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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
700 PM CDT SAT AUG 8 2026
TXZ062-063-069-090045-
MIDLAND TX-GLASSCOCK TX-UPTON TX-
700 PM CDT SAT AUG 8 2026
..A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHWESTERN GLASSCOCK
SOUTHEASTERN MIDLAND AND NORTH CENTRAL UPTON COUNTIES THROUGH 745 PM
CDT...
AT 700 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 16
MILES SOUTH OF GREENWOOD, MOVING WEST AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 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.
THIS STORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHWESTERN
GLASSCOCK, SOUTHEASTERN MIDLAND AND NORTH CENTRAL UPTON COUNTIES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
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 3191 10178 3170 10166 3157 10206 3184 10212
TIME...MOT...LOC 0000Z 070DEG 15KT 3179 10184
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH
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