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Severe Weather Statement

National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX

343 PM CDT Sat May 4 2024



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Pecos TX-

343 PM CDT Sat May 4 2024



...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM CDT

FOR NORTH CENTRAL PECOS COUNTY...



At 343 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Fort Stockton,

moving east at 40 mph.



THIS IS A DESTRUCTIVE STORM FOR FORT STOCKTON AND I-10.



HAZARD...Baseball size hail and 70 mph wind gusts.



SOURCE...Radar indicated.



IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be severely injured. 

         Expect shattered windows, extensive damage to roofs, 

         siding, and vehicles.



Locations impacted include...

Fort Stockton, Fort Stockton-Pecos County Airport, and Firestone Test

Track.



This includes Interstate 10 between mile markers 248 and 288.

 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for southwestern

Texas.



Remain alert for a possible tornado! Tornadoes can develop quickly

from severe thunderstorms. If you spot a tornado go at once into the

basement or small central room in a sturdy structure.



For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a

building.



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LAT...LON 3081 10303 3103 10315 3124 10251 3074 10237

TIME...MOT...LOC 2043Z 249DEG 35KT 3093 10292 



TORNADO...POSSIBLE

THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...DESTRUCTIVE

HAIL THREAT...OBSERVED

MAX HAIL SIZE...2.75 IN

WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED

MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH



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