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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 480, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

August 18, 2025Lea County, New Mexico

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 18, 2025, 4:01 PM MDT for Lea County, New Mexico. It was in force for 29 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
Aug 18, 2025, 4:01 PM MDT (22:01 UTC)
Expired
Aug 18, 2025, 4:30 PM MDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.88 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Lea County, NM

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 149 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 17, 6:14 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningMAFLea3 hr

Nearby

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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.