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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 486, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

August 31, 2025Winkler County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 31, 2025, 8:48 PM CDT for Winkler County, Texas. It was in force for 42 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 31, 2025, 8:48 PM CDT (01:48 UTC)
Expired
Aug 31, 2025, 9:30 PM CDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Winkler County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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.

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Aug 31, 6:03 PM CDT, 2 hours 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 31, 6:03 PM CDT, 2 hours 45 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 31, 5:24 PM CDT, 3 hours 24 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 31, 8:52 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFReeves, Ward3 hr
Aug 31, 8:53 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFTerrell3 hr
Aug 31, 9:08 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFEctor, Winkler3 hr
Aug 31, 10:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFJeff Davis44 min
Aug 31, 11:55 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFJeff Davis, Reeves3 hr
Sep 1, 5:32 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningMAFPresidio14 hr
Sep 1, 5:32 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningMAFPresidio18 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.