Hail, Scurry
- When
- October 12, 7:13 PM CST to 7:18 PM CST
- Where
- Scurry County, 10 mi NE of Snyder
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 32.822, -100.778
Hail in Texas, October 12, 2014
An upper level low was moving into southeastern Colorado and had significant lift associated with it. A dryline was across the area, and a cold front was approaching from the north.
Where it happened
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- 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
- 1
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 moving into southeastern Colorado and had significant lift associated with it. A dryline was across the area, and a cold front was approaching from the north. These conditions combined to produce hail across the northern Permian Basin and Western Low Rolling Plains.
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 Oct 12, 6:53 PM CST, 20 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 12, 6:53 PM CST, 20 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 12, 6:29 PM CST, 44 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 729 PM CDT SUN OCT 12 2014 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-140030- 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- 729 PM CDT SUN OCT 12 2014 /629 PM MDT SUN OCT 12 2014/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND WEST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS...A FEW POSSIBLY SEVERE...ARE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT ACROSS THE WESTERN LOW ROLLING PLAINS AND THE NORTH AND EASTERN PARTS OF THE PERMIAN BASIN. GUSTY WINDS UP TO 55 MPH AND HAIL WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT WITH THESE STORMS. GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING. A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS AND A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS AND VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR. A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH INTO THE AREA LATER TONIGHT BRINGING IN GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS. THE WIND ADVISORY WILL THEREFORE CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT FOR WEST TEXAS WITH THE MARFA PLATEAU AND BIG BEND AREA IN AN ADVISORY TOO...ALTHOUGH STRONGER WINDS THERE WILL NOT BE UNTIL TOWARD MORNING. THERE MAY ALSO BE SOME BLOWING DUST BEHIND THE FRONT TONIGHT WHICH MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .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, Oct 12, 6:43 PM CST, 30 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 743 PM CDT SUN OCT 12 2014 TXZ047-048-130115- SCURRY-BORDEN- 743 PM CDT SUN OCT 12 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTING EAST CENTRAL BORDEN AND WESTERN SCURRY COUNTIES UNTIL 815 PM CDT... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER KNAPP AT 743 PM CDT...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SEEK SHELTER IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH YOUR LOCATION. && LAT...LON 3287 10120 3294 10081 3254 10083 3255 10125 TIME...MOT...LOC 0043Z 257DEG 29KT 3264 10113
The radar
The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 134 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:14 UTC.
Event by event
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Sneakerwave in California, October 12, 2014
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, October 12 to 13, 2014
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Texas, October 12 to 13, 2014
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, October 12 to 13, 2014
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, October 12, 2014
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, October 12 to 13, 2014
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Tennessee, October 12, 2014
- Damaging Winds in Texas, October 12, 2014
- Damaging Winds and High Wind in New Mexico, October 12, 2014
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, October 12, 2014
- Damaging Winds in Louisiana, October 12, 2014
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, October 12 to 13, 2014
More
Every storm in Texas in 2014Every state in 2014This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, October 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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 542225.