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Dust Storm Warning 4, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this dust storm warning at Jul 5, 2026, 9:11 PM CDT for 15 counties in Texas; Lea County, New Mexico. It was in force for 94 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
- Jul 5, 2026, 9:11 PM CDT (02:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 5, 2026, 10:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 94 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Lea County, NM, Andrews County, TX, Crane County, TX, Dawson County, TX, Ector County, TX, Gaines County, TX, Glasscock County, TX, Howard County, TX, Loving County, TX, Martin County, TX, Midland County, TX, Pecos County, TX, Reagan County, TX, Upton County, TX, Ward County, TX, Winkler County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 21 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:12 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 dust storm 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 dust storm warning went out at Jul 5, 1:30 PM CDT, 7 hours 41 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 5, 1:30 PM CDT, 7 hours 41 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 5, 6:00 PM CDT, 3 hours 11 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Jul 5, 7:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Mitchell | 54 min |
| Jul 5, 7:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Borden, Dawson, Gaines, Scurry | 50 min |
| Jul 5, 7:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Mitchell | 23 min |
| Jul 5, 7:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Borden, Dawson, Gaines, Howard, Martin, Scurry | 53 min |
| Jul 5, 7:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Howard, Mitchell | 51 min |
| Jul 5, 8:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Borden, Dawson, Howard, Martin | 28 min |
| Jul 5, 9:01 PM CDT | Dust Storm Advisory | MAF | Andrews, Borden, Crane, Dawson, Ector, Gaines and 9 more | 89 min |
| Jul 5, 9:53 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Howard, Mitchell, Scurry | 3 hr |
| Jul 5, 10:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Glasscock, Howard, Mitchell | 2 min |
| Jul 5, 10:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Glasscock, Midland | 42 min |
| Jul 5, 10:41 PM CDT | Dust Storm Warning | MAF | Culberson, Loving, Pecos, Reeves, Upton, Ward and 1 more | 94 min |
| Jul 5, 11:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Crane, Ector, Ward, Winkler | 47 min |
| Jul 5, 11:56 PM CDT | Dust Storm Advisory | MAF | Brewster, Culberson, Jeff Davis, Pecos, Presidio, Reeves | 2 hr |
| Jul 6, 2:04 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Upton | 41 min |
| Jul 6, 2:12 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Brewster | 48 min |
| Jul 6, 2:21 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Brewster | 39 min |
| Jul 6, 3:22 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | 38 min | |
| Jul 6, 3:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Culberson | 36 min |
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.