424  
WWUS84 KMAF 181905  
SPSMAF  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX  
205 PM CDT MON MAY 18 2026  
 
TXZ068-069-075-181930-  
PECOS TX-CRANE TX-UPTON TX-  
205 PM CDT MON MAY 18 2026  
   
..A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN PECOS
 
 
SOUTHEASTERN CRANE AND SOUTHWESTERN UPTON COUNTIES THROUGH 230 PM  
CDT...  
 
AT 204 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9  
MILES SOUTHWEST OF MCCAMEY, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND PENNY SIZE 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...  
MCCAMEY, UPTON COUNTY AIRPORT, BAKERSFIELD, KING MOUNTAIN, AND  
GIRVIN.  
 
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 10 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 287 AND 301.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.  
 
THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY, SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO  
STATIONS AND AVAILABLE TELEVISION STATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION  
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3109 10237 3108 10237 3103 10229 3104 10225  
3103 10221 3100 10219 3101 10218 3100 10214  
3099 10208 3100 10205 3098 10202 3081 10237  
3103 10258 3134 10230 3108 10201  
TIME...MOT...LOC 1904Z 243DEG 10KT 3105 10234  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH  
 

 
 
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