⚠️ Special Weather Statement – Central Lea County; Southern Lea County; Gaines; Dawson; Borden; Andrews; Martin; Howard; Loving; Winkler; Ector – Friday, July 31, 2026

Special Weather Statement issued July 31 at 11:24PM CDT by NWS Midland/Odessa TX

Details

At 1122 PM CDT/1022 PM MDT/, Doppler radar was tracking a strong
outflow boundary located along a line extending from 6 miles
southeast of Welch to 18 miles southwest of Lamesa to 11 miles
southeast of Gaines County Airport to 16 miles east of Eunice to 7
miles west of Eunice Airport. Movement was southeast at 45 mph.

HAZARD…General winds gusts of 50 to 55 mph with brief gusts up to
60 mph possible.

SOURCE…Radar indicated.

IMPACT…Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs, and blowing dust
may reduce visibility down to 2 miles or less.

Locations impacted include…
Hobbs, Big Spring, Andrews, Lovington, Lamesa, Seminole, Eunice,
Seagraves, Jal, Ackerly, Gail, Coahoma, Monument, Seagraves Airport,
Humble City, Jal Airport, Gaines County Airport, Luther, Maljamar,
and Lenorah.

This includes Interstate 20 between mile markers 175 and 182.

Instructions

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

This alert was automatically posted by SkyGuard, MWSC’s severe weather alerting system. Source: National Weather Service.