NWS Midland/Odessa TXSV.W 0240September 15, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Andrews and Gaines, TX
The National Weather Service office in Midland/Odessa issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Andrews and Gaines in Texas, which was in force until 6:00 p.m. local time on September 15. It was the 240th severe thunderstorm warning the NWS office in Midland/Odessa issued in 2026. Texas had 158 severe thunderstorm warnings in September 2026, against 78 in an average September of 2008-2025 (Texas's severe thunderstorm warnings by year).
ExpiredWarning
In force for 51 minutes; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Midland/Odessa TX
- Area
- Andrews and Gaines
- State
- Texas
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 5:09 p.m. CDT, September 15, 2026
- Expires
- 6:00 p.m. CDT, September 15, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KMAF SV.W 0240
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas since 2008Every warning type in Texas
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The notice as issued
SVRMAF The National Weather Service in Midland has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Northeastern Andrews County in western Texas... Southern Gaines County in western Texas... * Until 600 PM CDT. * At 508 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Andrews, moving northwest at 15 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Andrews, Seminole, Gaines County Airport, McKenzie Lake, Florey, and Andrews County Airport.
What the agency told people to do
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.
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The record around this notice
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas since 20082,144 a year
- Every warning type in Texas
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning: what it means, and the states that get the most20,005 a year
- NWS notices, September 20262,824 in the month
- The latest from the National Weather Service
- Warning, watch or advisory: the three NWS levels