⚠️ Special Weather Statement – Gaines; Dawson; Borden; Andrews; Martin; Howard – Friday, July 31, 2026

Special Weather Statement issued July 31 at 10:55PM CDT by NWS Midland/Odessa TX

Details

At 1053 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong outflow boundary
located along a line extending from near O’Donnell to near
Brownfield to 6 miles east of Seagraves Airport. Movement was
southeast 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 reduce visibility down to 3 miles or less.

Locations impacted include…
Lamesa, Ackerly, Gail, Lamesa Municipal Airport, Welch, Luther,
Seagraves Airport, Los Ybanez, Loop, Sparenberg, Punkin Center,
Patricia, Arvana, Hancock, McKenzie Lake, Tenmile, Vealmoor, Key, and
Klondike.

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.