Hail, Pecos
- When
- June 12, 3:23 PM CST to 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Pecos County, 18 mi ENE of Ft Stockton
- Measured
- 2.5 in hail
- Reported by
- Law Enforcement
- Coordinates
- 30.980, -102.589
Tornado and Flash Flood in Texas, June 12, 2015
Upper level troughs moving slowly over the Rocky Mountains combined with a surface trough across extreme West Texas and eastern New Mexico. Intense heating with plentiful low level moisture lead to strong instability across the area.
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
- $33,000
- Crop damage
- $7,000
- Events
- 12
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.
Upper level troughs moving slowly over the Rocky Mountains combined with a surface trough across extreme West Texas and eastern New Mexico. Intense heating with plentiful low level moisture lead to strong instability across the area. This instability combined with strong shear allowed thunderstorms to develop and to produce large hail, flash flooding, and a tornado across the Permian Basin and the Trans Pecos.
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 12, 1:59 PM CST, 1 hour 24 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 12, 1:59 PM CST, 1 hour 24 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 259 PM CDT Fri Jun 12 2015 .DISCUSSION... A series of upper level troughs moving across the Rockies yielding a lee surface trough and plentiful moisture will make way for an active weather pattern over the next several days. Strong to severe storms will be possible today across the Permian Basin and Lower Trans Pecos. Strong heating east of the dryline where dewpoints are in the 60s will increase instability and yield CAPE values ranging between 2000-3000 j/kg. In addition to moderate instability, steep mid level lapse rates and shear values of 20-35 kts will aid severe thunderstorms development. Another interesting note is a boundary pushing south across the Permian Basin from the north, which supported morning showers and thunderstorms. This E-W boundary could be another focus for thunderstorms as the day progresses. The West Texas mesonet 2 SE of Lamesa received nearly an inch of rain this morning, which shows how high the moisture content is across the area. Precipitable Water values are reaching 2-3 standard deviations above normal. So in addition to the threat of large hail and damaging winds, localized flooding will also be a threat with any thunderstorm today. By tonight, expect storms to form more of a line as a strong low level jet of 30-45 kts will help support storms as they move east. Saturday will also pose a threat for severe weather as well with the mid level trough supporting maintenance of the surface lee trough over eastern New Mexico and West Texas. Instability and shear are not as good, but will be enough to support strong to severe storms east of the dryline and along the higher terrain. Thunderstorm and rain chances will remain with the upper level weakness still lingering around the area through the end of the weekend into early next week. Temperatures will be slightly below normal over the next several days, and most likely will remain near normal through the end of next week. The upper level pattern looks to flatten and flow aloft becomes fairly weak, but will keep low end chances of rain into middle week as plenty of moisture will remain across the area. Arnold && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ANDREWS TX 70 91 70 93 / 30 40 40 30 BIG SPRING TX 72 92 72 91 / 40 30 50 30 CARLSBAD NM 68 100 67 98 / 10 20 20 20 DRYDEN TX 74 92 74 92 / 30 20 40 20 FORT STOCKTON TX 72 96 71 93 / 20 40 40 50 GUADALUPE PASS TX 66 86 65 86 / 0 20 10 20 HOBBS NM 68 97 67 95 / 20 40 30 30 MARFA TX 62 90 60 90 / 10 30 30 50 MIDLAND INTL AIRPORT TX 72 93 71 92 / 30 30 40 30 ODESSA TX 72 93 71 92 / 30 30 30 30 WINK TX 73 99 73 98 / 10 30 30 50 && .MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NM...NONE. TX...NONE. && 03/06 Follow us on Facebook and Twitter at: http://facebook.com/NWSMidland http://twitter.com/NWSMidland Check us out on the internet at: http://weather.gov/midland
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 12, 12:42 PM CST, 2 hours 41 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 142 PM CDT FRI JUN 12 2015 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-131845- 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- 142 PM CDT FRI JUN 12 2015 /1242 PM MDT FRI JUN 12 2015/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND WEST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS THE TEXAS PERMIAN BASIN...TRANS PECOS REGION...THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS.,,AND THE BIG BEND REGION. SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL HAVE THE CAPABILITY OF REACHING SEVERE LEVELS WITH THE MAIN THREATS BEING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. A TORNADO OR TWO IS ALSO POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY SEVERE WEATHER WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF THE PERMIAN BASIN ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY WITH THE MAIN THREATS BEING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE LATER THIS AFTERNOON. 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 12, 2:32 PM CST, 51 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 332 PM CDT FRI JUN 12 2015 TXZ075-081-082-122100- PECOS-TERRELL-BIG BEND AREA- 332 PM CDT FRI JUN 12 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTING EAST CENTRAL BREWSTER...SOUTH CENTRAL PECOS AND WEST CENTRAL TERRELL COUNTIES UNTIL 400 PM CDT... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES NORTH OF LONGFELLOW AT 332 PM CDT...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. DIME SIZE HAIL AND WINDS GUSTING TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. 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. && LAT...LON 3039 10228 3002 10261 3037 10287 3049 10272 TIME...MOT...LOC 2032Z 312DEG 15KT 3028 10263
Special weather statement, Jun 12, 2:34 PM CST, 49 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
334 PM CDT FRI JUN 12 2015
TXZ068-069-075-122100-
CRANE-PECOS-UPTON-
334 PM CDT FRI JUN 12 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTING
NORTH CENTRAL PECOS...SOUTHEASTERN CRANE AND SOUTHWESTERN UPTON
COUNTIES UNTIL 400 PM CDT...
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES WEST OF GIRVIN AT 334 PM
CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO
55 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3099 10224 3100 10261 3111 10264 3130 10235
3108 10227 3108 10236 3107 10233 3104 10229
3104 10226
TIME...MOT...LOC 2034Z 243DEG 10KT 3110 10251Special weather statement, Jun 12, 2:53 PM CST, 30 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
253 PM MDT FRI JUN 12 2015
NMZ029-122130-
NORTHERN LEA COUNTY-
253 PM MDT FRI JUN 12 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR A STRONG THUNDERSTORM AFFECTING
EAST CENTRAL LEA COUNTY UNTIL 330 PM MDT...
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER EXTREME EAST CENTRAL LEA
COUNTY AT 253 PM MDT...MOVING EAST AT 5 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.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS.
&&
LAT...LON 3305 10306 3304 10307 3303 10312 3320 10319
3326 10306
TIME...MOT...LOC 2053Z 248DEG 5KT 3315 10306Special weather statement, Jun 12, 3:01 PM CST, 22 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 401 PM CDT FRI JUN 12 2015 TXZ081-122145- BIG BEND AREA- 401 PM CDT FRI JUN 12 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTING CENTRAL BREWSTER COUNTY UNTIL 445 PM CDT... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF ELEPHANT MOUNTAIN WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA AT 401 PM CDT...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH. NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS. && LAT...LON 3000 10297 2980 10354 3017 10358 3025 10336 TIME...MOT...LOC 2101Z 325DEG 9KT 3009 10337
Special weather statement, Jun 12, 3:03 PM CST, 20 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 403 PM CDT FRI JUN 12 2015 TXZ075-081-082-122145- PECOS-TERRELL-BIG BEND AREA- 403 PM CDT FRI JUN 12 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTING EAST CENTRAL BREWSTER...SOUTH CENTRAL PECOS AND WEST CENTRAL TERRELL COUNTIES UNTIL 445 PM CDT... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTH OF LONGFELLOW AT 403 PM CDT...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS. && LAT...LON 3011 10225 2997 10291 3041 10301 3049 10250 TIME...MOT...LOC 2103Z 311DEG 9KT 3026 10262
Special weather statement, Jun 12, 3:21 PM CST, 2 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 421 PM CDT FRI JUN 12 2015 TXZ050-122200- ANDREWS- 421 PM CDT FRI JUN 12 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORM AFFECTING CENTRAL ANDREWS COUNTY UNTIL 500 PM CDT... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ANDREWS AT 420 PM CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH. HAIL TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS AND GUSTY WINDS TO 55 MPH POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS. && LAT...LON 3243 10252 3214 10253 3214 10285 3235 10293 TIME...MOT...LOC 2120Z 236DEG 6KT 3220 10277
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 114 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:23 UTC.
Event by event
10 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Ector
- When
- June 12, 4:45 PM CST to 4:55 PM CST
- Where
- Ector County, Goldsmith
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Reported by
- Social Media
- Coordinates
- 31.980, -102.620
Hail, Midland
- When
- June 12, 4:45 PM CST to 4:55 PM CST
- Where
- Midland County, Warfield
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Reported by
- Social Media
- Coordinates
- 31.920, -102.230
Hail, Ector
- When
- June 12, 4:47 PM CST to 4:53 PM CST
- Where
- Ector County, 6 mi NE of Odessa
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $30,000
- Reported by
- NWS Employee
- Coordinates
- 31.911, -102.298
A thunderstorm moved across Ector County and produced large hail in and near Odessa. There was hail damage to vehicles with windows broken near the intersection of Loop 338 and Business 20 in Odessa. There was also hail damage to residences in south Odessa with windows broken. The cost of damage is a very rough estimate.
Hail, Midland
- When
- June 12, 4:55 PM CST to 5:03 PM CST
- Where
- Midland County, 3 mi SSE of Warfield
- Measured
- 2.5 in hail
- Reported by
- Social Media
- Coordinates
- 31.880, -102.210
Hail, Ector
- When
- June 12, 4:55 PM CST to 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Ector County, 3 mi NW of Odessa
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 31.881, -102.406
Flash Flood, Ector
- When
- June 12, 5:00 PM CST to 5:45 PM CST
- Where
- Ector County, Odessa to 1.48 mi ESE of Odessa Ector Co Arpt
- Cause
- Heavy Rain
- Reported by
- NWS Employee
- Coordinates
- 31.850, -102.370
Heavy rain fell across Ector County and produced flash flooding in Odessa. Streets were covered with water and there was water over the curbs and into yards from one inch of rain that fell within 30 minutes. No damage was reported.
Hail, Gaines
- When
- June 12, 5:05 PM CST to 5:10 PM CST
- Where
- Gaines County, 15 mi E of Seminole
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 32.720, -102.392
Hail, Ector
- When
- June 12, 5:17 PM CST to 5:22 PM CST
- Where
- Ector County, Odessa
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 31.850, -102.370
Tornado, Gaines
- When
- June 12, 5:34 PM CST to 5:36 PM CST
- Where
- Gaines County, 1 mi W of Loop to 0.5 mi WNW of Loop
- Rating
- EF0
- Path length
- 0.52 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 32.920, -102.437
A thunderstorm moved across Gaines County and produced a tornado about one mile west of Loop. The tornado was seen by a trained spotter and reported to be brief. There was no damage reported with this tornado so it was rated as an EF-0. Both the path length and width were estimated.
Hail, Martin
- When
- June 12, 5:58 PM CST to 6:03 PM CST
- Where
- Martin County, 3 mi W of Tarzan
- Measured
- 2.5 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 32.300, -102.021
Hail, Gaines
- When
- June 12, 6:16 PM CST to 6:21 PM CST
- Where
- Gaines County, 4 mi SE of Loop
- Measured
- 2.5 in hail
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Crop damage
- $7,000
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 32.879, -102.371
A thunderstorm moved across Gaines County and produced tennis ball sized hail about four miles southeast of Loop. Windows were reported to be broken and crops damaged. The cost of damage is a very rough estimate.
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 577644, 577645, 577647, 577648, 577649, 579511, 577650, 579513, 579773, 579774, 579775, 579776.