Headline:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued May 4 at 6:18PM CDT until May 4 at 6:45PM CDT by NWS Midland/Odessa TX
Event:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency:
Immediate
Effective:
May 4, 2025 - 4:18pm
Expires:
May 4, 2025 - 4:45pm
Description:
At 618 PM CDT/518 PM MDT/, a severe thunderstorm was located 16 miles
southeast of Whites City, or 29 miles south of Carlsbad, moving east
at 35 mph.
HAZARD...Golf ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail
damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind
damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Red Bluff Reservoir and Red Bluff.
Instruction:
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading
killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to
be struck by lightning.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
Area Description:
Eddy, NM; Culberson, TX; Reeves, TX
Forcast Office:
NWS Midland/Odessa TX