EF0 tornado in Ector County, Texas

At 12:32 pm CST, members of the TWISTEX research team confirmed a rope tornado approximately 5.5 miles south southeast of Goldsmith, TX, and north of Highway 302. The tornado then moved northeast a little over a mile where it dissipated at 12:36 pm CST. No significant damage was observed with this tornado.

During the late morning hours, an upper level disturbance slowly progressed over the area. At the surface, abundant low level moisture was available due to southeasterly to easterly winds. A nearly stationary frontal boundary across the Permian basin provided a focus for rapid thunderstorm development. Several supercell thunderstorms resulted in widespread severe weather in the form of tornadoes, flash flooding and large hail across the Texas Permian Basin. The supercell thunderstorms eventually diminished during the late evening hours across the southern Permian Basin.