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⚠️ Special Weather Statement – Eddy County Plains; Northern Lea County; Central Lea County; Southern Lea County; Andrews; Loving; Winkler; Ward; Reeves County Plains – Tuesday, June 30, 2026

Event Special Weather Statement
Severity Moderate
Urgency Expected
Certainty Observed
Area Eddy County Plains; Northern Lea County; Central Lea County; Southern Lea County; Andrews; Loving; Winkler; Ward; Reeves County Plains
Effective 6/30/2026, 9:32:00 PM CDT
Expires 6/30/2026, 10:15:00 PM CDT

Special Weather Statement issued June 30 at 9:32PM CDT by NWS Midland/Odessa TX

Details

At 930 PM CDT/830 PM MDT/, Doppler radar was tracking a scattered
cluster of strong thunderstorms along a line extending from 6 miles
east of Maljamar to 13 miles northeast of Saragosa. Movement was
northeast at 20-30 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…
Hobbs, Lovington, Pecos, Monahans, Kermit, Eunice, Jal, Wink,
Mentone, Thorntonville, Barstow, Pyote, Monument, Humble City,
Maljamar, Eunice Airport, Jal Airport, Nadine, Saragosa, and Wickett.

This includes the following highways…
Interstate 10 between mile markers 213 and 214.
Interstate 20 between mile markers 27 and 79.

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.