EF1 tornado in Pecos County, Texas

A tornado began near the I-10 and Hwy 67 junction east of Fort Stockton in Pecos County. Damage indicators show that the tornado began as an EF-0 before growing in width and strengthening to an EF-1 about 5 minutes after it began. The tornado continued in a southeast direction as an EF-1 before dropping to an EF-0 just before lifting around 20 minutes after it began.

A large closed upper-low was located over the northern Great Plains with a shortwave trough to the south within the sub-tropical jet stream. These features helped bring rich moisture and instability into the region. Widespread strong to severe thunderstorms developed across much of the region. The Permian Basin and the Stockton Plateau were the two main areas of note. Severe winds, large hail. and a brief tornado was observed in this northern complex. To the south, several long-track, cyclic supercells produced tornadoes and very large hail over rural portions of Pecos and Terrell Counties.