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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 179, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

June 30, 2026Reeves County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 30, 2026, 5:44 PM CDT for Reeves County, Texas. It was in force for 46 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 30, 2026, 5:44 PM CDT (22:44 UTC)
Expired: Jun 30, 2026, 6:30 PM CDT
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.88 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Reeves County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 158 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:47 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, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 349 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: 1005 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -28 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 656 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 2 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -17 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -16 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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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 30, 1:42 PM CDT, 4 hours 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 30, 1:42 PM CDT, 4 hours 2 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 30, 3:31 PM CDT, 2 hours 13 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
231 PM MDT Tue Jun 30 2026

NMZ028-302115-
Eddy County Plains NM-
231 PM MDT Tue Jun 30 2026

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTH CENTRAL EDDY COUNTY
THROUGH 315 PM MDT...

At 231 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 7
miles southwest of Carlsbad, moving northeast at 5 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph and half inch 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...
Carlsbad, Carlsbad North, Otis, Cavern City Air Terminal, and Living
Desert State Park.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

This storm may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio
stations and available television stations for additional information
and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.

&&

LAT...LON 3221 10428 3227 10442 3252 10431 3239 10403
TIME...MOT...LOC 2031Z 215DEG 7KT 3231 10431

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH

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Local storm report, Jun 30, 4:40 PM CDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
440 PM CDT Tue Jun 30 2026

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1230 AM     Flash Flood      1 WSW Study Butte       29.33N 103.55W
06/30/2026                   Brewster           TX   Fire Dept/Rescue

            Fire chief reported significant flash
            flooding along Hwy 170. A high water rescue
            was preformed under the Terlingua Creek
            Bridge.

&&

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 29, 7:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Brewster	35 min
Jun 29, 7:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Ector	32 min
Jun 29, 7:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Gaines	27 min
Jun 29, 7:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Brewster	35 min
Jun 29, 7:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Gaines	32 min
Jun 29, 8:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Gaines	35 min
Jun 29, 8:14 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MAF	Brewster	2 hr
Jun 30, 5:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF		38 min
Jun 30, 6:05 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MAF	Brewster	3 hr
Jun 30, 6:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Brewster	50 min
Jun 30, 6:57 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MAF	Jeff Davis, Reeves	5 hr
Jun 30, 3:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Eddy	44 min
Jun 30, 6:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Lea	23 min
Jun 30, 6:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Lea	47 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.