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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 169, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

June 25, 2026Andrews County, Gaines County, Texas; Lea County, New Mexico

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 25, 2026, 7:24 PM CDT for Andrews County, Gaines County, Texas; Lea County, New Mexico. It was in force for 51 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: Jun 25, 2026, 7:24 PM CDT (00:24 UTC)
Expired: Jun 25, 2026, 8:15 PM CDT
In force: 51 min
Issued by: NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.88 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Lea County, NM, Andrews County, TX, Gaines County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 311 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: 758 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -22 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2956 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 112 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 245 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 7.2

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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 Jun 25, 6:21 PM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 25, 6:21 PM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 25, 3:35 PM CDT, 3 hours 49 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
335 PM CDT Thu Jun 25 2026

NMZ028-TXZ273-252115-
Eddy County Plains NM-Eastern Culberson County TX-
335 PM CDT Thu Jun 25 2026

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTH CENTRAL EDDY AND NORTH
CENTRAL CULBERSON COUNTIES THROUGH 415 PM CDT/315 PM MDT/...

At 334 PM CDT/234 PM MDT/, Doppler radar was tracking a strong
thunderstorm 8 miles southeast of Carlsbad Caverns National Park, or
21 miles northeast of Pine Springs, moving east at 20 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.

This storm will remain over mainly rural areas of south central Eddy
and north central Culberson Counties.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3198 10455 3209 10456 3219 10417 3199 10411
TIME...MOT...LOC 2034Z 252DEG 17KT 3203 10449

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

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Special weather statement, Jun 25, 4:12 PM CDT, 3 hours 12 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
412 PM CDT Thu Jun 25 2026

TXZ274-252200-
Reeves County Plains TX-
412 PM CDT Thu Jun 25 2026

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTH CENTRAL REEVES COUNTY
THROUGH 500 PM CDT...

At 412 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Saragosa, or 24 miles southeast of Toyah, moving northeast at 15 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...
Saragosa.

This includes Interstate 10 between mile markers 217 and 226.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3125 10347 3110 10327 3105 10331 3090 10349
      3104 10367
TIME...MOT...LOC 2112Z 225DEG 12KT 3103 10355

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

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Special weather statement, Jun 25, 4:17 PM CDT, 3 hours 7 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
417 PM CDT Thu Jun 25 2026

TXZ273-252200-
Eastern Culberson County TX-
417 PM CDT Thu Jun 25 2026

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN REEVES AND
NORTHEASTERN CULBERSON COUNTIES THROUGH 500 PM CDT...

At 417 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 23
miles west of Orla, or 30 miles east of Pine Springs, moving east at
15 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.

This storm will remain over mainly rural areas of northwestern Reeves
and northeastern Culberson Counties.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3194 10405 3174 10404 3174 10405 3166 10405
      3161 10435 3184 10440
TIME...MOT...LOC 2117Z 259DEG 11KT 3178 10431

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

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Special weather statement, Jun 25, 5:02 PM CDT, 2 hours 22 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
502 PM CDT Thu Jun 25 2026

TXZ273-274-252245-
Eastern Culberson County TX-Reeves County Plains TX-
502 PM CDT Thu Jun 25 2026

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT WEST CENTRAL REEVES AND EAST
CENTRAL CULBERSON COUNTIES THROUGH 545 PM CDT...

At 502 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 20
miles northwest of Toyah, moving northeast at 15 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.

This storm will remain over mainly rural areas of west central Reeves
and east central Culberson Counties.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3124 10423 3154 10428 3168 10390 3139 10374
TIME...MOT...LOC 2202Z 244DEG 14KT 3150 10406

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

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Special weather statement, Jun 25, 5:47 PM CDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 25, 6:37 PM CDT, 47 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
Jun 25, 7:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Jeff Davis, Pecos, Reeves	43 min
Jun 25, 8:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Gaines	47 min
Jun 25, 8:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Dawson, Gaines	57 min
Jun 25, 9:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Dawson, Gaines	23 min
Jun 25, 11:29 PM CDT	Heat Advisory	MAF	Brewster, Culberson, Jeff Davis, Presidio, Reeves	22 hr
Jun 26, 4:00 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MAF	Jeff Davis	3 hr
Jun 26, 4:02 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MAF	Brewster	3 hr
Jun 26, 4:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Culberson, Jeff Davis, Reeves	50 min
Jun 26, 6:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Pecos, Reeves	36 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 2026 Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Mexico, 2026 Every severe thunderstorm 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.