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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

April 11, 2026Brewster County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 11, 2026, 3:54 PM CDT for Brewster County, Texas. It was in force for 66 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Apr 11, 2026, 3:54 PM CDT (20:54 UTC)
Expired: Apr 11, 2026, 5:00 PM CDT
In force: 66 min
Issued by: NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Damage threat: Considerable
Hail: 1.25 in
Wind: 70.0 mph

County Brewster County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 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: 299 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 550 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 52 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 129 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

908 
WUUS54 KMAF 112054
SVRMAF
TXC043-112200-
/O.NEW.KMAF.SV.W.0021.260411T2054Z-260411T2200Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
354 PM CDT Sat Apr 11 2026

The National Weather Service in Midland has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southwestern Brewster County in southwestern Texas...

* Until 500 PM CDT.

* At 354 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Castolon, or
  17 miles southwest of Panther Junction, moving northeast at 45 mph.

  HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect considerable 
           tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to mobile homes, 
           roofs, and outbuildings.

* Locations impacted include...
  Panther Junction, Chisos Basin, Persimmon Gap, Big Bend National
  Park, Study Butte, Terlingua Ranch Airport, and Terlingua Ranch
  Lodge.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 2910 10343 2920 10360 2980 10330 2961 10284
TIME...MOT...LOC 2054Z 213DEG 39KT 2922 10347 

THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.25 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH

$$

95

1 follow-up statement

416 
WWUS54 KMAF 112122
SVSMAF

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
422 PM CDT Sat Apr 11 2026

TXC043-112200-
/O.CON.KMAF.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-260411T2200Z/
Brewster TX-
422 PM CDT Sat Apr 11 2026

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN BREWSTER COUNTY...

At 422 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Chisos Basin,
or near Panther Junction, moving northeast at 30 mph.

HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect considerable 
         tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to mobile homes, 
         roofs, and outbuildings.

Locations impacted include...
Panther Junction, Chisos Basin, Persimmon Gap, Big Bend National
Park, Terlingua Ranch Airport, and Terlingua Ranch Lodge.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 2921 10331 2934 10353 2980 10330 2961 10284
TIME...MOT...LOC 2122Z 230DEG 24KT 2932 10328 

THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...OBSERVED
MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH

$$

95

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 10, 7:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MAF	Culberson	58 min
Apr 11, 3:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Ector	42 min
Apr 11, 3:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Brewster	46 min
Apr 11, 3:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Mitchell, Scurry	68 min
Apr 11, 3:57 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MAF	Brewster	3 hr
Apr 11, 4:16 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MAF	Pecos	3 hr
Apr 11, 5:43 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MAF	Brewster	3 hr
Apr 11, 6:02 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MAF	Crane, Pecos	3 hr
Apr 11, 6:11 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MAF	Terrell	3 hr
Apr 11, 6:29 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MAF	Crane, Upton	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.