Hail, Pecos
- When
- June 1, 3:07 PM CST to 3:12 PM CST
- Where
- Pecos County, 11.94 mi SSE of Belding
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Law Enforcement
- Coordinates
- 30.621, -102.942
Hail in Texas, June 1, 2017
An upper level disturbance was exiting the region with weak upper ridging developing across the area through the early afternoon hours. An upper trough was over Northern Mexico later in the day and began to move east.
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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 disturbance was exiting the region with weak upper ridging developing across the area through the early afternoon hours. An upper trough was over Northern Mexico later in the day and began to move east. There was a lot of moisture and decent instability across West Texas. These conditions lead to the development of storms with large hail.
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 1, 1:55 PM CST, 1 hour 12 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 1, 1:55 PM CST, 1 hour 12 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX 255 PM CDT Thu Jun 1 2017 .DISCUSSION... Current radar is showing convection increasing over the Davis Mountains this afternoon. The HRRR model shows the area from southeast New Mexico down into the Big Bend will have the best rain chances tonight, diminishing to the northeast. However an extensive cumulus field over the Permian Basin shows there is instability present and have kept decent PoPs in at many locations, especially for the evening and early nighttime hours. Figuring out PoPs the next several days is certainly the biggest forecast challenge as one trough exits to the north, another...perhaps stronger one...will move in from northern Mexico continuing rain chances. Unfortunately with the lack of surface boundaries it is very difficult to know very far in advance just where the convection will develop with models showing scattered showers all over the area through the weekend. So we have a situation where there is a very high confidence that precip will develop and a very low confidence in where and when it will develop. Thus have compromised and mostly kept strong chance PoPs (40-50%) across our entire CWA through Sunday. Brief heavy rain and localized flooding will be the main threat though small hail and gusty winds will also be possible. Thought about issuing a Flash Flood Watch but with confidence so low on the location of heavy rain it seems overkill to issue a large watch for just a few warnings and will hold off. The trough will move east Monday leaving a quasistationary ridge centered over the western U.S. and West Texas/southeastern New Mexico in northerly flow. This will decrease rain chances but weak impulses moving south along the front of the ridge will still provide a chance for rain next week. This will be a nice start to June with highs only reaching the 80s the next several days, about 10 degrees below normal for this time of year. Highs increase next week to near normal as rain and clouds diminish. Hennig && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Big Spring 66 83 64 82 / 40 50 50 50 Carlsbad 62 86 62 82 / 50 40 40 40 Dryden 70 89 68 90 / 40 40 40 40 Fort Stockton 64 84 64 84 / 40 50 40 40 Guadalupe Pass 54 80 59 76 / 60 40 40 40 Hobbs 60 79 60 78 / 50 50 50 50 Marfa 55 82 55 80 / 60 40 40 50 Midland Intl Airport 64 83 64 82 / 40 50 50 50 Odessa 66 82 64 82 / 50 50 50 40 Wink 66 87 63 85 / 50 50 40 40 && .MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NM...None. TX...None. && 72/10
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 1, 12:54 PM CST, 2 hours 13 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX 154 PM CDT Thu Jun 1 2017 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-021900- 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- 154 PM CDT Thu Jun 1 2017 /1254 PM MDT Thu Jun 1 2017/ This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of southeast New Mexico, southwest Texas and western Texas. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT Thunderstorms are likely across the region this afternoon and tonight... especially from the Guadalupe Mountains to the Davis mountains. Heavy rainfall that could result in localized flash flooding will be the main concern... although a few severe storms with large hail and damaging winds are possible. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY Thunderstorms are possible into next week across West Texas and Southeast New Mexico. Heavy rainfall will be the main hazard. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected 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... http://weather.gov/midland
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 1:03 PM CST, 2 hours 4 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
203 PM CDT THU JUN 1 2017
TXZ058-074-075-011945-
Pecos TX-Reeves County and Upper Trans Pecos TX-
Davis/Apache Mountains Area TX-
203 PM CDT THU JUN 1 2017
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WEST CENTRAL PECOS...NORTHERN
BREWSTER...SOUTH CENTRAL REEVES AND EAST CENTRAL JEFF DAVIS COUNTIES
UNTIL 245 PM CDT...
At 202 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms 15
miles northeast of Fort Davis. These thunderstorms are nearly
stationary.
Dime size hail and winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with
these storms.
Locations impacted include...
Hovey and Star Mountain.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may lead
to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 3076 10387 3086 10370 3095 10349 3069 10321
3047 10359
TIME...MOT...LOC 1902Z 319DEG 9KT 3072 10368
33Special weather statement, Jun 1, 2:31 PM CST, 36 minutes before
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX 331 PM CDT THU JUN 1 2017 TXZ074-075-081-012115- Pecos TX-Big Bend Area TX-Davis/Apache Mountains Area TX- 331 PM CDT THU JUN 1 2017 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL PECOS...NORTHWESTERN BREWSTER AND EAST CENTRAL JEFF DAVIS COUNTIES UNTIL 415 PM CDT... At 330 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms 10 miles north of Altuda, or 11 miles northeast of Alpine, moving east at 15 mph. Nickel size hail will be possible with this storm. Locations impacted include... Fort Stockton, Belding, Hovey, Altuda, Fort Stockton-Pecos County Airport, Sierra Madera and Firestone Test Track. THIS INCLUDES Interstate 10 between mile markers 240 and 285. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may lead to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. && LAT...LON 3123 10279 3065 10225 3025 10350 3058 10369 TIME...MOT...LOC 2030Z 255DEG 15KT 3045 10349 33
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 164 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:08 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
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- Debris Flow in Washington, June 1, 2017
- Flood in Idaho, June 1 to 10, 2017
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Montana, June 1, 2017
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, June 1, 2017
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Missouri, June 1, 2017
- Coastal Flood in New York, June 1 to 30, 2017
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Arkansas, June 1, 2017
- Flooding in Arkansas, June 1 to 23, 2017
- Drought in Florida, June 1 to 13, 2017
More
Every storm in Texas in 2017Every state in 2017This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, June 2017
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: 697506.