⚠️ Special Weather Statement – Eddy County Plains; Northern Lea County; Central Lea County; Southern Lea County; Gaines; Dawson; Andrews; Loving; Winkler; Reeves County Plains – Thursday, August 27, 2026

Special Weather Statement issued August 27 at 12:16AM CDT by NWS Midland/Odessa TX

Details

At 1215 AM CDT/1115 PM MDT/, Doppler radar was tracking strong
thunderstorms along a line extending from 9 miles east of Seagraves
Airport to near Eunice Airport to 10 miles northeast of Malaga.
Movement was south at 35 mph.

HAZARD…Wind gusts up to 50 mph.

SOURCE…Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include…
Hobbs, Seminole, Eunice, Seagraves, Jal, Monument, Seagraves Airport,
Humble City, Eunice Airport, Jal Airport, Nadine, Gaines County
Airport, Welch, Red Bluff Reservoir, Orla, McKenzie Lake, Halfway,
Bennett, Lea County Regional Airport, and Gaines County Park.

Instructions

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with these storms and may lead
to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

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.