Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued October 13 at 8:54PM CDT until October 13 at 9:15PM CDT by NWS Midland/Odessa TX
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At 854 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Odessa, moving northeast at 35 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include... Midland, Odessa, Midland International Air and Space Port, West Odessa, Odessa Schlemeyer Field, Warfield, and Skywest Airport. This includes Interstate 20 between mile markers 111 and 132. For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm. Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning. Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
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- Source last updated
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- Provider
- NWS — active weather alerts (Storm)
- Location
- TX, US
- Severity
- Severe
- area
- Ector, TX; Midland, TX
- event
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning
- onset
- 2026-10-13T20:54:00-05:00
- states
- ["TX"]
- urgency
- Immediate
- certainty
- Observed
- effective
- 2026-10-13T20:54:00-05:00
- message id
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.f9b1633c72a83151848f1f3dd20fee3449b9a147.001.1
- references
- ["urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.ae5f86cf6856b63481f4baf28bb73bd1bdc478bf.001.1"]
- instruction
- For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm. Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning. Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
- message type
- Update
- freshness minutes
- 60
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