Thunderstorm Wind — Loving, Texas

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

Event narrative

Severe thunderstorm winds blew the roof off of a large barn northeast of Mentone.

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 5457226. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.