99 / 20 20 0 10 GUADALUPE PASS TX 61 94 68 94 / 30 30 10 10 HOBBS NM 62 94 67 94 / 40 20 10 0 MARFA TX 62 93 59 93 / 30 20 10 10 MIDLAND INTL AIRPORT TX 66 94 71 97 / 30 20 20 0 ODESSA TX 67 94 71 97 / 30 20 20 0 WINK TX 68 101 72 102 / 30 20 10 0 && .MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NM...NONE. TX...NONE. && 10/67
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 213 PM CDT FRI JUN 7 2013 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-081915- 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- 213 PM CDT FRI JUN 7 2013 /113 PM MDT FRI JUN 7 2013/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND WEST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AREA WIDE TONIGHT. THE BEST CHANCES WILL BE FROM THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS...TO THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS...TO THE BIG BEND AREA. ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY FREQUENT LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...AND BRIEF...HEAVY RAINFALL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY 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 423 PM CDT FRI JUN 7 2013 TXZ074-072200- DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA- 423 PM CDT FRI JUN 7 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS AFFECTING CENTRAL JEFF DAVIS COUNTY UNTIL 500 PM CDT... A THUNDERSTORM WITH SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BUFFALO TRAIL SCOUT CAMP AT 421 PM CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. AT 418 PM...STORM SPOTTERS REPORTED PEA TO DIME SIZED HAIL AT THE MCDONALD OBSERVATORY. IN ADDITION TO DIME SIZED HAIL...WIND GUSTS TO 55 MPH AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER YOU CAN BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. SEEK SAFE SHELTER WHEN THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH. && LAT...LON 3087 10393 3070 10380 3064 10402 3072 10410 TIME...MOT...LOC 2121Z 241DEG 11KT 3070 10403
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
504 PM CDT FRI JUN 7 2013
TXZ074-072230-
DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA-
504 PM CDT FRI JUN 7 2013
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTING
CENTRAL JEFF DAVIS COUNTY UNTIL 530 PM CDT...
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BUFFALO TRAIL
SCOUT CAMP AT 503 PM CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH. HAIL TO THE
SIZE OF DIMES...WIND GUSTS TO 55 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND
BRIEF HEAVY RAIN ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.
HEAVY RAINFALL FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL JEFF DAVIS COUNTY MAY
PRODUCE LOCALIZED AREAS OF FLOODING...PARTICULARLY IN ARROYOS...
DRAWS...LOW WATER CROSSINGS...AND BAR DITCHES.
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 3077 10388 3064 10386 3055 10400 3057 10414
3072 10425 3082 10417 3086 10401
TIME...MOT...LOC 2203Z 243DEG 5KT 3075 10407The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
A thunderstorm moved over Presidio County and produced nickel to golfball sized hail on FM 2810 seven miles west southwest of Marfa.
A thunderstorm moved over Presidio County and produced pingpong ball sized hail on Pinto Canyon Road eight miles west southwest of Marfa.
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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: 454061, 454064.