⚠️ Special Weather Statement – Winkler; Ector; Ward; Crane; Upton; Pecos – Thursday, August 13, 2026

Special Weather Statement issued August 13 at 6:18PM CDT by NWS Midland/Odessa TX

Details

At 618 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Grandfalls, or 14 miles south of Monahans, moving northeast at 20
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…
Monahans, Kermit, Crane, Wink, Thorntonville, Grandfalls, Pyote, West
Odessa, Wickett, Imperial Reservoir, Crane County Airport, Roy Hurd
Memorial Airport, Monahans Sandhills State Park, Royalty, Notrees,
Penwell, Imperial, Winkler County Airport, Pleasant Farms, and
Cordona Lake.

This includes Interstate 20 between mile markers 64 and 114.

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.