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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
850 PM CDT TUE MAY 26 2026
TXZ059>061-067-068-075-274-270245-
LOVING TX-PECOS TX-CRANE TX-ECTOR TX-WARD TX-REEVES COUNTY PLAINS TX-
WINKLER TX-
850 PM CDT TUE MAY 26 2026
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN PECOS
SOUTHWESTERN
ECTOR...SOUTHEASTERN REEVES...WARD...SOUTHERN WINKLER...NORTHWESTERN
CRANE AND SOUTHEASTERN LOVING COUNTIES THROUGH 945 PM CDT...
AT 849 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A CLUSTER OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A LANDSPOUT ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF MENTONE TO 18 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BALMORHEA
LAKE. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...LANDSPOUTS, WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH, AND NICKEL SIZE
HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...MINOR DAMAGE TO OUTDOOR OBJECTS IS POSSIBLE. GUSTY WINDS
COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND UNSECURED
OBJECTS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PECOS, FORT STOCKTON, MONAHANS, WINK, THORNTONVILLE, GRANDFALLS,
BARSTOW, PYOTE, WICKETT, FORT STOCKTON-PECOS COUNTY AIRPORT, TOYAH
LAKE, COYANOSA, IMPERIAL RESERVOIR, ROY HURD MEMORIAL AIRPORT,
MONAHANS SANDHILLS STATE PARK, ROYALTY, B F GOODRICH TESTING TRACK,
FIRESTONE TEST TRACK, IMPERIAL, AND WINKLER COUNTY AIRPORT.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 10 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 220 AND 275.
INTERSTATE 20 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 42 AND 97.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS AND MAY LEAD
TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
LAT...LON 3130 10347 3180 10355 3181 10265 3056 10262
3077 10359
TIME...MOT...LOC 0149Z 287DEG 32KT 3185 10348 3077 10349
LANDSPOUT...POSSIBLE
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH
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