{"url_path":"/weather/alerts/2.49.0.1.840.0.070074607556076706cc7601893e5d16d917b12d.001.1","section_key":"alert","section_title":"Special Weather Statement issued May 14 at 5:46PM CDT by NWS Midland/Odessa TX","topic":"weather","document":{"doc_type":"alert","doc_date":"2026-05-14","source_url":"https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn%3Aoid%3A2.49.0.1.840.0.070074607556076706cc7601893e5d16d917b12d.001.1","accession_number":null,"cik":null,"ticker":null,"issuer_name":null,"edgar_url":null,"primary_entity_key":null,"primary_entity_name":"NWS Midland/Odessa TX"},"word_count":188,"has_tables":false,"body_markdown":"# Special Weather Statement: Special Weather Statement issued May 14 at 5:46PM CDT by NWS Midland/Odessa TX\n\n**Severity:** Moderate\n**Certainty:** Observed\n**Urgency:** Expected\n**Areas:** Guadalupe Mountains of Eddy County; Eddy County Plains; Northern Lea County; Central Lea County; Southern Lea County; Gaines; Andrews; Loving; Winkler; Ector; Ward; Crane; Pecos; Van Horn and Highway 54 Corridor; Eastern Culberson County; Reeves County Plains; Davis Mountains; Davis Mountains Foothills\n**Issued by:** NWS Midland/Odessa TX\n**Sent:** 2026-05-14T17:46:00-05:00\n**Effective:** 2026-05-14T17:46:00-05:00\n**Expires:** 2026-05-14T18:45:00-05:00\n\n## Description\nAt 546 PM CDT/446 PM MDT/, Doppler radar was tracking strong\nthunderstorms along a line extending from 12 miles east of Artesia to\nnear Loving to near Saragosa. Movement was east at 40 mph.\n\nHAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph, with patchy blowing dusty\nreducing visibility.\n\nSOURCE...Radar indicated.\n\nIMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around\nunsecured objects.\n\nLocations impacted include...\nHobbs, Carlsbad, Artesia, Lovington, Pecos, Fort Stockton, Monahans,\nKermit, Eunice, Jal, Wink, Kent, Tatum, Toyah, Fort Davis, Mentone,\nLoving, Balmorhea, Thorntonville, and Grandfalls.\n\nThis includes the following highways...\nInterstate 10 between mile markers 163 and 296.\nInterstate 20 between mile markers 0 and 105.\n\n## Instructions\nIf outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building."}