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Special Weather Statement, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

April 13, 2026Terrell County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this special weather statement at Apr 13, 2026, 2:25 PM CDT for Terrell County, Texas. It was in force for 35 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

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The facts

Issued
Apr 13, 2026, 2:25 PM CDT (19:25 UTC)
Expired
Apr 13, 2026, 3:00 PM CDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Hail
0.88 in
Wind
50

County Terrell County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 161 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:26 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 special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Apr 13, 12:27 PM CDT, 1 hour 58 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 13, 12:27 PM CDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 13, 2:25 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
225 PM CDT Mon Apr 13 2026

TXZ075-082-132000-
Pecos TX-Terrell TX-
225 PM CDT Mon Apr 13 2026

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT EAST CENTRAL PECOS AND NORTH
CENTRAL TERRELL COUNTIES THROUGH 300 PM CDT...

At 224 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 23
miles north of Sanderson, moving northeast at 20 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and nickel size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
         possible.

This storm will remain over mainly rural areas of east central Pecos
and north central Terrell Counties.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3036 10235 3046 10249 3075 10222 3057 10200
TIME...MOT...LOC 1924Z 229DEG 16KT 3049 10236

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 13, 12:58 AM CDTHigh Wind WatchMAFCulberson25 hr
Apr 13, 3:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFTerrell28 min
Apr 13, 3:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos, Terrell67 min
Apr 13, 3:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFUpton41 min
Apr 13, 3:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFUpton32 min
Apr 13, 4:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFTerrell35 min
Apr 13, 4:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos, Terrell41 min
Apr 13, 4:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFReagan39 min
Apr 13, 4:48 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFPecos, Terrell4 hr
Apr 13, 4:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGlasscock, Reagan47 min
Apr 13, 5:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFTerrell45 min
Apr 13, 6:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMitchell64 min
Apr 13, 6:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFTerrell51 min
Apr 13, 1:40 AM CDTFire Weather WatchMAFChaves, Lea, Lincoln25 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.