⚠️ Special Weather Statement – Northern Lea County; Central Lea County; Gaines; Dawson; Borden; Scurry – Sunday, July 5, 2026

Special Weather Statement issued July 5 at 7:40PM CDT by NWS Midland/Odessa TX

Details

At 740 PM CDT/640 PM MDT/, Doppler radar was tracking strong
thunderstorms along a line extending from 10 miles west of Clairemont
to near Justiceburg to near New Moore to 8 miles southwest of Tokio
to 9 miles north of Bronco. Movement was south at 10 mph.

HAZARD…Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph and penny 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…
Hobbs, Snyder, Lamesa, Seminole, Seagraves, Ackerly, Gail, Seagraves
Airport, Humble City, Gaines County Airport, Welch, Fluvanna, J B
Thomas Reservoir, Lamesa Municipal Airport, Los Ybanez, Patricia,
Arvana, Hancock, McKenzie Lake, and Gaines County Park.

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.