Several severe thunderstorms affected the northeast Permian Basin of west Texas during the late afternoon and evening of the 25th. These storms developed near a dryline/cold front triple point. A highly visible tornado was observed by many residents of Snyder in Scurry County. The parent thunderstorm produced large hail it tracked northeast over the city. A second supercell tracked east, then southeast across northern Mitchell County. This storm produced two tornadoes, baseball size hail, and damaging winds in the vicinity of Colorado City and Loraine.

Tornado in MITCHELL, TEXAS
From 25-MAY-04 18:12:00 to 25-MAY-04 18:13:00 (CST)
Location: LORAINE
Tornado F-scale: F0
Property damage: 0
Crop damage: 0
Reported by: NWS EMPLOYEE(OFF DUTY)

An off-duty NWS employee photographed a brief tornado north of Loraine. This tornado persisted for less than a minute and remained over open country north of Interstate 20.

Tornado in MITCHELL, TEXAS
From 25-MAY-04 17:45:00 to 25-MAY-04 17:50:00 (CST)
Location: COLORADO CITY
Tornado F-scale: F0
Property damage: 0
Crop damage: 0
Reported by: NWS EMPLOYEE(OFF DUTY)

An off-duty National Weather Service (NWS) meteorologist observed a tornado in rural areas of northern Mitchell County. The tornado was obscured by rain curtains wrapping around the parent mesocyclone during most of its life, but emerged from the precipitation area as a large dust shrouded vortex before it dissipated.

Flash Flood in SCURRY, TEXAS
From 25-MAY-04 17:20:00 to 25-MAY-04 19:30:00 (CST)
Location: SNYDER
Property damage: 0
Crop damage: 0
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT

Law enforcement officials reported several city streets in Snyder were impassable due to more than one foot of flowing water caused by flash floods. Several vehicles were reported stalled in high water.

Hail in BREWSTER, TEXAS
From 25-MAY-04 20:00:00 to 25-MAY-04 20:00:00 (CST)
Location: PANTHER JUNCTION
Magnitude: 0.75 
Property damage: 0
Crop damage: 0
Reported by: PARK/FOREST SERVICE

Penny size hail was reported in Rio Grande Village.

Tornado in SCURRY, TEXAS
From 25-MAY-04 16:45:00 to 25-MAY-04 16:50:00 (CST)
Location: SNYDER
Tornado F-scale: F0
Property damage: 0
Crop damage: 0
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC

A tornado was observed by several Snyder residents to the southwest of the city. The tornado remained over open country west of U.S. Highway 350 and resulted in no damage.

Thunderstorm Wind in MITCHELL, TEXAS
From 25-MAY-04 17:58:00 to 25-MAY-04 18:05:00 (CST)
Location: COLORADO CITY
Magnitude: 61 EG
Property damage: 75K
Crop damage: 0
Reported by: NWS EMPLOYEE(OFF DUTY)

An intense gust front associated with the RFD surged south from the tornadic supercell in northern Mitchell County. This gust front was visually demarked by a classic dust foot that tracked from northwest to southeast across the town of Colorado City. The RFD winds resulted in downing at least two power poles. Utility lines were blown down across the city, and numerous large trees were uprooted. One tree fell onto a car. In addition, a portion of a roof was blown off of a mobile home, and damage was reported to a radio tower. No injuries were reported, but a local utility company reported at least fifty-two customers were left without electricity after the storm.

Thunderstorm Wind in HOWARD, TEXAS
From 25-MAY-04 18:05:00 to 25-MAY-04 18:05:00 (CST)
Location: COAHOMA
Magnitude: 61 EG
Property damage: 60K
Crop damage: 0
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT

A thunderstorm characterized by rather benign radar signatures developed west of the Mitchell County supercell over eastern Howard County. This storm produced severe winds that blew a car off of Farm to Market Road 820 just north of Coahoma. In addition, an irrigation pivot system was blown into and snapped a row of ten power poles.

Hail in MITCHELL, TEXAS
From 25-MAY-04 18:05:00 to 25-MAY-04 18:05:00 (CST)
Location: COLORADO CITY
Magnitude: 2.75 
Property damage: 0
Crop damage: 0
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC

Baseball size hail was reported by the public at the Buford Gin near Highway 208 north of Colorado City. No damage was reported.

Hail in SCURRY, TEXAS
From 25-MAY-04 16:50:00 to 25-MAY-04 17:10:00 (CST)
Location: SNYDER
Magnitude: 1.00 
Property damage: 0
Crop damage: 0
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT

Numerous reports of hail ranging from pea size to quarter size were received from the Snyder vicinity as a supercell thunderstorm tracked across the area.