| Event | Special Weather Statement |
| Severity | Moderate |
| Urgency | Expected |
| Certainty | Observed |
| Area | Eastern Culberson County; Reeves County Plains; Davis Mountains; Davis Mountains Foothills |
| Effective | 8/31/2026, 8:16:00 PM CDT |
| Expires | 8/31/2026, 8:45:00 PM CDT |
Special Weather Statement issued August 31 at 8:16PM CDT by NWS Midland/Odessa TX
Details
At 816 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 10
miles southwest of Toyah, moving north at 25 mph.
HAZARD…Wind gusts up to 50 mph and pea 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…
Kent, Toyah, Balmorhea, Balmorhea Lake, Saragosa, Balmorhea State
Park, Toyahvale, Buffalo Trail Scout Camp, and Verhalen.
This includes the following highways…
Interstate 10 between mile markers 176 and 219.
Interstate 20 between mile markers 0 and 30.
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.
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