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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 224, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

July 31, 2026Gaines County, Texas; Lea County, New Mexico

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 31, 2026, 10:26 PM CDT for Gaines County, Texas; Lea County, New Mexico. It was in force for 49 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 31, 2026, 10:26 PM CDT (03:26 UTC)
Expired
Jul 31, 2026, 11:15 PM CDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Lea County, NM, Gaines County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 31, 9:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAF38 min
Jul 31, 10:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFGaines43 min
Jul 31, 10:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFBorden, Dawson50 min
Jul 31, 11:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFAndrews, Borden, Dawson, Gaines, Howard, Martin36 min
Jul 31, 11:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFLoving45 min
Jul 31, 11:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFAndrews, Borden, Dawson, Ector, Howard, Loving and 3 more46 min
Aug 1, 12:16 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFLoving44 min
Jul 31, 10:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFEddy48 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.