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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 494, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 18, 2025, 5:28 AM CDT for Crane County, Upton County, Texas. It was in force for 49 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
- Oct 18, 2025, 5:28 AM CDT (10:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 18, 2025, 6:17 AM CDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.25 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Crane County, TX, Upton County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:31 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 Oct 17, 6:26 PM CDT, 11 hours 2 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 17, 6:26 PM CDT, 11 hours 2 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 18, 5:27 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Crane, Upton | 33 min |
| Oct 18, 5:45 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Glasscock | 45 min |
| Oct 18, 6:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Reagan | 45 min |
| Oct 18, 6:21 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Scurry | 24 min |
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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.