The edge of an upper ridge was over southeast New Mexico and West Texas as an upper level disturbance moved over the area. Several outflow boundaries were across the area which provided a focus for thunderstorms to develop.
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The edge of an upper ridge was over southeast New Mexico and West Texas as an upper level disturbance moved over the area. Several outflow boundaries were across the area which provided a focus for thunderstorms to develop. There was good low level moisture present and the atmosphere was unstable. These conditions resulted in high wind gusts and heavy rain.
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NWS Midland/Odessa, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 23, 5:01 PM CST, 1 hour 26 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 601 PM CDT Mon Jun 23 2014 .DISCUSSION... See 00Z aviation discussion below. && .AVIATION... TS may affect most TAF sites within the next 6 hours and which is covered with TEMPO groups. There will be a continuing threat for TS at MAF near 12Z with the possibility of a TS complex but confidence is not high enough to place in the TAF at this time. VFR conditions will remain through the next 24 hours. Hennig && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 255 PM CDT Mon Jun 23 2014/ DISCUSSION... Stratus deck left in the wake of this morning's convection has been slow to clear out today, but visible sat imagery shows this gradually developing into a cu field. As a result, temps have been slow to warm, and much of the area remains capped attm. Free of the cap out west, area radars show convection trying to develop over the Marfa Plateau, but struggling. Bigger concerns lie further north, where upslope flow has advected dewpoints approaching 60F into the higher terrain of eastern NM. A combination of this upslope flow and diurnal heating is set to initiate convection over the next few hours, which models then bring thru SE NM and thru the Permian Basin overnight. Buffer soundings show deep-lyr shear of generally 25-35kts, and mid-lvl LR's of just over 7 C/km, for a marginal severe threat, and we will mention this in the HWO. PWAT's remain well-abv normal, and slow storm motion should allow for heavy rainfall as well. Tuesday afternoon, models are similar in convection redeveloping over the mtns out west in upslope flow, w/temps staying closer to normal again, much of which will be dependent on residual cloud cover from tonight's convection. Wednesday, isolated convection should remain more confined to the mountains, where upslope flow should keep the dryline backed up. Thursday, models begin building the Pacific ridge a bit further eastward into the region, and temps consequently begin to rise into the weekend as the thermal ridge settles in. We'll continue w/the hotter/drier trend, i.e., normal. Models are a bit more in line w/the ridge today than yesterday, w/the ECMWF coming more in line w/the warmer GFS, DGEX, and CMC. && .MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NM...NONE. TX...NONE. && 10
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 230 PM CDT MON JUN 23 2014 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-241200- 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- 230 PM CDT MON JUN 23 2014 /130 PM MDT MON JUN 23 2014/ 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 CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT ACROSS WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO. ALTHOUGH A FEW STORMS MAY BE SEVERE AND PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...THE GREATER CONCERN WILL BE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE TO A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY AND TUESDAY EVENING ACROSS WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO. THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF GUSTY WINDS... HAIL AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING ACROSS MAINLY THE GUADALUPE AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS....UPPER TRANS PECOS...MARFA PLATEAU AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS. THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF GUSTY WINDS...HAIL AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. 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 316 PM CDT MON JUN 23 2014 TXZ080-232100- MARFA PLATEAU- 316 PM CDT MON JUN 23 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS AFFECTING CENTRAL PRESIDIO COUNTY UNTIL 400 PM CDT... A THUNDERSTORM WITH SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS WAS LOCATED OVER CENTRAL PRESIDIO COUNTY AT 316 PM CDT...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... GUSTY WINDS... HAIL... HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE. && LAT...LON 3025 10410 2996 10380 2974 10420 3003 10437 TIME...MOT...LOC 2016Z 248DEG 14KT 2996 10410
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
351 PM CDT MON JUN 23 2014
TXZ079-080-232115-
MARFA PLATEAU-PRESIDIO VALLEY-
351 PM CDT MON JUN 23 2014
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS
AFFECTING SOUTHEASTERN PRESIDIO COUNTY UNTIL 415 PM CDT...
A THUNDERSTORM WITH SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS WAS LOCATED 14 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF BIG BEND RANCH STATE PARK AT 352 PM CDT...MOVING SOUTH
AT 15 MPH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
GUSTY WINDS... HAIL... HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE
POSSIBLE.
&&
LAT...LON 2928 10386 2927 10389 2929 10393 2929 10398
2931 10403 2934 10408 2937 10411 2939 10416
2953 10419 2954 10380 2926 10380
TIME...MOT...LOC 2052Z 353DEG 15KT 2935 10401SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
357 PM CDT MON JUN 23 2014
TXZ074-080-081-232145-
DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA-MARFA PLATEAU-BIG BEND AREA-
357 PM CDT MON JUN 23 2014
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS
AFFECTING EAST CENTRAL PRESIDIO AND NORTHWESTERN BREWSTER COUNTIES
UNTIL 445 PM CDT...
THUNDERSTORMS WITH SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS WERE LOCATED 15 MILES
SOUTH OF MARFA AT 356 PM CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
GUSTY WINDS... HAIL... HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE
POSSIBLE.
&&
LAT...LON 3043 10405 3036 10366 3007 10356 2986 10391
3023 10428
TIME...MOT...LOC 2056Z 230DEG 17KT 3011 10399SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
440 PM CDT MON JUN 23 2014
TXZ081-232230-
BIG BEND AREA-
440 PM CDT MON JUN 23 2014
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS
AFFECTING SOUTH CENTRAL BREWSTER COUNTY UNTIL 530 PM CDT...
A THUNDERSTORM WITH SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS WAS LOCATED 4 MILES
EAST OF CASTOLON AT 440 PM CDT. THE STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
GUSTY WINDS... HAIL... HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE
POSSIBLE.
&&
LAT...LON 2898 10326 2897 10329 2900 10329 2902 10335
2902 10339 2906 10347 2914 10353 2916 10366
2931 10354 2930 10288 2926 10290 2924 10286
2922 10286 2918 10292 2917 10299 2910 10303
2909 10307 2904 10310 2898 10311 2897 10315
TIME...MOT...LOC 2140Z 124DEG 0KT 2911 10344SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 441 PM CDT MON JUN 23 2014 TXZ074-080-081-232230- DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA-MARFA PLATEAU-BIG BEND AREA- 441 PM CDT MON JUN 23 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS AFFECTING EAST CENTRAL PRESIDIO AND WEST CENTRAL BREWSTER COUNTIES UNTIL 530 PM CDT... A THUNDERSTORM WITH SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS WAS LOCATED 13 MILES SOUTH OF PAISANO PASS AT 441 PM CDT...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... GUSTY WINDS... HAIL... HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE. && LAT...LON 3025 10324 2976 10338 2998 10420 3031 10409 TIME...MOT...LOC 2141Z 281DEG 18KT 3008 10377
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
714 PM CDT MON JUN 23 2014
NMZ027-028-TXZ057-058-258-240100-
GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-EDDY COUNTY PLAINS-
VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS-
REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-
614 PM MDT MON JUN 23 2014
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS
AFFECTING NORTHWESTERN CULBERSON AND SOUTHWESTERN EDDY COUNTIES UNTIL
700 PM MDT/800 PM CDT/...
A THUNDERSTORM WITH SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS WAS LOCATED 13 MILES
NORTH OF GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK AT 614 PM MDT/714 PM
CDT/...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
GUSTY WINDS... HAIL... HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE
POSSIBLE.
&&
LAT...LON 3200 10491 3201 10485 3238 10486 3211 10434
3160 10468 3181 10492 3199 10493
TIME...MOT...LOC 0014Z 287DEG 21KT 3209 10492The El Paso radar (KEPZ), 179 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:26 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind, 1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
A thunderstorm moved across Culberson County and produced a 63 mph wind gust about four miles south of Pine Springs. No damage was reported.
Heavy rain fell across Brewster County near Alpine. Almost one inch of rain fell in fifteen minutes. This rain caused minor street flooding.
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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: 525994, 525997.