Hail — Loving, Texas

2005-06-14 · near Mentone, Loving, Texas

Event narrative

A left-moving supercell produced large hail along a swath from Mentone to near the Texas and New Mexico border in northern Loving County. Initial reports indicated penny size hail in Mentone and just east of the city along Texas Highway 302. A rancher reported golfball size hail fell in rural areas of the county before the storm moved over the state line. No damage was reported.

Wider weather episode

An active round of severe weather affected portions of west Texas during the afternoon and evening of the 14th. By mid afternoon, a large outflow boundary was stretched from the Davis Mountains northeastward across the Permian Basin. While the dominant convective mode was multicellular clusters, a few storms obtained supercellular characteristics. The initial storm that developed along the boundary over the southern Permian Basin quickly became a supercell, and produced golfball size hail and funnel clouds.Additional storms over the Trans Pecos region produced large hail up to the size of golfballs, damaging wind gusts, and flash flooding. A motorist on Interstate 10 reported that large hail broke a vehicle windshield in western Pecos County. Apparent downbursts resulted in damage to light structures near Pecos and Mentone.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 5457225. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.