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Special Weather Statement, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

July 19, 2026Ward County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this special weather statement at Jul 19, 2026, 7:59 PM CDT for Ward County, Texas. It was in force for 46 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: Jul 19, 2026, 7:59 PM CDT (00:59 UTC)
Expired: Jul 19, 2026, 8:45 PM CDT
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Hail: 0.88 in
Wind: 55

County Ward County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Santa Teresa, NM (KEPZ), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 362 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: 577 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -38 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1920 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 39 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 37 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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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 Jul 19, 6:37 PM CDT, 1 hour 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 19, 6:37 PM CDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 19, 5:55 PM CDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
555 PM CDT Sun Jul 19 2026

TXZ277>279-192345-
Central Brewster County TX-Davis Mountains Foothills TX-
Davis Mountains TX-
555 PM CDT Sun Jul 19 2026

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN BREWSTER COUNTY
THROUGH 645 PM CDT...

At 555 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 15
miles southeast of Alpine, moving north at 10 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph and penny 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.

Locations impacted include...
Alpine and Elephant Mountain Wildlife Management Area.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3005 10349 3008 10365 3039 10363 3038 10334
TIME...MOT...LOC 2255Z 187DEG 9KT 3016 10355

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH

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Special weather statement, Jul 19, 6:17 PM CDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
617 PM CDT Sun Jul 19 2026

TXZ279-282-192345-
Central Brewster County TX-Lower Brewster County TX-
617 PM CDT Sun Jul 19 2026

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT CENTRAL BREWSTER COUNTY THROUGH
645 PM CDT...

At 616 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 19
miles northeast of Persimmon Gap, or 37 miles southwest of Sanderson,
moving north at 10 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph and penny 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 central Brewster
County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead
to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 2973 10277 2971 10292 2992 10307 2999 10276
TIME...MOT...LOC 2316Z 174DEG 10KT 2979 10287

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH

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Special weather statement, Jul 19, 6:44 PM CDT, 1 hour 15 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
Jul 19, 7:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Mitchell	47 min
Jul 19, 7:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Reeves	33 min
Jul 19, 8:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Mitchell	52 min
Jul 19, 8:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Pecos, Reeves	49 min
Jul 19, 8:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Scurry	51 min
Jul 20, 3:45 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MAF	Culberson, Reeves	3 hr
Jul 20, 4:22 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	MAF	Brewster	6 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.