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SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
914 PM CDT SUN MAY 4 2025
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ECTOR TX-WARD TX-WINKLER TX-CRANE TX-
914 PM CDT SUN MAY 4 2025
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ECTOR...NORTHEASTERN WARD...SOUTHEASTERN WINKLER AND
NORTHWESTERN CRANE COUNTIES...
AT 912 PM CDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF KERMIT TO 14 MILES NORTH OF
MONAHANS TO 6 MILES NORTH OF THORNTONVILLE, MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
THESE ARE DESTRUCTIVE STORMS FOR RURAL PORTIONS OF EASTERN WINKLER,
WESTERN ECTOR, NORTHEASTERN WARD, AND NORTHWESTERN CRANE
COUNTIES.
HAZARD...80 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE HEAVILY DAMAGED. EXPECT
CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO ROOFS, WINDOWS, AND VEHICLES.
EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE AND POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MONAHANS, THORNTONVILLE, ROY HURD MEMORIAL AIRPORT, NOTREES, AND
MONAHANS SANDHILLS STATE PARK.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 20 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 79 AND 99.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS AND LARGE
DAMAGING HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY
AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS, AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
LAT...LON 3162 10302 3177 10300 3197 10304 3195 10256
3146 10268
TIME...MOT...LOC 0212Z 273DEG 20KT 3195 10300 3180 10287 3167 10294
THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...DESTRUCTIVE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.50 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...80 MPH
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