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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1216 AM CDT THU AUG 27 2026
NMZ028-029-033-034-TXZ045-046-050-059-060-274-270600-
SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY NM-EDDY COUNTY PLAINS NM-NORTHERN LEA COUNTY NM-
CENTRAL LEA COUNTY NM-LOVING TX-DAWSON TX-ANDREWS TX-
REEVES COUNTY PLAINS TX-GAINES TX-WINKLER TX-
1216 AM CDT THU AUG 27 2026
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN EDDY
SOUTHERN
LEA...WESTERN ANDREWS...NORTHWESTERN REEVES...GAINES...NORTHWESTERN
WINKLER...NORTHWESTERN DAWSON AND NORTHERN LOVING COUNTIES THROUGH
100 AM CDT/MIDNIGHT MDT/...
AT 1215 AM CDT/1115 PM MDT/, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES EAST OF SEAGRAVES
AIRPORT TO NEAR EUNICE AIRPORT TO 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF MALAGA.
MOVEMENT WAS SOUTH AT 35 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...
HOBBS, SEMINOLE, EUNICE, SEAGRAVES, JAL, MONUMENT, SEAGRAVES AIRPORT,
HUMBLE CITY, EUNICE AIRPORT, JAL AIRPORT, NADINE, GAINES COUNTY
AIRPORT, WELCH, RED BLUFF RESERVOIR, ORLA, MCKENZIE LAKE, HALFWAY,
BENNETT, LEA COUNTY REGIONAL AIRPORT, AND GAINES COUNTY PARK.
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 3296 10306 3296 10170 3205 10305 3179 10397
3256 10406 3292 10332 3310 10306
TIME...MOT...LOC 0515Z 351DEG 29KT 3300 10238 3246 10320 3230 10391
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
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