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Winter Storm Warning 1, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

January 22, 202624 counties in Texas; Eddy County, Lea County, New Mexico

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this winter storm warning at Jan 22, 2026, 1:27 PM CST for 24 counties in Texas; Eddy County, Lea County, New Mexico. It took effect at Jan 23, 2026, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 48 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 22, 2026, 1:27 PM CST (19:27 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 23, 2026, 12:00 PM CST
Expired: Jan 25, 2026, 11:50 AM CST
In force: 48 hr
Issued by: NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

All 26 counties

Eddy County, NM, Lea County, NM, Andrews County, TX, Borden County, TX, Brewster County, TX, Crane County, TX, Culberson County, TX, Dawson County, TX, Ector County, TX, Gaines County, TX, Glasscock County, TX, Howard County, TX, Jeff Davis County, TX, Loving County, TX, Martin County, TX, Midland County, TX, Mitchell County, TX, Pecos County, TX, Presidio County, TX, Reagan County, TX, Reeves County, TX, Scurry County, TX, Terrell County, TX, Upton County, TX, Ward County, TX, Winkler County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:30 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 winter storm 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 winter storm warning went out at Jan 22, 1:06 PM CST, 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 22, 1:06 PM CST, 21 minutes before

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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.