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Extreme Cold Warning 1, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

January 23, 202621 counties in Texas; Eddy County, Lea County, New Mexico

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this extreme cold warning at Jan 23, 2026, 1:54 AM CST for 21 counties in Texas; Eddy County, Lea County, New Mexico. It took effect at Jan 24, 2026, 12:00 AM CST. It was in force for 60 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 23, 2026, 1:54 AM CST (07:54 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 24, 2026, 12:00 AM CST
Expired: Jan 26, 2026, 11:58 AM CST
In force: 60 hr
Issued by: NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

All 23 counties

Eddy County, NM, Lea County, NM, Andrews County, TX, Borden County, TX, Crane County, TX, Culberson 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, Mitchell County, TX, Pecos County, TX, Reagan County, TX, Reeves County, TX, Scurry County, TX, Terrell County, TX, Upton County, TX, Ward County, TX, Winkler County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:57 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 extreme cold 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 extreme cold warning went out at Jan 22, 11:22 PM CST, 2 hours 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 22, 11:22 PM CST, 2 hours 32 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 23, 1:54 AM CST	Cold Weather Advisory	MAF	Brewster, Culberson, Jeff Davis, Presidio, Reeves	3 days
Jan 23, 10:21 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	MAF	Borden, Howard, Mitchell, Scurry	3 hr

Nearby

Extreme Cold Warnings in Texas, 2026 Extreme Cold Warnings in New Mexico, 2026 Every extreme cold warning in 2026

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.