NWS Midland/Odessa TXSV.W 0274September 29, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Lea, Andrews and Gaines, NM and TX
The National Weather Service office in Midland/Odessa issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Lea, Andrews and Gaines in New Mexico, Texas, which was in force until 11:00 p.m. local time on September 29. It was the 274th severe thunderstorm warning the NWS office in Midland/Odessa issued in 2026. New Mexico had 83 severe thunderstorm warnings in September 2026, against 38 in an average September of 2008-2025 (New Mexico's severe thunderstorm warnings by year).
ExpiredWarning
In force for 1 hour; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Midland/Odessa TX
- Area
- Lea, Andrews and Gaines
- State
- New Mexico
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 9:59 p.m. CDT, September 29, 2026
- Expires
- 11:00 p.m. CDT, September 29, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KMAF SV.W 0274
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
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The notice as issued
SVRMAF The National Weather Service in Midland has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Southeastern Lea County in southeastern New Mexico... Northwestern Andrews County in western Texas... Western Gaines County in western Texas... * Until 1100 PM CDT/1000 PM MDT/. * At 959 PM CDT/859 PM MDT/, a severe thunderstorm was located over Eunice Airport, or near Eunice, moving northeast at 45 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Hobbs, Seminole, Eunice, Monument, Humble City, Eunice Airport, Nadine, Gaines County Airport, Knowles, Lea County Regional Airport, Industrial Airpark, Oil Center, Paynes Corner, Higginbotham, and Gaines County Park.
What the agency told people to do
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
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