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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 145, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

April 29, 2025Gaines County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 29, 2025, 11:57 PM CDT for Gaines County, Texas. It was in force for 63 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 29, 2025, 11:57 PM CDT (04:57 UTC)
Expired
Apr 30, 2025, 1:00 AM CDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Gaines County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 29, 10:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 29, 7:35 PM CDT, 4 hours 22 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Apr 29, 10:59 PM CDT, 58 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Apr 29, 11:45 PM CDT, 12 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 29, 7:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFReagan41 min
Apr 29, 10:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGlasscock, Howard, Mitchell50 min
Apr 29, 10:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFYoakum46 min
Apr 29, 11:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatMAFMitchell, Scurry64 min
Apr 29, 11:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFGaines45 min
Apr 30, 12:01 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFAndrews44 min
Apr 30, 12:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFAndrews, Gaines50 min
Apr 30, 12:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBorden, Howard, Scurry47 min
Apr 30, 12:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFDawson, Gaines42 min
Apr 30, 12:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMitchell, Scurry40 min
Apr 30, 12:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFAndrews, Dawson, Gaines, Martin50 min
Apr 30, 1:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFScurry32 min
Apr 30, 1:28 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFDawson47 min
Apr 30, 1:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBorden, Dawson, Howard, Martin53 min
Apr 30, 2:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFHoward, Mitchell, Scurry59 min
Apr 30, 2:23 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFBorden52 min
Apr 30, 2:25 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFGaines35 min
Apr 30, 2:59 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFGaines46 min
Apr 30, 3:17 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFMitchell28 min
Apr 30, 4:38 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFDawson22 min
Apr 30, 5:10 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFBorden35 min
Apr 30, 3:14 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFLea3 hr

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.