Hail, Ector
- When
- May 24, 2:15 PM CST to 2:20 PM CST
- Where
- Ector County, 1 mi NW of Odessa
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 31.860, -102.382
Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, May 24, 2014
An upper level low was over Arizona/New Mexico slowly moving eastward with upper level disturbances associated with this low moving over southeast New Mexico and West Texas. The atmosphere was very moist and unstable and there were southeast upslope winds leading to an increase in 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
- 16
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.
An upper level low was over Arizona/New Mexico slowly moving eastward with upper level disturbances associated with this low moving over southeast New Mexico and West Texas. The atmosphere was very moist and unstable and there were southeast upslope winds leading to an increase in lift. There was an outflow boundary near the Pecos River which provided a concentrated source of lift for thunderstorms to develop. Recent rainfall had moistened the soil enough to increase the threat of flash flooding. These conditions resulted in severe thunderstorms with hail, strong winds, and flash flooding across West Texas and southeast New Mexico.
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 May 24, 1:46 PM CST, 29 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 24, 1:46 PM CST, 29 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
246 PM CDT Sat May 24 2014
.DISCUSSION...
A bit busy so will keep this short. Not much has changed with the
forecast reasoning tonight into Monday with the deep upper low
over NM/AZ continuing to provide southerly flow and instability
with scattered showers and thunderstorms to much of the CWA. Shear
values are high enough that there will be a tornado threat, but
despite Tornado Watch #181 reaching up in southeastern New Mexico,
the main TOR threat will be along and south of an outflow boundary
currently near the Pecos River. Winds behind this boundary have
been an impressive 20-30kts from the northeast but it should stall
soon and begin to lift north exposing the southern portions of the
watch to the directional shear needed for a tornado threat. The
northern portion of the tornado watch may see more of a severe
threat given the surface cold pool behind the outflow boundary
keeping convection elevated. In addition to the severe threat,
there have been recent rains of 1-3 inches from southeastern New
Mexico across the northern Permian Basin which have moistened the
soil enough to enhance the flash flood threat. By no means is the
drought over, but these rains will make flooding easier in the
northern CWA so areas from Hobbs to Snyder need to be aware for
the potential for flash flooding mainly in urban areas with poor
drainage and low water crossings.
Highest rain chances will be the next 24 hours with the axis of
rain shifting to the east by Monday as the upper low finally
begins to move east into the plains. Increasing upper heights will
allow highs to rise back to near normal but the approaching upper
ridge is not very strong so very seasonal temps can be expected
the remainder of next week. Somewhat unusual for late May, we also
have to keep an eye on the eastern Pacific where a tropical system
is forecast to move north and may make landfall into northern
Mexico the middle of next week. This could spread moisture as far
east as west Texas and bring another chance for rain.
Hennig
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
ANDREWS TX 63 79 63 84 / 70 70 40 30
BIG SPRING TX 65 77 65 81 / 70 70 60 40
CARLSBAD NM 60 84 61 87 / 40 40 20 20
DRYDEN TX 69 86 68 86 / 40 40 40 40
FORT STOCKTON TX 66 86 65 89 / 40 40 40 30
GUADALUPE PASS TX 55 77 57 82 / 30 30 20 20
HOBBS NM 60 80 61 81 / 70 60 30 30
MARFA TX 55 82 54 84 / 30 30 20 20
MIDLAND INTL AIRPORT TX 65 79 65 85 / 70 60 50 30
ODESSA TX 65 80 64 86 / 60 60 50 30
WINK TX 65 87 65 90 / 60 60 30 30
&&
.MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NM...FLASH FLOOD WATCH through Sunday afternoon FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES... Central Lea County...Eddy County Plains...
Guadalupe Mountains of Eddy County...Northern Lea County...
Southern Lea County.
TX...FLASH FLOOD WATCH through Sunday evening FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES... Andrews...Borden...Crane...Dawson...Ector...
Gaines...Glasscock...Howard...Loving...Martin...Midland...
Mitchell...Reagan...Scurry...Upton...Ward...Winkler.
&&
29/10Hazardous weather outlook, May 24, 2:09 PM CST, 6 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 309 PM CDT SAT MAY 24 2014 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-252015- 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- 309 PM CDT SAT MAY 24 2014 /209 PM MDT SAT MAY 24 2014/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND WEST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TO CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA. ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY FREQUENT LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...AND HEAVY RAINFALL. SOME STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE...WITH HAIL TO THE SIZE OF GOLF BALLS OR LARGER...AND DAMAGING WINDS TO AROUND 60 MPH. AN ISOLATED TORNADO OR TWO WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY OVER THE WESTERN LOW ROLLING PLAINS AND PERMIAN BASIN. TORNADO WATCH 181 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT/9 PM MDT. HEAVY RAINFALL RATES OF ONE TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE STRONGER STORMS...RESULTING IN LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT NORTH OF THE PECOS...INCLUDING ALL EDDY COUNTY...THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TUESDAY OVER ALL OF WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE...RESULTING IN LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT NORTH OF THE PECOS...INCLUDING ALL EDDY COUNTY...THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS LIKELY 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
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 24, 1:20 PM CST, 55 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 220 PM CDT SAT MAY 24 2014 TXZ058-074-242000- DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA-REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS- 220 PM CDT SAT MAY 24 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTING SOUTH CENTRAL REEVES COUNTY UNTIL 300 PM CDT... ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS WAS LOCATED OVER BALMORHEA AT 219 PM CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... GUSTY WINDS... HAIL... HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS. && LAT...LON 3133 10366 3109 10330 3088 10373 3100 10391 TIME...MOT...LOC 1919Z 239DEG 13KT 3097 10376 HLUCHAN
Special weather statement, May 24, 1:21 PM CST, 54 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 221 PM CDT SAT MAY 24 2014 TXZ075-242000- PECOS- 221 PM CDT SAT MAY 24 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTING CENTRAL PECOS COUNTY UNTIL 300 PM CDT... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BELDING AT 220 PM CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THIS STORM WILL CROSS INTERSTATE 10 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 250 AND 272. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT. IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM. GUSTY WINDS... HAIL... HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS. && LAT...LON 3109 10289 3091 10264 3062 10296 3075 10313 TIME...MOT...LOC 1920Z 221DEG 22KT 3076 10298 HUFFMAN
Special weather statement, May 24, 1:26 PM CST, 49 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 226 PM CDT SAT MAY 24 2014 TXZ058-067-075-242015- PECOS-WARD-REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS- 226 PM CDT SAT MAY 24 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS AFFECTING CENTRAL WARD...EAST CENTRAL REEVES AND NORTHWESTERN PECOS COUNTIES UNTIL 315 PM CDT... ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT... A THUNDERSTORM WITH SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF B F GOODRICH TESTING TRACK AT 226 PM CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... GUSTY WINDS... HAIL... HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE. && LAT...LON 3163 10314 3130 10279 3096 10326 3122 10351 TIME...MOT...LOC 1926Z 225DEG 26KT 3118 10331 HLUCHAN
Special weather statement, May 24, 1:47 PM CST, 28 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 247 PM CDT SAT MAY 24 2014 TXZ061-062-068-069-242030- ECTOR-MIDLAND-CRANE-UPTON- 247 PM CDT SAT MAY 24 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS AFFECTING EASTERN ECTOR...NORTHEASTERN CRANE...NORTHWESTERN UPTON AND SOUTHWESTERN MIDLAND COUNTIES UNTIL 330 PM CDT... ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT... A THUNDERSTORM WITH SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS WAS LOCATED 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PLEASANT FARMS AT 247 PM CDT...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... GUSTY WINDS... HAIL... HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE. && LAT...LON 3202 10260 3188 10207 3146 10242 3154 10264 TIME...MOT...LOC 1947Z 199DEG 23KT 3157 10249 HLUCHAN
Special weather statement, May 24, 2:03 PM CST, 12 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 303 PM CDT SAT MAY 24 2014 TXZ068-069-075-242045- CRANE-PECOS-UPTON- 303 PM CDT SAT MAY 24 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS AFFECTING NORTH CENTRAL PECOS...SOUTHEASTERN CRANE AND UPTON COUNTIES UNTIL 345 PM CDT... ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT... A THUNDERSTORM WITH SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS WAS LOCATED 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF KING MOUNTAIN AT 303 PM CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... GUSTY WINDS... HAIL... HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE. && LAT...LON 3164 10215 3135 10187 3106 10245 3147 10254 TIME...MOT...LOC 2003Z 239DEG 13KT 3134 10230
Special weather statement, May 24, 2:10 PM CST, 5 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 310 PM CDT SAT MAY 24 2014 TXZ075-242100- PECOS- 310 PM CDT SAT MAY 24 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTING CENTRAL PECOS COUNTY UNTIL 400 PM CDT... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTH OF FORT STOCKTON AT 309 PM CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THIS STORM WILL CROSS INTERSTATE 10 NEAR FORT STOCKTON AND IS CAPABLE OF UP TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS NEAR 55 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT. IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM. GUSTY WINDS... HAIL... HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS. && LAT...LON 3110 10286 3094 10258 3064 10289 3073 10307 TIME...MOT...LOC 2009Z 216DEG 12KT 3078 10289 HUFFMAN
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 20 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:13 UTC.
Event by event
15 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Ector
- When
- May 24, 2:25 PM CST to 2:30 PM CST
- Where
- Ector County, Odessa
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 31.850, -102.370
Hail, Ector
- When
- May 24, 2:25 PM CST to 2:30 PM CST
- Where
- Ector County, West Odessa
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 31.830, -102.500
Hail, Pecos
- When
- May 24, 2:25 PM CST to 2:30 PM CST
- Where
- Pecos County, 1 mi E of Ft Stockton
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- Law Enforcement
- Coordinates
- 30.880, -102.853
Hail, Midland
- When
- May 24, 2:45 PM CST to 2:50 PM CST
- Where
- Midland County, Midland
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 32.000, -102.080
Hail, Ector
- When
- May 24, 2:51 PM CST to 2:56 PM CST
- Where
- Ector County, 4 mi W of Gardendale
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 32.000, -102.488
Hail, Pecos
- When
- May 24, 3:35 PM CST to 3:40 PM CST
- Where
- Pecos County, 2 mi N of Bakersfield
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 30.909, -102.280
Hail, Reagan
- When
- May 24, 4:00 PM CST to 4:05 PM CST
- Where
- Reagan County, 2 mi NW of Stiles
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 31.421, -101.604
Hail, Pecos
- When
- May 24, 4:45 PM CST to 4:50 PM CST
- Where
- Pecos County, 14 mi SE of Bakersfield
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 30.737, -102.113
Hail, Terrell
- When
- May 24, 5:26 PM CST to 5:31 PM CST
- Where
- Terrell County, 29 mi NNE of Sanderson
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 30.538, -102.214
Hail, Pecos
- When
- May 24, 5:48 PM CST to 5:53 PM CST
- Where
- Pecos County, Iraan
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Fire Department/Rescue
- Coordinates
- 30.920, -101.880
Hail, Pecos
- When
- May 24, 6:30 PM CST to 6:35 PM CST
- Where
- Pecos County, Iraan
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Reported by
- Fire Department/Rescue
- Coordinates
- 30.920, -101.880
Thunderstorm Wind, Pecos
- When
- May 24, 6:30 PM CST to 6:31 PM CST
- Where
- Pecos County, Iraan
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- Fire Department/Rescue
- Coordinates
- 30.920, -101.880
A thunderstorm moved across Pecos County and produced a 60 mph wind gust in Iraan. No damage was reported.
Hail, Terrell
- When
- May 24, 6:56 PM CST to 7:01 PM CST
- Where
- Terrell County, 44.5 mi NE of Sanderson
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 30.605, -101.872
Hail, Pecos
- When
- May 24, 7:19 PM CST to 7:24 PM CST
- Where
- Pecos County, Sheffield
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 30.670, -101.830
Hail, Upton
- When
- May 24, 7:21 PM CST to 7:26 PM CST
- Where
- Upton County, 1 mi S of Mc Camey
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 31.116, -102.230
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
- Flash Flood and Hail in New Mexico, May 24, 2014
- Lightning Strike in Wyoming, May 24, 2014
- Flood and Hail in Missouri, May 24 to 26, 2014
- Winter Weather in Colorado, May 24 to 25, 2014
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, May 24, 2014
- Flooding in Montana, May 24 to 27, 2014
- Flash Flood and Heavy Rain in Wyoming, May 24 to 25, 2014
- Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, May 24, 2014
- Hail in New Mexico, May 24, 2014
- Hail in Colorado, May 24, 2014
- Flood in Kansas, May 24, 2014
- Tornado in Wyoming, May 24, 2014
More
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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: 509919, 509918, 509920, 509922, 509916, 509917, 509925, 509932, 511362, 509935, 509938, 509939, 509941, 510276, 510278, 510286.