Special Weather Statement issued October 13 at 5:40PM CDT by NWS Midland/Odessa TX
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At 540 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 7 miles northwest of Saragosa, or 14 miles south of Toyah, moving north at 35 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 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... Pecos, Balmorhea, Saragosa, Balmorhea Lake, Verhalen, Toyah Lake, and Pecos Municipal Airport. This includes the following highways... Interstate 10 between mile markers 205 and 216. Interstate 20 between mile markers 23 and 37. 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.
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- NWS — active weather alerts (Storm)
- Location
- TX, US
- Severity
- Moderate
- area
- Reeves County Plains
- event
- Special Weather Statement
- onset
- 2026-10-13T17:40:00-05:00
- states
- ["TX"]
- urgency
- Expected
- certainty
- Observed
- effective
- 2026-10-13T17:40:00-05:00
- message id
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.e069b058c8ccf2b4fa19a8b24c6bae53abe1f670.001.1
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- []
- instruction
- 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.
- message type
- Alert
- freshness minutes
- 60
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