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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 196, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

July 5, 2026Andrews County, Texas; Lea County, New Mexico

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 5, 2026, 5:11 PM CDT for Andrews County, Texas; Lea County, New Mexico. It was in force for 34 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, 5:11 PM CDT (22:11 UTC)
Expired: Jul 5, 2026, 5:45 PM CDT
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Lea County, NM, Andrews County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:13 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 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 Jul 5, 1:30 PM CDT, 3 hours 41 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 5, 1:30 PM CDT, 3 hours 41 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 5, 4:28 PM CDT, 43 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 5, 4:41 PM CDT, 30 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 5, 5:02 PM CDT, 9 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
Jul 5, 4:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Gaines	32 min
Jul 5, 5:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Andrews	28 min
Jul 5, 5:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Andrews	28 min
Jul 5, 6:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Scurry	47 min
Jul 5, 6:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Scurry	56 min
Jul 4, 11:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Eddy	35 min
Jul 4, 11:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Eddy	48 min
Jul 5, 4:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Lea	49 min
Jul 5, 5:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Eddy	44 min
Jul 5, 5:38 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MAF	Eddy	3 hr
Jul 5, 6:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Eddy	45 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.