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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 63, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

May 18, 2026Pecos County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 18, 2026, 2:57 PM CDT for Pecos County, Texas. It was in force for 33 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: May 18, 2026, 2:57 PM CDT (19:57 UTC)
Expired: May 18, 2026, 3:30 PM CDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.25 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Pecos County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:59 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 May 18, 12:05 PM CDT, 2 hours 52 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 18, 12:05 PM CDT, 2 hours 52 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 18, 2:05 PM CDT, 52 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
May 18, 2:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Upton	25 min
May 18, 2:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Crane, Pecos, Upton	48 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.