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Eventdex · Heavy Rain

MIDLAND

703576 · 31.983, -102.127

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Event typeevent_typeHeavy Rain
NOAA NCEI event IDncei_event_id703,576
Episode IDepisode_id116,820
Begin UTCbegin_utc2017-06-15T00:00:00+00:00
End UTCend_utc2017-06-15T00:20:00+00:00
StatestateTEXAS
County/zone typecz_typeC
County/zone namecz_nameMIDLAND
Latitudelat31.983
Longitudelon-102.127
End latitudeend_lat31.983
End longitudeend_lon-102.127
Deaths directdeaths_direct0
Deaths indirectdeaths_indirect0
Injuries directinjuries_direct0
Injuries indirectinjuries_indirect0
Damage propertydamage_property0.00K
Damage cropsdamage_crops0.00K
Weather forecast office sourcewfo_sourceTrained Spotter
Episode narrativeepisode_narrativeDuring the early evening of June 14, 2017 severe thunderstorms developed along a dryline and moved across Odessa and into Midland, Texas. An upper low was over North Dakota while upper ridging was over northern Mexico. A shortwave passing over the northern part of the ridge put West Texas in westerly winds aloft and provided some upper level support for thunderstorms. Good moisture east of the dryline, strong heating at the surface with temperatures in the upper 90s to 100s, and high lapse rates lead to very strong instability. Those parameters in combination with wind shear attributed to organized thunderstorm development. These thunderstorms were not supercells, instead they were extremely strong multicellular thunderstorms with tops exceeding 60,000 feet. These severe storms produced very large hail and damaging winds as they moved across parts of the Permian Basin, impacting the highly populated cities of Midland and Odessa. Odessa received the largest hail and strongest winds. ||The thunderstorms began to weaken as they moved into the City of Midland. The storm survey noted damage across a wide area of Odessa and West Odessa. There were reports of power poles snapped. There were numerous reports of baseball size or larger hail and the storm survey found evidence of hail possibly larger than softball size. Numerous homes and businesses had roof damage, windows broken and exterior siding damaged. Numerous trees were uprooted by the strong winds and thousands of cars were damaged by the large hail. This was likely caused by a microburst with estimated wind speeds of 100 mph. The damage estimate for the storms this day and on June 12th totaled to $480 million.
Event narrativeevent_narrativeHeavy rain fell three miles west southwest of Midland. The storm total rain was between 1.00 to 1.24 inches.
Yearyear2,017

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MIDLAND — Heavy Rain — TerraPulse