365  
WWUS84 KMAF 170049  
SPSMAF  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX  
749 PM CDT THU OCT 16 2025  
 
TXZ059-274-170115-  
LOVING TX-REEVES COUNTY PLAINS TX-  
749 PM CDT THU OCT 16 2025  
 
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN REEVES AND CENTRAL  
LOVING COUNTIES THROUGH 815 PM CDT...  
 
AT 749 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR  
ORLA, OR 18 MILES WEST OF MENTONE, MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND  
UNSECURED OBJECTS.  
 
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
MENTONE, ORLA, AND SLASH RANCH.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM AND MAY LEAD TO  
LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED  
ROADWAYS.  
 
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.  
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE  
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 3166 10398 3181 10401 3193 10361 3167 10352  
TIME...MOT...LOC 0049Z 258DEG 14KT 3173 10391  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH  
 
 
 
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