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High Wind Warning 18, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

April 6, 2007

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this high wind warning at Apr 6, 2007, 10:31 AM CDT. It was in force for 26 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 6, 2007, 10:31 AM CDT (15:31 UTC)
Expired
Apr 7, 2007, 1:00 PM CDT
In force
26 hr
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WWUS74 KMAF 061531
NPWMAF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1031 AM CDT FRI APR 6 2007

...STRONG WINDS TO CONTINUE IN GUADALUPE PASS THROUGH SATURDAY
MORNING...
...FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY
NIGHT ACROSS THE NORTHERN PERMIAN BASIN AND THE SOUTHEAST NEW
MEXICO PLAINS...

.AN INTENSE COLD AIR MASS OVER SOUTHERN CANADA WILL PUSH STEADILY
SOUTHWARD INTO WEST TEXAS TONIGHT AND ON SATURDAY.  THIS COLD AIR 
MASS WILL RESULT IN FREEZING TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT
THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING.

MARGINALLY STRONG WIND SPEEDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH WILL LIKELY PERSIST
IN PASSES AND GAPS IN THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS THROUGH TODAY AS THE
LEADING EDGE OF COLDER AIR SINKS SOUTH THROUGH THE CENTRAL U.S.
PLAINS.  HOWEVER...THE COLD AIR BEHIND THE FRONT WILL DAM AGAINST
THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS...WHICH WILL INCREASE
WIND SPEEDS TONIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING THERE AS THE COLD AIR
FUNNELS THROUGH GAPS AND PASSES.  WIND SPEEDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...
WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 60 MPH...WILL RESULT IN GUADALUPE PASS AND
OTHER GAPS IN THE MOUNTAINS.

TXZ258-070515-
/O.NEW.KMAF.HW.W.0018.070406T1531Z-070407T1800Z/
GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP...PINE SPRINGS
931 AM MDT FRI APR 6 2007

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM MDT SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A HIGH
WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM MDT SATURDAY. 

EXPECT NORTHEAST WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH FOR MUCH OF TODAY THROUGH
GUADALUPE PASS AND OTHER GAPS IN THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS. 
TONIGHT...WIND SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 40 TO 50 MPH...
WITH GUSTS AROUND 60 MPH POSSIBLE.  THESE STRONGER WINDS ARE
EXPECTED TO PERSIST THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING BEFORE DIMINISHING.

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED
OR OCCURRING.  SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS
OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE.

$$

NMZ029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-070515-
/O.CON.KMAF.FZ.A.0001.070407T0600Z-070408T1200Z/
NORTHERN LEA COUNTY-CENTRAL LEA COUNTY-SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY-GAINES-
DAWSON-BORDEN-SCURRY-ANDREWS-MARTIN-HOWARD-MITCHELL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TATUM...HOBBS...LOVINGTON...EUNICE...
JAL...SEMINOLE...LAMESA...GAIL...SNYDER...ANDREWS...STANTON...
BIG SPRING...COLORADO CITY
1031 AM CDT FRI APR 6 2007 /931 AM MDT FRI APR 6 2007/

...FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
SUNDAY MORNING...

TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE NORTHERN PERMIAN BASIN AND SOUTHEAST NEW
MEXICO PLAINS ARE EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FREEZING AND INTO THE
UPPER 20S AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.  THESE COLD TEMPERATURES ARE
EXPECTED TO HOVER NEAR THE FREEZING MARK DURING THE DAY ON
SATURDAY...THEN DROP BELOW FREEZING INTO THE UPPER 20S SATURDAY
NIGHT.

A FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE.
THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

$$
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS74 KMAF 062037
NPWMAF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
337 PM CDT FRI APR 6 2007

...STRONG WINDS TO CONTINUE IN GUADALUPE PASS THROUGH SATURDAY
MORNING... 

...FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT THROUGH
SATURDAY NIGHT ACROSS THE NORTHERN PERMIAN BASIN AND THE
SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICAN PLAINS...

.AN INTENSE COLD AIR MASS OVER SOUTHERN CANADA WILL PUSH STEADILY
SOUTHWARD INTO WEST TEXAS TONIGHT AND ON SATURDAY. THIS COLD AIR
MASS WILL RESULT IN FREEZING TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT
THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING.

MARGINALLY STRONG WIND SPEEDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH WILL LIKELY PERSIST
IN PASSES AND GAPS IN THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS THROUGH TODAY AS
THE LEADING EDGE OF COLDER AIR SINKS SOUTH THROUGH THE CENTRAL
U.S. PLAINS. HOWEVER...THE COLD AIR BEHIND THE FRONT WILL DAM
AGAINST THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS...WHICH
WILL INCREASE WIND SPEEDS TONIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING THERE AS
THE COLD AIR FUNNELS THROUGH GAPS AND PASSES. WIND SPEEDS OF 40
TO 50 MPH... WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 60 MPH...WILL RESULT IN
GUADALUPE PASS AND OTHER GAPS IN THE MOUNTAINS.

NMZ029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-071200-
/O.UPG.KMAF.FZ.A.0001.070407T0600Z-070408T1200Z/
/O.NEW.KMAF.FZ.W.0001.070407T0600Z-070408T1200Z/
NORTHERN LEA COUNTY-CENTRAL LEA COUNTY-SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY-GAINES-
DAWSON-BORDEN-SCURRY-ANDREWS-MARTIN-HOWARD-MITCHELL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TATUM...HOBBS...LOVINGTON...EUNICE...
JAL...SEMINOLE...LAMESA...GAIL...SNYDER...ANDREWS...STANTON...
BIG SPRING...COLORADO CITY
337 PM CDT FRI APR 6 2007 /237 PM MDT FRI APR 6 2007/

...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM CDT /MIDNIGHT MDT/ SATURDAY
TO 7 AM CDT /6 AM MDT/ SUNDAY...
...FREEZE WATCH NO LONGER IN EFFECT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A
FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM CDT /MIDNIGHT MDT/
SATURDAY TO 7 AM CDT /6 AM MDT/ SUNDAY. THE FREEZE WATCH IS NO
LONGER IN EFFECT.

THOSE WITH COLD-SENSITIVE PLANTS OR ANIMALS...OR OTHER CONCERNS
RELATED TO FREEZING TEMPERATURES...SHOULD BEGIN PREPARATIONS NOW
FOR THIS FREEZE. IF YOU HAVE NOT ALREADY DONE SO...NOW IS THE
TIME TO MAKE SURE HEATERS ARE IN PROPER WORKING ORDER.

A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR
HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER
SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

$$

TXZ258-071200-
/O.CON.KMAF.HW.W.0018.000000T0000Z-070407T1800Z/
GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP...PINE SPRINGS
237 PM MDT FRI APR 6 2007

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM MDT SATURDAY...

A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM MDT SATURDAY. 

EXPECT NORTHEAST WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH FOR MUCH OF TODAY THROUGH
GUADALUPE PASS AND OTHER GAPS IN THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS.
TONIGHT...WIND SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 40 TO 50 MPH...
WITH GUSTS AROUND 60 MPH POSSIBLE. THESE STRONGER WINDS ARE
EXPECTED TO PERSIST THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING BEFORE DIMINISHING.

MOTORISTS DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION
IF TRAVELING THROUGH GUADALUPE PASS ON U.S. 62/180 TONIGHT AND
SATURDAY.

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED
OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS
OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE.

$$
000 
WWUS74 KMAF 070930
NPWMAF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
430 AM CDT SAT APR 7 2007

...STRONG WINDS TO CONTINUE IN GUADALUPE PASS THIS MORNING...

...FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT ACROSS THE NORTHERN
PERMIAN BASIN AND THE SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICAN PLAINS...

.AN INTENSE COLD AIR MASS OVER SOUTHERN CANADA HAS PUSHED SOUTHWARD
INTO WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO. THIS COLD AIR MASS HAD 
RESULTED IN FREEZING TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE AREA LAST NIGHT...
WITH SUBFREEZING TEMPERATURES EXPECTED AGAIN TONIGHT.

WIND SPEEDS HAVE INCREASED AS THIS COLD AIR DAMS AND FUNNELS
THROUGH AREA MOUNTAIN GAPS AND PASSES. WIND SPEEDS OF 40 TO 50
MPH CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH GUADALUPE PASS THIS MORNING BEFORE
DIMINISHING BY NOON.

TXZ059>063-067>070-071800-
/O.EXA.KMAF.FZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070408T1200Z/
LOVING-WINKLER-ECTOR-MIDLAND-GLASSCOCK-WARD-CRANE-UPTON-REAGAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MENTONE...RED BLUFF LAKE...KERMIT...
ODESSA...MIDLAND...GARDEN CITY...MONAHANS...CRANE...MCCAMEY...
RANKIN...BIG LAKE
430 AM CDT SAT APR 7 2007

...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A
FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT SUNDAY. 

TEMPERAUTES HAVE FALLEN BELOW FREEZING ACROSS THE AREA EARLY
THIS MORNING. HIGHS TODAY WILL ONLY RECOVER INTO THE LOW TO 
MID 30S BEFORE DROPPING DOWN TO BELOW FREEZING TONIGHT.

THOSE WITH COLD-SENSITIVE PLANTS OR ANIMALS...OR OTHER CONCERNS
RELATED TO FREEZING TEMPERATURES...SHOULD MAKE PREPARATIONS FOR
THIS FREEZE.

A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR
HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER
SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

$$

NMZ029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-071800-
/O.CON.KMAF.FZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070408T1200Z/
NORTHERN LEA COUNTY-CENTRAL LEA COUNTY-SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY-GAINES-
DAWSON-BORDEN-SCURRY-ANDREWS-MARTIN-HOWARD-MITCHELL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TATUM...HOBBS...LOVINGTON...EUNICE...
JAL...SEMINOLE...LAMESA...GAIL...SNYDER...ANDREWS...STANTON...
BIG SPRING...COLORADO CITY
430 AM CDT SAT APR 7 2007 /330 AM MDT SAT APR 7 2007/

...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT /6 AM MDT/
SUNDAY...

A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT /6 AM MDT/
SUNDAY. 

TEMPERAUTES HAVE FALLEN BELOW FREEZING ACROSS THE AREA EARLY
THIS MORNING. HIGHS TODAY WILL ONLY RECOVER INTO THE LOW TO 
MID 30S BEFORE DROPPING DOWN TO BELOW FREEZING TONIGHT.

THOSE WITH COLD-SENSITIVE PLANTS OR ANIMALS...OR OTHER CONCERNS
RELATED TO FREEZING TEMPERATURES...SHOULD MAKE PREPARATIONS FOR
THIS FREEZE.

A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR
HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER
SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

$$

TXZ258-071800-
/O.CON.KMAF.HW.W.0018.000000T0000Z-070407T1800Z/
GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP...PINE SPRINGS
330 AM MDT SAT APR 7 2007

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TODAY...

A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TODAY. 

STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST
THIS MORNING BEFORE DIMINISHING BY NOON.

MOTORISTS DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION
IF TRAVELING THROUGH GUADALUPE PASS ON U.S. 62/180 TONIGHT AND
SATURDAY.

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED
OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS
OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE.

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 6, 4:44 AM CDTFreeze WatchMAFAndrews, Borden, Dawson, Gaines, Howard, Martin and 2 more11 hr
Apr 6, 3:37 PM CDTFreeze WarningMAFAndrews, Borden, Crane, Dawson, Ector, Gaines and 13 more42 hr

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.