⚠️ Special Weather Statement – Winkler; Ector; Midland; Ward; Crane; Upton – Sunday, July 5, 2026

Special Weather Statement issued July 5 at 11:43PM CDT by NWS Midland/Odessa TX

Details

At 1142 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from 7 miles south of Wink to 6 miles east of
Monahans to 10 miles southwest of West Odessa to 10 miles southeast
of Odessa. Movement was southeast at 15 mph.

HAZARD…Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph.

SOURCE…Radar indicated.

IMPACT…Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include…
Odessa, Monahans, Kermit, Wink, Thorntonville, Grandfalls, Goldsmith,
Pyote, West Odessa, Wickett, Roy Hurd Memorial Airport, Monahans
Sandhills State Park, Royalty, Notrees, Odessa Schlemeyer Field,
Penwell, Winkler County Airport, and Pleasant Farms.

This includes Interstate 20 between mile markers 58 and 122.

Instructions

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with these storms.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.

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