NWS Midland/Odessa TXSV.W 0260September 19, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Lea, NM
The National Weather Service office in Midland/Odessa issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Lea in New Mexico, which was in force until 6:15 p.m. local time on September 19. It was the 260th 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 41 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
- Lea
- State
- New Mexico
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 5:34 p.m. MDT, September 19, 2026
- Expires
- 6:15 p.m. MDT, September 19, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KMAF SV.W 0260
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Mexico since 2008Every warning type in New Mexico
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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... * Until 615 PM MDT. * At 534 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 16 miles west of Jal, moving east at 5 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Jal and Jal Airport.
What the agency told people to do
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement agency. They will send your report to the National Weather Service office in Midland.
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The record around this notice
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Mexico since 2008417 a year
- Every warning type in New Mexico
- 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