Hail, Lea
- When
- June 7, 5:50 PM MST to 5:55 PM MST
- Where
- Lea County, Hobbs
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 32.700, -103.130
Hail and Damaging Wind in New Mexico, June 7 to 8, 2014
A surface trough was present to the west of the region with southeast winds bringing in good moisture across southeast New Mexico and West Texas. Upper level disturbances moved over the Southern Plains providing lift.
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
- 4
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 surface trough was present to the west of the region with southeast winds bringing in good moisture across southeast New Mexico and West Texas. Upper level disturbances moved over the Southern Plains providing lift. A weak dryline was across the area providing a focus for thunderstorms, and a front was moving south toward the area from storms in the panhandle. Also, winds were changing direction and increasing with height which allowed for storms to become severe.
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 7, 4:51 PM MST, 59 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 7, 4:51 PM MST, 59 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
651 PM CDT Sat Jun 7 2014
.UPDATE...
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 256 issued.
&&
.DISCUSSION...
Updated forecast to expand/increase pops tonight across Big
Bend... Trans Pecos... and Western Permian Basin. Possibility of
current storms expanding northward along state boundary.
&&
.AVIATION...
Evening storms continue across Trans Pecos. Have included mention
in FST... PEQ... and INK TAF. Storm coverage may expand to MAF
and HOB over the next few hours. Have kept forecast VFR but MVFR
conditions possible near storms.
&&
.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 230 PM CDT Sat Jun 7 2014/
DISCUSSION...
Not many changes to the current forecast. WV imagery continues
zonal flow aloft over West Texas and SE NM, w/the thermal ridge
centered west of the region, and resulting in triple-digit temps
over the western zones. Latest sfc analysis shows the sfc trough
persisting near KELP, and maintaining healthy return flow/moisture
advection into the region, w/a current dewpoint of 63F at KMAF.
Mesoanalysis indicates the cap has eroded south, where convection is
developing over the Davis Mtns. To the far north, convection was
developing along a boundary in the Texas Panhandle. These two areas
will be the focus of tonight's convection, especially north, where
models develop a MCS on the boundary as it moves south later this
afternoon/night, and clip the NE CWA. 40-50kt deep layer shear will
favor best chances for severe w/the MCS as it rolls through.
Forecast soundings suggest a hail and wind threat, although strong
0-3km helicities will put tornado possibilities in play as well.
We'll emphasize this in the HWO, and mention svr in the grids.
Sunday, thicknesses/heights decrease as an upper trough digs into the
Central Plains, w/models developing convection along a dryline by
late afternoon, and possibly another MCS NE overnight. Again, best
chances of severe will be north of the Pecos, where models continue
to emphasize better deep layer shear.
Monday, convection tapers off to the east as a cold front moves into
the region, bringing afternoon temps to well-below normal. This
will be short-lived, though, as the upper ridge begins building over
southern Chihuahua Tuesday. Temps should rebound Tuesday afternoon
to slightly-abv normal, then to the triple-digits again Wednesday.
A trough passing to the north midweek will backdoor a front into the
area Thursday, bringing a little relief Friday/Saturday, but temps
should remain above normal. 'Have kept extended grids dry.
&&
.MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NM...NONE.
TX...HEAT ADVISORY until 7 PM CDT this evening FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES... Big Bend Area...Presidio Valley.
&&Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 7, 12:24 PM MST, 5 hours 26 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 224 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2014 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-081930- 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- 224 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2014 /124 PM MDT SAT JUN 7 2014/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND WEST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT HIGH TEMPERATURES AROUND 106 DEGREES ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON ALONG THE RIO GRANDE. THIS WILL INCREASE THE RISK OF DEHYDRATION AND HEAT EXHAUSTION. A HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE PRESIDIO VALLEY...THE RIO GRANDE AND BREWSTER COUNTY UNTIL THIS EVENING. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS... SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS...AND THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE PERMIAN BASIN THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ALSO SCATTERED STORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE NORTH AND NORTHEAST BASIN THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BE STRONG TO SEVERE AND CAPABLE OF 50 TO 60 MPH GUSTS...LARGE HAIL...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. AN ISOLATED TORNADO IS ALSO POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD APPROACH SEVERE LEVELS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE PERMIAN BASIN AND THE ROLLING PLAINS. UNSEASONABLY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL AGAIN RETURN TO THE AREA STARTING NEXT WEDNESDAY AS TEMPERATURES CLIMB WELL ABOVE 100 DEGREES ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA. THIS WILL MAY RESULT IN THE ISSUANCE OF HEAT WARNINGS OR ADVISORIES. .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
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 4:53 PM MST, 57 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 653 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2014 TXZ080-081-080030- MARFA PLATEAU-BIG BEND AREA- 653 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR AN INTENSIFYING THUNDERSTORM AFFECTING EAST CENTRAL PRESIDIO AND WEST CENTRAL BREWSTER COUNTIES UNTIL 730 PM CDT... AN INTENSIFYING THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER EXTREME EAST CENTRAL PRESIDIO COUNTY AT 653 PM CDT...MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH. ANOTHER STRONG STORM WAS LOCATED TO THE EAST OVER SH118. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IS ALSO POSSIBLE ALONG WITH SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WIND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT SUNDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS. && LAT...LON 2952 10322 2947 10381 2980 10393 2994 10369 TIME...MOT...LOC 2353Z 340DEG 17KT 2974 10379
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 4:56 PM MST, 54 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 656 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2014 TXZ059-060-080030- LOVING-WINKLER- 656 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS AFFECTING EASTERN LOVING AND WEST CENTRAL WINKLER COUNTIES UNTIL 730 PM CDT... A THUNDERSTORM WITH SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS WAS LOCATED OVER STATE HIGHWAY 302 IN EXTREME EASTERN LOVING COUNTY AT 655 PM CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 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 SUNDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS. && LAT...LON 3192 10324 3170 10321 3166 10344 3181 10353 TIME...MOT...LOC 2355Z 244DEG 10KT 3177 10339
Local storm report, Jun 7, 5:19 PM MST, 31 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
719 PM CDT SAT JUN 07 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0552 PM HAIL BARSTOW 31.46N 103.39W
06/07/2014 E1.75 INCH WARD TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
&&
JMCSpecial weather statement, Jun 7, 5:43 PM MST, 7 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 743 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2014 TXZ058-080115- REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS- 743 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NICKEL SIZED HAIL AND 40 TO 55 MPH WINDS AFFECTING EAST CENTRAL REEVES COUNTY UNTIL 815 PM CDT... A THUNDERSTORM WITH HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS WAS LOCATED 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TOYAH LAKE ALONG HIGHWAY 285 AT 742 PM CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST 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 SUNDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS. && LAT...LON 3140 10329 3127 10312 3113 10350 3132 10354 TIME...MOT...LOC 0042Z 244DEG 10KT 3128 10338
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 5:45 PM MST, 5 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 745 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2014 NMZ033-TXZ045-080115- GAINES-CENTRAL LEA COUNTY- 745 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NICKEL SIZED HAIL AND 40 TO 55 MPH WINDS AFFECTING EAST CENTRAL LEA AND WEST CENTRAL GAINES COUNTIES UNTIL 815 PM CDT/715 PM MDT/... A THUNDERSTORM WITH HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS WAS LOCATED OVER HOBBS AT 745 PM CDT/645 PM MDT/...MOVING NORTHEAST 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 SUNDAY MORNING/MIDNIGHT MDT SUNDAY MORNING/ FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS. && LAT...LON 3291 10294 3270 10283 3260 10314 3277 10322 TIME...MOT...LOC 0045Z 244DEG 10KT 3272 10309
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 5:48 PM MST, 2 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 748 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2014 NMZ033-034-TXZ045-050-080115- GAINES-ANDREWS-SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY-CENTRAL LEA COUNTY- 748 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTING EAST CENTRAL LEA...NORTHWESTERN ANDREWS AND SOUTHWESTERN GAINES COUNTIES UNTIL 815 PM CDT/715 PM MDT/... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF FRANKEL CITY AT 748 PM CDT/648 PM MDT/...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 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 SUNDAY MORNING/MIDNIGHT MDT SUNDAY MORNING/ FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS. && LAT...LON 3267 10274 3228 10263 3218 10302 3251 10309 TIME...MOT...LOC 0048Z 246DEG 15KT 3247 10294
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 122 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:50 UTC.
Event by event
3 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Lea
- When
- June 8, 12:25 AM MST to 12:30 AM MST
- Where
- Lea County, Lovington
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Law Enforcement
- Coordinates
- 32.930, -103.350
Thunderstorm Wind, Lea
- When
- June 8, 12:25 AM MST to 12:26 AM MST
- Where
- Lea County, Lovington
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 32.930, -103.350
A thunderstorm moved across Lea County and produced a 65 mph wind gust in Lovington. There was no damage reported.
Hail, Lea
- When
- June 8, 12:55 AM MST to 1:00 AM MST
- Where
- Lea County, Knowles
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- Broadcast Media
- Coordinates
- 32.830, -103.080
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Flooding and Hail in Texas, June 7 to 8, 2014
- Flood in Missouri, June 7, 2014
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Tennessee, June 7, 2014
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in New Mexico, June 7, 2014
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, June 7, 2014
- Flash Flooding and Heavy Rain in Iowa, June 7, 2014
- Flooding and Hail in Oklahoma, June 7 to 8, 2014
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Missouri, June 7, 2014
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, June 7, 2014
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Florida, June 7, 2014
- Flash Flood and Flood in Kansas, June 7, 2014
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, June 7, 2014
More
Every storm in New Mexico in 2014Every state in 2014This day in weather historyWarnings in New Mexico, June 2014
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: 517460, 517466, 517467, 517469.