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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 123, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

May 30, 2026Pecos County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 30, 2026, 5:52 PM CDT for Pecos County, Texas. It was in force for 38 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: May 30, 2026, 5:52 PM CDT (22:52 UTC)
Expired: May 30, 2026, 6:30 PM CDT
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.25 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Pecos County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 240 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 1724 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -253 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 661 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 151 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 131 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.7

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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 May 30, 1:39 PM CDT, 4 hours 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 30, 1:39 PM CDT, 4 hours 13 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 30, 5:41 PM CDT, 11 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
541 PM CDT Sat May 30 2026

TXZ075-302330-
Pecos TX-
541 PM CDT Sat May 30 2026

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT EAST CENTRAL PECOS AND NORTHERN
TERRELL COUNTIES THROUGH 630 PM CDT...

At 541 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 14
miles northwest of Sheffield, moving northeast at 30 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph and nickel size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
Iraan and Iraan Municipal Airport.

This includes Interstate 10 between mile markers 307 and 327.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.

&&

LAT...LON 3065 10198 3066 10206 3083 10220 3098 10198
      3096 10195 3095 10193 3093 10192 3092 10188
      3089 10189 3086 10185 3080 10183 3076 10184
      3075 10182 3071 10181
TIME...MOT...LOC 2241Z 232DEG 26KT 3080 10203

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH

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Special weather statement, May 30, 5:42 PM CDT, 10 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
542 PM CDT Sat May 30 2026

TXZ075-082-302330-
Pecos TX-Terrell TX-
542 PM CDT Sat May 30 2026

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN PECOS AND
NORTHEASTERN TERRELL COUNTIES THROUGH 630 PM CDT...

At 542 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong
thunderstorms 16 miles northeast of Sanderson, moving northeast at 30
mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph and nickel size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
Terrell County Gas Plant.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.

&&

LAT...LON 3023 10231 3040 10247 3071 10203 3039 10174
TIME...MOT...LOC 2242Z 232DEG 26KT 3036 10229

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH

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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
May 29, 7:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Pecos	31 min
May 29, 8:09 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MAF	Pecos	3 hr
May 30, 5:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF		49 min
May 30, 5:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Terrell	48 min
May 30, 6:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Crockett	46 min
May 30, 6:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MAF	Pecos, Terrell	54 min
May 30, 6:52 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MAF	Pecos, Terrell	3 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.