The same upper-level trough that helped initiate thunderstorms on the 23rd allowed for additional thunderstorm development on the 24th as it continued to approach the region. Initially scattered to numerous thunderstorms developed in West Texas during the morning of the 24th.
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The same upper-level trough that helped initiate thunderstorms on the 23rd allowed for additional thunderstorm development on the 24th as it continued to approach the region. Initially scattered to numerous thunderstorms developed in West Texas during the morning of the 24th. By the early afternoon, reports of large hail and severe winds were received as these storms marched across the Permian Basin and Trans-Pecos. By the evening of the 24th, these thunderstorms had merged into a line (with continued reports of severe winds, as well as some flash flooding) and eventually exited our forecast area after dark.
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 24, 11:32 AM CST, 44 minutes earlier. Its key messages:
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX 1232 PM CDT Fri Oct 24 2025 ...New AVIATION... .KEY MESSAGES... Updated at 1220 PM CDT Fri Oct 24 2025 - Medium-to-high (40-80%) chance of showers and thunderstorms today. A few storms may become severe, with large hail, damaging winds, and locally heavy downpours being the main concerns. - Much drier conditions expected after today and through the extended. - After a warm-up Sunday and Monday, a cold front brings near-to- below normal temperatures by the middle of next week. && .SHORT TERM... (Today through Saturday afternoon) Issued at 202 AM CDT Fri Oct 24 2025 Radar reflectivity shows scattered showers continuing across the Trans Pecos, Permian Basin, and Stockton Plateau regions early this morning along a surface trough. An upper-level low is expected to become centered over northern New Mexico/southern Colorado late this morning and afternoon, putting our area under the left-exit region of the upper-level jet. This will provide large-scale forcing for ascent, favoring additional development of widespread showers and thunderstorms by early afternoon. A Pacific cold front is expected to move into the region from New Mexico, adding to the forcing for ascent. Some storms may become strong to severe Friday afternoon as ample lift, instability, deep-layer shear and moisture are expected to be present with this system. The main hazards with the strongest storms will be large hail, damaging winds, locally heavy rainfall, and frequent lightning. However, an isolated tornado or two cannot be ruled out. Localized flash flooding will be possible with any locations that receive heavy downpours. The best chances (40-80%) of showers and storms looks to be in the Trans Pecos/Stockton Plateau, Permian Basin, and the Lower Trans-Pecos regions. CAMs show the bulk of the activity moving to the east before midnight Saturday. Friday night lows are expected to dip into the upper 40s to mid 50s behind the aforementioned Pacific front. The upper-level low that has brought our area showers and thunderstorms moves overhead Saturday. This will allow for skies to clear, leaving our area dry with relatively light northwesterly winds. Afternoon highs in the post-frontal airmass are forecast to be slightly below normal, with temperatures in the low to mid 70s for most. Greening && .LONG TERM... (Saturday night through Thursday) Issued at 202 AM CDT Fri Oct 24 2025 By Sunday and Monday, zonal to northwesterly flow aloft sets up over the region. Ridging to the south and westerly downsloping winds at the surface will contribute to rising temperatures yet again. Highs are currently forecast to top out in the 80s for most, with low 90s along the Rio Grande and 70s in the higher terrain. However, this warm-up looks short-lived. Ensemble guidance continues to indicate a cold front will move across the area, bringing much cooler temperatures by the middle part of next week. Models are still a bit inconsistent as to just how cool temperatures will get, as well as when the front will move through (the GEFS ensemble shows a large spread on Tuesday's temperatures, while the ENS tends to be cooler in general for that day). In any case, by the middle part of next week near-to-below normal temperatures are expected across West Texas and Southeast New Mexico, and it looks like seasonable temperatures continue through the rest of the extended. As far as rain goes, the extended continues to look pretty dry. Sprang && .AVIATION... (18Z TAFS) Issued at 1220 PM CDT Fri Oct 24 2025 Thunderstorms are currently ongoing across much of the region and will continue this afternoon and evening. Some of these storms have been strong to severe producing large hail and damaging winds and this will remain through the afternoon and evening hours. This will temporarily bring CIGs and VIS to MVFR and IFR conditions, along with producing VRB winds with gusts up to 30-40 kts. Gusty (up to 25 kts) southerly to southwesterly winds are also expected to prevail into the early evening hours at most terminals. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Big Spring 77 55 74 51 / 70 30 10 0 Carlsbad 82 51 77 50 / 20 0 0 0 Dryden 85 58 86 55 / 50 30 0 0 Fort Stockton 84 55 78 54 / 60 10 0 0 Guadalupe Pass 71 49 68 51 / 10 0 0 0 Hobbs 78 49 74 48 / 30 10 0 0 Marfa 78 44 73 41 / 40 10 0 0 Midland Intl Airport 77 55 75 52 / 80 10 10 0 Odessa 77 54 75 52 / 80 10 0 0 Wink 79 51 77 47 / 60 10 0 0 && .MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...None. NM...None. && SHORT TERM...55 LONG TERM....13 AVIATION...11
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
951 AM CDT Fri Oct 24 2025
TXZ272-273-278-241530-
Van Horn and Highway 54 Corridor TX-Eastern Culberson County TX-
Davis Mountains Foothills TX-
951 AM CDT Fri Oct 24 2025
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT WEST CENTRAL CULBERSON COUNTY
THROUGH 1030 AM CDT...
At 950 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Van Horn, moving east at 45 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and nickel size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Van Horn and Culberson County Airport.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
&&
LAT...LON 3105 10482 3115 10486 3130 10438 3109 10422
TIME...MOT...LOC 1450Z 260DEG 39KT 3110 10477
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
11Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
1042 AM CDT Fri Oct 24 2025
TXZ059-274-241615-
Loving TX-Reeves County Plains TX-
1042 AM CDT Fri Oct 24 2025
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTH CENTRAL REEVES AND CENTRAL
LOVING COUNTIES THROUGH 1115 AM CDT...
At 1042 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 9
miles southeast of Orla, or 10 miles west of Mentone, moving
northeast at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph and half inch hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
possible.
This storm will remain over mainly rural areas of north central
Reeves and central Loving Counties.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
&&
LAT...LON 3185 10375 3190 10373 3196 10371 3190 10357
3168 10374 3171 10382
TIME...MOT...LOC 1542Z 210DEG 26KT 3176 10377
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH
95Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
1243 PM CDT Fri Oct 24 2025
TXZ075-241830-
Pecos TX-
1243 PM CDT Fri Oct 24 2025
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN PECOS COUNTY
THROUGH 130 PM CDT...
At 1242 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 20
miles east of Fort Stockton, moving northeast at 35 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph and nickel size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Bakersfield.
This includes Interstate 10 between mile markers 277 and 310.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 700 PM CDT for
southwestern Texas.
&&
LAT...LON 3089 10193 3066 10259 3081 10269 3108 10236
3103 10229 3104 10225 3103 10221 3100 10219
3101 10218 3100 10214 3100 10210
TIME...MOT...LOC 1742Z 240DEG 31KT 3078 10256
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH
95The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 20 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:18 UTC.
4 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 3 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
The ASOS station KODO Odessa measured a 66mph wind gust. The total time of occurrence is partially estimated.
The ASOS station KMAF Midland International Air and Space Port recorded a wind gust of 58 mph. The total time of occurrence is partially estimated.
The West Texas Mesonet station 55 5SW St. Lawrence measured a 60 mph wind gust.
The AWOS Station KBPG Big Spring measured a 59mph wind gust. The time of occurrence is partially estimated from radar.
Pecos County Emergency Management reported quarter-sized hail in Fort Stockton. The total time of occurrence is partially estimated from radar.
Pecos County Emergency Management reports golf ball-size hail in Fort Stockton near Everts Street and Railroad Ave, as well as near State Highway 18 and 45 Lane. The total time of occurrence is partially estimated from radar.
Upton County Sheriff's Office reported ongoing flash flooding near a few intersections in McCamey. The total time of occurrence is partially estimated from radar. No damage was reported.
Upton County Sheriff's Office reported flash flooding along portions of State Highway 349 north of Rankin. The total time of occurrence is partially estimated from radar. No damage was reported.
Reagan County Sheriff's Office reported half dollar-size hail in Big Lake. The total time of occurrence is partially estimated from radar.
Reagan County Sheriff's Office reported flash flooding along a few streets in the community of Big Lake. The total time of occurrence is partially estimated from radar. No damage was reported.
Presidio County Sheriff's Office relayed a report of quarter-size hail at the Port of Entry in Presidio. The total time of occurrence is partially estimated from radar.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 1294178, 1294202, 1294204, 1294203, 1294171, 1294199, 1294172, 1294175, 1294200, 1294177, 1294201.