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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 84, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 20, 2026, 6:25 PM CDT for Brewster County, Pecos County, Terrell County, Texas. It was in force for 65 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 20, 2026, 6:25 PM CDT (23:25 UTC)
- Expired
- May 20, 2026, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.88 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Brewster County, TX, Pecos County, TX, Terrell County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 192 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 20, 3:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 204 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 52 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -811 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 843 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -56 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
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 20, 6:03 PM CDT, 22 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 20, 6:03 PM CDT, 22 minutes before
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</html>In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 20, 12:34 PM CDT, 5 hours 51 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
1234 PM CDT Wed May 20 2026
TXZ068-075-201800-
Pecos TX-Crane TX-
1234 PM CDT Wed May 20 2026
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTH CENTRAL PECOS AND CENTRAL
CRANE COUNTIES THROUGH 100 PM CDT...
At 1234 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 15
miles southeast of Grandfalls, or 19 miles southwest of Crane, moving
northeast at 40 mph.
HAZARD...Nickel size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible.
Locations impacted include...
Crane, Imperial, Cordona Lake, and Crane County Airport.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
&&
LAT...LON 3103 10259 3115 10284 3159 10261 3145 10232
3144 10232
TIME...MOT...LOC 1734Z 210DEG 36KT 3123 10263
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...<30 MPH
KLGSpecial weather statement, May 20, 1:26 PM CDT, 4 hours 59 minutes before
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX 126 PM CDT Wed May 20 2026 TXZ069-070-201900- Reagan TX-Upton TX- 126 PM CDT Wed May 20 2026 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN REAGAN AND EAST CENTRAL UPTON COUNTIES THROUGH 200 PM CDT... At 126 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 17 miles northeast of Rankin, moving northeast at 15 mph. HAZARD...Nickel size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include... Stiles. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm. Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe shelter inside a building or vehicle. && LAT...LON 3126 10165 3136 10186 3165 10177 3165 10136 TIME...MOT...LOC 1826Z 221DEG 15KT 3140 10173 MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN MAX WIND GUST...<30 MPH KLG
Special weather statement, May 20, 2:11 PM CDT, 4 hours 14 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
211 PM CDT Wed May 20 2026
TXZ047-048-052-201945-
Scurry TX-Howard TX-Borden TX-
211 PM CDT Wed May 20 2026
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHWESTERN SCURRY...
NORTHWESTERN MITCHELL...EASTERN BORDEN AND NORTHEASTERN HOWARD
COUNTIES THROUGH 245 PM CDT...
At 211 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Luther, or 15 miles east of Ackerly, moving northeast at 45 mph.
HAZARD...Penny size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible.
Locations impacted include...
Gail, Luther, J B Thomas Reservoir, Vincent, Vealmoor, and Knapp.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.
&&
LAT...LON 3253 10116 3253 10117 3251 10117 3233 10139
3253 10164 3288 10135 3266 10100
TIME...MOT...LOC 1911Z 217DEG 39KT 3252 10145
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...<30 MPH
KLGLocal storm report, May 20, 3:46 PM CDT, 2 hours 39 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
346 PM CDT Wed May 20 2026
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1230 PM Flood Andrews 32.32N 102.55W
05/20/2026 Andrews TX Broadcast Media
Broadcast media relayed a report of standing
water at the intersection of U.S. Highway
385 and Avenue E. Flooding continued through
around 115 PM per Andrews County Fire
Marshal.
&&
21Local storm report, May 20, 3:49 PM CDT, 2 hours 36 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
349 PM CDT Wed May 20 2026
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0145 PM Flash Flood 1 NNE Lamesa 32.75N 101.95W
05/20/2026 Dawson TX NWS Employee
NWS employee reported water flowing over the
intersection of U.S. Highway 87 and North
17th Street.
&&
21The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 20, 11:30 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Ector | 30 min |
| May 20, 11:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Crane, Ector | 24 min |
| May 20, 11:42 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Gaines | 33 min |
| May 20, 11:50 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Andrews | 25 min |
| May 20, 12:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Midland | 30 min |
| May 20, 12:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Upton | 36 min |
| May 20, 12:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Crane | 31 min |
| May 20, 12:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Crane | 26 min |
| May 20, 12:41 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Andrews, Ector | 3 hr |
| May 20, 1:15 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Andrews, Dawson, Gaines, Martin | 3 hr |
| May 20, 1:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Reagan | 34 min |
| May 20, 2:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Borden | 34 min |
| May 20, 2:39 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Glasscock, Reagan | 3 hr |
| May 20, 3:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster, Jeff Davis, Presidio | 37 min |
| May 20, 3:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster | 20 min |
| May 20, 3:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster, Jeff Davis, Pecos | 33 min |
| May 20, 4:11 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Brewster, Pecos | 3 hr |
| May 20, 4:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster, Pecos | 32 min |
| May 20, 4:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster | 26 min |
| May 20, 4:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster, Pecos | 33 min |
| May 20, 4:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 31 min |
| May 20, 4:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 27 min |
| May 20, 5:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster, Pecos, Terrell | 48 min |
| May 20, 5:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster, Pecos | 18 min |
| May 20, 5:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster, Pecos, Terrell | 29 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.