Tornado in Pecos County, Texas

A separate photo and video were shared on social media showing an ongoing tornado north of Sanderson in rural Pecos or Terrell County. Using Google Streetview the perspectives from this photo and video were located. Based on this information and radar data, an approximate tornado track was determined to be near a ridgeline to the west of US Highway 285 near its intersection with Ranch to Market Road 2400. This tornado occurred over open and rural terrain in far southern Pecos County and could not be surveyed; therefore, this tornado is rated EF-Unknown.

A dryline would set up and become focused near the Texas/New Mexico state line south into the Lower Trans Pecos during the afternoon. At the same time, a southwestward advancing outflow boundary generated by a convective system east of the region would interact with the dryline. Initial thunderstorm development occurred near the Stockton Plateau and Llano Estecado. These thunderstorms would mainly produce instances of very large hail through the evening. A separate prolific severe weather-producing supercell would quickly develop at the intersection of the dryline and outflow boundary. This supercell would impact portions of Ector, Midland, and Upton Counties, producing several tornadoes, very large hail, damaging winds, and flash flooding.