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WWUS84 KMAF 190016
SPSMAF
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
716 PM CDT SAT JUL 18 2026
TXZ047-048-052-053-190100-
MITCHELL TX-SCURRY TX-HOWARD TX-BORDEN TX-
716 PM CDT SAT JUL 18 2026
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SCURRY...NORTHERN MITCHELL
BORDEN...NORTHERN HOWARD AND SOUTHEASTERN DAWSON COUNTIES THROUGH 800
PM CDT...
AT 716 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES SOUTH OF GAIL TO NEAR SNYDER TO
COLORADO CITY. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND HALF INCH HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS. MINOR HAIL DAMAGE TO VEGETATION IS
POSSIBLE.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SNYDER, COLORADO CITY, GAIL, LORAINE, FLUVANNA, COLORADO CITY
AIRPORT, J B THOMAS RESERVOIR, LAKE COLORADO CITY, LAKE COLORADO CITY
STATE PARK, INADALE, CHAMPION CREEK RESERVOIR, LUTHER, WESTBROOK,
VINCENT, RANDALLS CORNER, HERMLEIGH, WINSTON FIELD, CUTHBERT, KNAPP,
AND BUFORD.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 20 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 195 AND 228.
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 3225 10081 3230 10117 3253 10169 3296 10149
3296 10066 3234 10066
TIME...MOT...LOC 0016Z 237DEG 16KT 3264 10146 3269 10087 3240 10084
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
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