⚠️ Special Weather Statement – Guadalupe Mountains of Eddy County; Eddy County Plains; Central Lea County; Southern Lea County; Loving; Guadalupe Mountains Above 7000 Feet; Guadalupe and Delaware Mountains; Van Horn and Highway 54 Corridor; Eastern Culberson County; Reeves County Plains – Saturday, August 1, 2026

Special Weather Statement issued August 1 at 12:16AM CDT by NWS Midland/Odessa TX

Details

At 1215 AM CDT/1115 PM MDT/, Doppler radar was tracking a strong
outflow boundary along a line extending from 23 miles west of Jal to
near Malaga to 6 miles east of Whites City. Movement was south at 35
mph.

HAZARD…Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph.

SOURCE…Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include…
Carlsbad, Pine Springs, Mentone, Loving, McKittrick Canyon, Avalon,
Seven Rivers Airport, Brantley Lake State Park, Red Bluff Reservoir,
Orla, Carlsbad Caverns National Park, Malaga, Carlsbad North,
Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Whites City, Lincoln National
Forest, Otis, Halfway, Queen, and Cavern City Air Terminal.

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.