Alert archive / Texas / Winter Storm Warnings in 2007
Winter Storm Warning 1, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this winter storm warning at Jan 15, 2007, 2:54 PM CST for Pecos County, Terrell County, Texas. It took effect at Jan 15, 2007, 9:18 PM CST. It was in force for 32 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
- Jan 15, 2007, 2:54 PM CST (20:54 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 15, 2007, 9:18 PM CST
- Expired
- Jan 17, 2007, 5:06 AM CST
- In force
- 32 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Counties Pecos County, TX, Terrell County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 161 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 162 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1065 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 77 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -129 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 123 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS44 KMAF 152054 WSWMAF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 254 PM CST MON JAN 15 2007 ...A WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS...THE MARFA AND STOCKTON PLATEAUS...THE TRANS PECOS...AND THE BIG BEND REGION FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT UNTIL NOON ON WEDNESDAY FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS AND OTHER WINTER WEATHER... ...A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR UPTON... CRANE... REAGAN... AND WARD COUNTIES FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... .AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM OVER THE DESERT SOUTHWEST WILL MOVE EAST TOWARD WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO TONIGHT. IN ADVANCE OF THIS SYSTEM... GULF MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE MOVING INTO WEST TEXAS AND RIDE UP AND OVER THE ARCTIC AIRMASS CURRENTLY IN PLACE ACROSS WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO. THE WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL START LATE TONIGHT OVER THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS AND SOUTH ACROSS THE BIG BEND AND EAST ACROSS THE LOWER TRANS PECOS. INITIALLY...FREEZING RAIN WITH A FEW FLURRIES ARE EXPECTED THEN TRANSITIONING INTO A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN JUST AFTER SUNSET. AROUND MIDNIGHT...THE COLD AIR WILL HAVE DEEPENED ENOUGH SO THAT ALL PRECIPITATION WILL FALL AS SNOW. AT THIS TIME...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE GENERALLY EAST OF A PRESIDIO TO MARFA LINE...AND SOUTH OF A MARFA TO SHEFFIELD LINE. AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 8 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE GLASS AND SANTIAGO MOUNTAINS...WHILE AMOUNTS OVER 10 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE CHISOS MOUNTAINS IN BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK. SNOW IS FORECAST TO END FROM WEST TO EAST WEDNESDAY MORNING AS THE UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM MOVES EAST AND AWAY FROM THE AREA. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PERSONNEL WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THIS DEVELOPING WINTER WEATHER SITUATION. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO... COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATIONS...OR YOUR CABLE OR SATELLITE TELEVISION PROVIDER FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS REGARDING THIS POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER EVENT. ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION ALSO CAN BE OBTAINED ON OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/MIDLAND. TXZ074-075-080>082-160300- /O.UPG.KMAF.WS.A.0002.070116T0600Z-070117T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMAF.WS.W.0001.070116T0600Z-070117T1800Z/ DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA-PECOS-MARFA PLATEAU-BIG BEND AREA- TERRELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALPINE...FORT STOCKTON...MARFA... BIG BEND NP...MARATHON...SANDERSON 254 PM CST MON JAN 15 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM CST WEDNESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH NO LONGER IN EFFECT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM CST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. FREEZING RAIN WITH SNOW FLURRIES IS EXPECTED TO TRANSITION TO A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN LATE MONDAY TONIGHT OVER THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS...BIG BEND... AND LOWER TRANS PECOS. THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW AROUND MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY. ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BEFORE THE SNOW ENDS WEDNESDAY MORNING...WITH LOCATIONS CLOSER TO THE BIG BEND REGION RECEIVING CLOSE TO A FOOT OF SNOW. ROAD CONDITIONS MAY VARY SUBSTANTIALLY ACROSS THE AREA. FOR SPECIFIC ROAD CONDITIONS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS...CALL 800 452 9292. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. PLEASE CHECK WEATHER AND ROAD CONDITIONS BEFORE LEAVING OUT OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. $$ TXZ057-058-160300- /O.NEW.KMAF.WS.W.0001.070116T0600Z-070117T1800Z/ VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR- REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VAN HORN...PECOS 254 PM CST MON JAN 15 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM CST WEDNESDAY FOR LOCATIONS ALONG THE INTERSTATE 10 CORRIDOR. FREEZING RAIN WITH SNOW FLURRIES IS EXPECTED TO TRANSITION TO A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN LATE TONIGHT ALONG THE INTERSTATE 10 CORRIDOR FROM FORT STOCKTON TO VAN HORN. THE PRECIPITATION WILL THEN CHANGE OVER TO SNOW AROUND OR SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY. ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BEFORE THE SNOW ENDS WEDNESDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION...ICY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ON INTERSTATE 10 AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY MAKING TRAVEL THROUGH THIS AREA DANGEROUS. ROAD CONDITIONS MAY VARY SUBSTANTIALLY ACROSS THE AREA. FOR SPECIFIC ROAD CONDITIONS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS...CALL 800 452 9292. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. PLEASE CHECK WEATHER AND ROAD CONDITIONS BEFORE LEAVING OUT OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ TXZ067>070-160300- /O.NEW.KMAF.WW.Y.0002.070116T1200Z-070117T1800Z/ WARD-CRANE-UPTON-REAGAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONAHANS...CRANE...MCCAMEY...RANKIN... BIG LAKE 254 PM CST MON JAN 15 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO 12 PM CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO 12 PM CST WEDNESDAY. A STRONG UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM WILL BEGIN MOVING TOWARDS THE WEST TEXAS AREA TONIGHT DRIVING MOISTURE UP AND OVER A VERY COLD AIRMASS. EXPECT MOST OF THE WINTRY PRECIPITATION TO REMAIN CONFINED TO THE BIG BEND...TRANS PECOS...AND INTERSTATE 10 REGIONS. HOWEVER...THE MOISTURE IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE MOVING NORTH AND WILL POSSIBLY AFFECT LOCATIONS IN WARD...CRANE...UPTON...AND REAGAN COUNTIES. TEMPERATURES ACROSS THESE AREAS WILL LIKELY WARM ABOVE FREEZING ON TUESDAY...BUT MAY NOT BE WARM ENOUGH TO PRECLUDE A FEW SNOW FLURRIES ACROSS THESE AREAS. SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME...HOWEVER...ENOUGH MOISTURE COULD BE PRESENT TO MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT AND DANGEROUS AS BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES COULD STILL FREEZE WITH MINIMAL AMOUNTS OF PRECIPITATION. CAUTION SHOULD BE EXERCISED WITH ANY TRAVEL THROUGH THIS AREA. ROAD CONDITIONS MAY VARY SUBSTANTIALLY ACROSS THE AREA. FOR SPECIFIC ROAD CONDITIONS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS...CALL 800 452 9292. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ 13
7 follow-up statements
000 WWUS44 KMAF 160318 WSWMAF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 918 PM CST MON JAN 15 2007 ...A WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS... THE MARFA AND STOCKTON PLATEAUS...THE TRANS PECOS...THE BIG BEND REGION...AND THE PRESIDIO VALLEY FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT UNTIL NOON ON WEDNESDAY FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS AND OTHER WINTER WEATHER... ...A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR UPTON...CRANE... REAGAN...AND WARD COUNTIES FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... .AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM OVER THE DESERT SOUTHWEST WILL MOVE EAST TOWARD WEST TEXAS TONIGHT. IN ADVANCE OF THIS SYSTEM...GULF MOISTURE WILL INCREASE AND RIDE UP AND OVER THE ARCTIC AIRMASS CURRENTLY IN PLACE ACROSS THE REGION. THE WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL START TONIGHT OVER THE BIG BEND...PRESIDIO VALLEY AND DEVELOP NORTHWARD ACROSS THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS AND EAST ACROSS THE LOWER TRANS PECOS. INITIALLY...FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW ARE EXPECTED AROUND MIDNIGHT. A FEW HOURS AFTER MIDNIGHT...THE COLD AIR WILL HAVE DEEPENED ENOUGH SO THAT PRECIPITATION WILL FALL AS SNOW...MIXED WITH SLEET AT TIMES. AT THIS TIME...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE GENERALLY EAST OF A PRESIDIO TO MARFA LINE...AND SOUTH OF A MARFA TO SHEFFIELD LINE. AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 8 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE GLASS AND SANTIAGO MOUNTAINS...WHILE AMOUNTS OVER 10 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE CHISOS MOUNTAINS IN BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK. SNOW IS FORECAST TO END FROM WEST TO EAST WEDNESDAY MORNING AS THE UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM MOVES EAST AND AWAY FROM THE AREA. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PERSONNEL WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THIS DEVELOPING WINTER WEATHER SITUATION. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO... COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATIONS...OR YOUR CABLE OR SATELLITE TELEVISION PROVIDER FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS REGARDING THIS POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER EVENT. ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION ALSO CAN BE OBTAINED ON OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/MIDLAND. TXZ079-161200- /O.EXA.KMAF.WS.W.0001.070116T0600Z-070117T1800Z/ PRESIDIO VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...PRESIDIO 918 PM CST MON JAN 15 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM CST WEDNESDAY. FREEZING RAIN WITH SNOW FLURRIES AND LIGHT SLEET IS EXPECTED TO TRANSITION TO A MIXTURE OF SNOW AND SLEET AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW TUESDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BEFORE THE SNOW ENDS WEDNESDAY MORNING. FOR SPECIFIC ROAD CONDITIONS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS...CALL 800 452 9292. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. PLEASE CHECK WEATHER AND ROAD CONDITIONS BEFORE LEAVING OUT OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. $$ TXZ057-058-074-075-080>082-161200- /O.CON.KMAF.WS.W.0001.070116T0600Z-070117T1800Z/ VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR- REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA- PECOS-MARFA PLATEAU-BIG BEND AREA-TERRELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VAN HORN...PECOS...ALPINE... FORT STOCKTON...MARFA...BIG BEND NP...MARATHON...SANDERSON 918 PM CST MON JAN 15 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM CST WEDNESDAY. FREEZING RAIN WITH SNOW FLURRIES IS EXPECTED TO TRANSITION TO A MIXTURE OF SNOW AND SLEET AFTER MIDNIGHT OVER THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS... BIG BEND...AND LOWER TRANS PECOS. THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY. ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BEFORE THE SNOW ENDS WEDNESDAY MORNING...WITH LOCATIONS CLOSER TO THE BIG BEND REGION RECEIVING CLOSE TO A FOOT OF SNOW. ROAD CONDITIONS MAY VARY SUBSTANTIALLY ACROSS THE AREA. FOR SPECIFIC ROAD CONDITIONS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS...CALL 800 452 9292. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. PLEASE CHECK WEATHER AND ROAD CONDITIONS BEFORE LEAVING OUT OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. $$ TXZ067>070-161200- /O.CON.KMAF.WW.Y.0002.070116T1200Z-070117T1800Z/ WARD-CRANE-UPTON-REAGAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONAHANS...CRANE...MCCAMEY...RANKIN... BIG LAKE 918 PM CST MON JAN 15 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO 12 PM CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO 12 PM CST WEDNESDAY. A STRONG UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM WILL BEGIN MOVING TOWARDS THE WEST TEXAS AREA TONIGHT DRIVING MOISTURE UP AND OVER A VERY COLD AIRMASS. EXPECT MOST OF THE WINTRY PRECIPITATION TO REMAIN CONFINED TO THE BIG BEND...TRANS PECOS...AND INTERSTATE 10 REGIONS. HOWEVER...THE MOISTURE IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE MOVING NORTH AND WILL POSSIBLY AFFECT LOCATIONS IN WARD...CRANE... UPTON...AND REAGAN COUNTIES. TEMPERATURES ACROSS THESE AREAS WILL LIKELY WARM ABOVE FREEZING ON TUESDAY...BUT MAY NOT BE WARM ENOUGH TO PRECLUDE A FEW SNOW FLURRIES ACROSS THESE AREAS. SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME... HOWEVER...ENOUGH MOISTURE COULD BE PRESENT TO MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT AND DANGEROUS AS BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES COULD STILL FREEZE WITH MINIMAL AMOUNTS OF PRECIPITATION. CAUTION SHOULD BE EXERCISED WITH ANY TRAVEL THROUGH THIS AREA. ROAD CONDITIONS MAY VARY SUBSTANTIALLY ACROSS THE AREA. FOR SPECIFIC ROAD CONDITIONS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS...CALL 800 452 9292. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$
000 WWUS44 KMAF 161017 WSWMAF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 417 AM CST TUE JAN 16 2007 ...A WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS...MARFA AND STOCKTON PLATEAUS...TRANS PECOS...BIG BEND REGION...AND THE PRESIDIO VALLEY FROM THIS MORNING UNTIL NOON ON WEDNESDAY FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS... ...A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR UPTON...CRANE... REAGAN...AND WARD COUNTIES FROM THIS MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... .AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM OVER ARIZONA WILL MOVE NORTHEAST TODAY AND TONIGHT. IN ADVANCE OF THIS SYSTEM...GULF MOISTURE WILL INCREASE AND RIDE UP AND OVER AN ARCTIC AIRMASS CURRENTLY IN PLACE ACROSS THE REGION. SNOW WILL START TO FALL OVER THE BIG BEND AND PRESIDIO VALLEY...THEN DEVELOP NORTHWARD ACROSS THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS AND EASTWARD ACROSS THE LOWER TRANS PECOS BY LATE THIS MORNING. MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION WILL FALL AS SNOW...HOWEVER A LITTLE SLEET MAY MIX WITH THE SNOW AT TIMES. AT THIS TIME...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE GENERALLY EAST OF A PRESIDIO TO MARFA LINE...AND SOUTH OF A MARFA TO SHEFFIELD LINE. AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 8 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE GLASS AND SANTIAGO MOUNTAINS...WHILE AMOUNTS OVER 10 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE CHISOS MOUNTAINS IN BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK. SNOW IS FORECAST TO END FROM WEST TO EAST WEDNESDAY MORNING AS THE UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM MOVES INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL OVER THE SOUTHERN PERMIAN BASIN...GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A PYOTE... CRANE...AND STILES LINE. SOME SLEET MAY MIX WITH THE SNOW AT TIMES IN THESE AREAS TOO. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PERSONNEL WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THIS DEVELOPING WINTER WEATHER SITUATION. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATIONS...OR YOUR CABLE OR SATELLITE TELEVISION PROVIDER FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS REGARDING THIS POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER EVENT. ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION ALSO CAN BE OBTAINED ON OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/MIDLAND. TXZ057-058-074-075-079>082-162300- /O.CON.KMAF.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070117T1800Z/ VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR- REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA- PECOS-PRESIDIO VALLEY-MARFA PLATEAU-BIG BEND AREA-TERRELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VAN HORN...PECOS...ALPINE... FORT STOCKTON...PRESIDIO...MARFA...BIG BEND NP...MARATHON... SANDERSON 417 AM CST TUE JAN 16 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST WEDNESDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY AT TIMES THROUGH THIS MORNING. ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BEFORE THE SNOW ENDS WEDNESDAY MORNING. ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 8 INCHES OR HIGHER WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE GLASS...SANTIAGO...AND CHISOS MOUNTAINS. FOR SPECIFIC ROAD CONDITIONS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS...CALL 800 452 9292. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. PLEASE CHECK WEATHER AND ROAD CONDITIONS BEFORE LEAVING OUT OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. $$ TXZ067>070-162300- /O.CON.KMAF.WW.Y.0002.070116T1200Z-070117T1800Z/ WARD-CRANE-UPTON-REAGAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONAHANS...CRANE...MCCAMEY...RANKIN... BIG LAKE 417 AM CST TUE JAN 16 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST WEDNESDAY. LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP DURING THE MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SOME LOCATIONS COULD SEE 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOWFALL BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. CAUTION SHOULD BE EXERCISED WITH ANY TRAVEL THROUGH THIS AREA. ROAD CONDITIONS MAY VARY SUBSTANTIALLY ACROSS THE AREA. FOR SPECIFIC ROAD CONDITIONS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS...CALL 800 452 9292. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$
000 WWUS44 KMAF 161448 AAA WSWMAF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 848 AM CST TUE JAN 16 2007 ...A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS...MARFA AND STOCKTON PLATEAUS...TRANS PECOS...BIG BEND REGION...AND THE PRESIDIO VALLEY FROM THIS MORNING UNTIL NOON ON WEDNESDAY FOR SIGNIFICANT ICE AND SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS... ...A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR UPTON...CRANE... REAGAN...AND WARD COUNTIES FROM THIS MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... .AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM OVER ARIZONA WILL MOVE NORTHEAST TODAY AND TONIGHT. IN ADVANCE OF THIS SYSTEM...GULF MOISTURE IS IN PLACE AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE LIFTED UP AND OVER THE ARCTIC AIRMASS IN PLACE ACROSS THE REGION. REPORTS OF FREEZING RAIN AND DRIZZLE HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM THE BIG BEND AND DRYDEN AREAS WITH ICE ON ROADWAYS IN THE PANTHER JUNCTION...STUDY BUTTE...AND SANDERSON AREAS. FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO TRANSITION TO SNOW AROUND NOON ACROSS MOST AREAS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF TERRELL COUNTY WHERE A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SNOW...AND SLEET MAY STILL OCCUR THROUGH THE DAY. PRECIPITATION PRIMARILY IN THE FORM OF FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW WILL DEVELOP NORTHWARD ACROSS THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS BY LATE THIS MORNING. SNOW IS FORECAST TO END FROM WEST TO EAST WEDNESDAY MORNING AS THE UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM MOVES INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PERSONNEL WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THIS DEVELOPING WINTER WEATHER SITUATION. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATIONS...OR YOUR CABLE OR SATELLITE TELEVISION PROVIDER FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS REGARDING THIS POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER EVENT. ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION ALSO CAN BE OBTAINED ON OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/MIDLAND. TXZ057-058-074-075-079>082-162200- /O.CON.KMAF.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070117T1800Z/ VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR- REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA- PECOS-PRESIDIO VALLEY-MARFA PLATEAU-BIG BEND AREA-TERRELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VAN HORN...PECOS...ALPINE... FORT STOCKTON...PRESIDIO...MARFA...BIG BEND NP...MARATHON... SANDERSON 848 AM CST TUE JAN 16 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST WEDNESDAY... THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE GENERALLY FROM PRESIDIO TO DAVIS MOUNTAINS. AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 7 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE GLASS AND SANTIAGO MOUNTAINS...WHILE AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 9 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE CHISOS MOUNTAINS IN BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK INTO TERRELL COUNTY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE GREATEST ACROSS PRESIDIO... BREWSTER...SOUTHERN PECOS...AND TERRELL COUNTIES WHERE ICE ACCUMULATIONS JUST BELOW ONE QUARTER INCH ARE EXPECTED THROUGH NOON. FOR SPECIFIC ROAD CONDITIONS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS...CALL 800 452 9292. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. PLEASE CHECK WEATHER AND ROAD CONDITIONS BEFORE LEAVING OUT OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. $$ TXZ067>070-162200- /O.CON.KMAF.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-070117T1800Z/ WARD-CRANE-UPTON-REAGAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONAHANS...CRANE...MCCAMEY...RANKIN... BIG LAKE 848 AM CST TUE JAN 16 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST WEDNESDAY... SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL OVER THE SOUTHERN PERMIAN BASIN...GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A PYOTE... CRANE...AND STILES LINE. SOME SLEET MAY MIX WITH THE SNOW AT TIMES IN THESE AREAS AS WELL. ROAD CONDITIONS MAY VARY SUBSTANTIALLY ACROSS THE AREA. FOR SPECIFIC ROAD CONDITIONS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS...CALL 800 452 9292. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$
000 WWUS44 KMAF 161807 AAA WSWMAF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 1207 PM CST TUE JAN 16 2007 ...A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS...MARFA AND STOCKTON PLATEAUS...TRANS PECOS...BIG BEND REGION...AND THE PRESIDIO VALLEY FROM THIS MORNING UNTIL NOON ON WEDNESDAY FOR SIGNIFICANT ICE AND SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS... ...A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR UPTON...CRANE... REAGAN...AND WARD COUNTIES FROM THIS MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... .AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM OVER ARIZONA WILL MOVE NORTHEAST TODAY AND TONIGHT. IN ADVANCE OF THIS SYSTEM...GULF MOISTURE IS IN PLACE AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE LIFTED UP AND OVER THE ARCTIC AIRMASS IN PLACE ACROSS THE REGION. RADAR INDICATES THAT PRECIPITATION IS INCREASING IN COVERAGE ACROSS THE AREA SOUTH OF A LINE FROM NEAR STILES...TO VALENTINE. FREEZING RAIN REPORTS SUGGEST THAT TERRELL COUNTY WESTWARD INTO SOUTHERN PECOS AND BREWSTER COUNTIES HAVE RECEIVED THE MOST PRECIPITATION AND ICY ROADS CAN BE EXPECTED. FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO TRANSITION TO SNOW EARLY THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS MOST AREAS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF TERRELL COUNTY WHERE A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SNOW... AND SLEET MAY STILL OCCUR THROUGH THE DAY. SNOW IS FORECAST TO END FROM WEST TO EAST WEDNESDAY MORNING AS THE UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM MOVES INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PERSONNEL WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THIS DEVELOPING WINTER WEATHER SITUATION. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATIONS...OR YOUR CABLE OR SATELLITE TELEVISION PROVIDER FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS REGARDING THIS POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER EVENT. ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION ALSO CAN BE OBTAINED ON OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/MIDLAND. TXZ057-058-074-075-079>082-162200- /O.CON.KMAF.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070117T1800Z/ VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR- REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA- PECOS-PRESIDIO VALLEY-MARFA PLATEAU-BIG BEND AREA-TERRELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VAN HORN...PECOS...ALPINE... FORT STOCKTON...PRESIDIO...MARFA...BIG BEND NP...MARATHON... SANDERSON 1207 PM CST TUE JAN 16 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST WEDNESDAY... THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE GENERALLY FROM PRESIDIO TO DAVIS MOUNTAINS. AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE GLASS AND SANTIAGO MOUNTAINS...WHILE AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE CHISOS MOUNTAINS IN BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK INTO TERRELL COUNTY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE GREATEST ACROSS BREWSTER...SOUTHERN PECOS...AND TERRELL COUNTIES WHERE ICE ACCUMULATIONS JUST BELOW ONE QUARTER INCH ARE EXPECTED. FOR SPECIFIC ROAD CONDITIONS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS...CALL 800 452 9292. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. PLEASE CHECK WEATHER AND ROAD CONDITIONS BEFORE LEAVING OUT OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. $$ TXZ067>070-162200- /O.CON.KMAF.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-070117T1800Z/ WARD-CRANE-UPTON-REAGAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONAHANS...CRANE...MCCAMEY...RANKIN... BIG LAKE 1207 PM CST TUE JAN 16 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST WEDNESDAY... SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL OVER THE SOUTHERN PERMIAN BASIN...GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A PYOTE... CRANE...AND STILES LINE. SOME SLEET MAY MIX WITH THE SNOW AT TIMES IN THESE AREAS AS WELL. ROAD CONDITIONS MAY VARY SUBSTANTIALLY ACROSS THE AREA. FOR SPECIFIC ROAD CONDITIONS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS...CALL 800 452 9292. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$
000 WWUS44 KMAF 162124 WSWMAF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 324 PM CST TUE JAN 16 2007 ...A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE MARFA AND STOCKTON PLATEAU...THE LOWER TRANS PECOS...THE BIG BEND REGION...AND THE PRESIDIO VALLEY THROUGH THE NIGHT FOR SIGNIFICANT ICE AND SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS... ...A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS NOW BEEN ISSUED FOR UPTON... CRANE...REAGAN...AND WARD COUNTIES...THE VAN HORN AREA...AND THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS THROUGH THE NIGHT FOR ICE AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS... .A STRONG UPPER LEVEL JET WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA OVERNIGHT. IN ADVANCE OF THIS JET...GULF MOISTURE IS IN PLACE AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE LIFTED UP AND OVER THE ARCTIC AIRMASS IN PLACE ACROSS THE REGION. FREEZING RAIN MAY STILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE FAR SOUTH INTO THE EARLY EVENING...HOWEVER MOST PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BE IN THE FORM OF SNOW. THE BEST CHANCE FOR SNOW WILL BE ACROSS THE FAR SOUTH GENERALLY SOUTH OF A CANDELARIA TO FORT STOCKTON LINE. FARTHER NORTH ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PERMIAN BASIN AND INTO THE UPPER TRANS PECOS PRECIPITATION WILL BE IN THE FORM OF SNOW WITH A PATCHES OF ICE POSSIBLE FROM EARLIER PRECIPITATION. SNOW IS FORECAST TO END FROM WEST TO EAST WEDNESDAY MORNING AS THE UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM MOVES INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PERSONNEL WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THIS DEVELOPING WINTER WEATHER SITUATION. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATIONS...OR YOUR CABLE OR SATELLITE TELEVISION PROVIDER FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS REGARDING THIS WINTER WEATHER EVENT. ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION ALSO CAN BE OBTAINED ON OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/MIDLAND. TXZ057-058-074-171200- /O.CAN.KMAF.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070117T1800Z/ /O.EXB.KMAF.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-070117T1200Z/ VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR- REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VAN HORN...PECOS...ALPINE 324 PM CST TUE JAN 16 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... MODERATE SNOW HAS BEEN REPORTED IN THE ALPINE AREA WITH ACCUMULATIONS LESS THAN ONE INCH. HOWEVER MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT WITH GENERAL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS TO NEAR 4 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 6 AM. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY. EVEN THOUGH THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THIS AREA CAUTION IS ADVISED AS THERE MAY STILL BE SOME PLACES THAT HAVE ICE. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND SLEET WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ TXZ075-079>082-171200- /O.EXT.KMAF.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070117T1200Z/ PECOS-PRESIDIO VALLEY-MARFA PLATEAU-BIG BEND AREA-TERRELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT STOCKTON...PRESIDIO...MARFA... BIG BEND NP...MARATHON...SANDERSON 324 PM CST TUE JAN 16 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS STILL EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT WITH GENERAL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS TO NEAR 6 INCHES POSSIBLE THROUGH 6 AM. ALSO SOME AREAS HAVE HAD A LAYER OF ICE DEVELOP FROM EARLIER FREEZING RAIN AND SOME ROADS ARE VERY ICY...ESPECIALLY IN TERRELL...SOUTH PECOS..AND BREWSTER COUNTIES. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. PLEASE CHECK WEATHER AND ROAD CONDITIONS BEFORE LEAVING OUT OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. $$ TXZ067>070-171200- /O.EXT.KMAF.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-070117T1200Z/ WARD-CRANE-UPTON-REAGAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONAHANS...CRANE...MCCAMEY...RANKIN... BIG LAKE 324 PM CST TUE JAN 16 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED OVER THE SOUTHERN PERMIAN BASIN...GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A PYOTE...CRANE...AND STILES LINE. ROAD CONDITIONS MAY VARY SUBSTANTIALLY ACROSS THE AREA. FOR SPECIFIC ROAD CONDITIONS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS...CALL 800 452 9292. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND SLEET WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$
000 WWUS44 KMAF 170100 WSWMAF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 700 PM CST TUE JAN 16 2007 ...A WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR THE MARFA AND STOCKTON PLATEAU...THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS...THE LOWER TRANS PECOS... THE BIG BEND REGION...AND THE PRESIDIO VALLEY THROUGH THE NIGHT FOR SIGNIFICANT ICE AND SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR THE PERMIAN BASIN... THE UPPER TRANS PECOS...AND THE WESTERN LOW ROLLING PLAINS OF WEST TEXAS... . THE COMBINATION OF AN APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM... COLD AIR AT THE SURFACE...AND MOISTURE RIDING UP AND OVER THIS COLD AIR WILL RESULT IN SNOW ACROSS MUCH OF WEST TEXAS OVERNIGHT. A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING ACROSS THE BIG BEND AND THE LOWER TRANS PECOS... WITH THIS MIX CHANGING OVER TO SNOW LATE THIS EVENING. THE BEST CHANCES FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL...WITH AMOUNTS UP TO 8 INCHES POSSIBLE...WILL BE ALONG AND JUST SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 10 FROM THE INTERSTATE 10/INTERSTATE 20 SPLIT EAST THROUGH FORT STOCKTON TO SHEFFIELD. MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED OVER THIS AREA...WITH ACCUMULATIONS OVER AN INCH PER HOUR POSSIBLE OVER THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS. THE SNOW IS FORECAST TO END FROM WEST TO EAST AFTER SUNRISE WEDNESDAY MORNING AS THE UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM MOVES AWAY FROM WEST TEXAS. MOST ROADS ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20 ARE OR WILL BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS TONIGHT...AND MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION IF TRAVEL IS NECESSARY OVERNIGHT. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PERSONNEL WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THIS DEVELOPING WINTER WEATHER SITUATION. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATIONS...OR YOUR CABLE OR SATELLITE TELEVISION PROVIDER FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS REGARDING THIS WINTER WEATHER EVENT. ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION ALSO CAN BE OBTAINED ON OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/MIDLAND. FOR ROAD CONDITIONS ACROSS TEXAS...PLEASE CALL THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AT 1 8 0 0 4 5 2 9 2 9 2. AGAIN...THE NUMBER FOR ROAD CONDITIONS IN TEXAS IS 1 8 0 0 4 5 2 9 2 9 2. TXZ074-171000- /O.UPG.KMAF.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-070117T1200Z/ /O.EXA.KMAF.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070117T1200Z/ DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...ALPINE 700 PM CST TUE JAN 16 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NO LONGER IN EFFECT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES HAVE BEEN REPORTED ACROSS THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS...AND AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW IS LIKELY THROUGH MIDNIGHT. U.S. HIGHWAY 90...STATE HIGHWAYS 17...118... AND 166...AND FARM TO MARKET ROAD 505 ARE LIKELY SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION IF TRAVEL IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY TONIGHT. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ TXZ075-079>082-171000- /O.CON.KMAF.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070117T1200Z/ PECOS-PRESIDIO VALLEY-MARFA PLATEAU-BIG BEND AREA-TERRELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT STOCKTON...PRESIDIO...MARFA... BIG BEND NP...MARATHON...SANDERSON 700 PM CST TUE JAN 16 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES HAVE BEEN REPORTED ACROSS PRESIDIO AND BREWSTER COUNTIES...WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS REPORTED ACROSS TERRELL COUNTY. U.S. HIGHWAYS 67...90...285...AND 385... STATE HIGHWAY 118...AND FARM TO MARKET ROADS 169...170...AND 349 ARE LIKELY SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. TERRELL COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED THAT U.S. 90 EAST OF DRYDEN WAS CLOSED. ADDITIONAL SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE LIKELY TONIGHT. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION IF TRAVEL IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY OVERNIGHT. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. PLEASE CHECK WEATHER AND ROAD CONDITIONS BEFORE LEAVING OUT OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. $$ TXZ051>053-059>063-171000- /O.EXA.KMAF.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-070117T1200Z/ MARTIN-HOWARD-MITCHELL-LOVING-WINKLER-ECTOR-MIDLAND-GLASSCOCK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STANTON...BIG SPRING...COLORADO CITY... MENTONE...RED BLUFF LAKE...KERMIT...ODESSA...MIDLAND... GARDEN CITY 700 PM CST TUE JAN 16 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE LIKELY TONIGHT OVER THE CENTRAL PERMIAN BASIN AND THE WESTERN LOW ROLLING PLAINS... GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20. THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY INCLUDES THE CITIES OF MIDLAND...ODESSA...BIG SPRING... COLORADO CITY...KERMIT...AND GARDEN CITY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND SLEET WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ TXZ057-058-067>070-171000- /O.CON.KMAF.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-070117T1200Z/ VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR- REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-WARD-CRANE-UPTON-REAGAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VAN HORN...PECOS...MONAHANS...CRANE... MCCAMEY...RANKIN...BIG LAKE 700 PM CST TUE JAN 16 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE LIKELY TONIGHT OVER THE SOUTHERN PERMIAN BASIN AND THE UPPER TRANS PECOS REGIONS OF WEST TEXAS... GENERALLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20. THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY INCLUDES THE CITIES OF PECOS...MONAHANS...CRANE...MCCAMEY...RANKIN... VAN HORN...AND BIG LAKE. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND SLEET WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ 70
000 WWUS44 KMAF 171106 WSWMAF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 506 AM CST WED JAN 17 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FOR THE BIG BEND REGION...STOCKTON PLATEAU...AND LOWER TRANS PECOS... ...WINTER STORM WARNING CANCELED... ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS FROM THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... .LIGHT SNOW WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF THE STOCKTON PLATEAU...BIG BEND REGION...AND LOWER TRANS PECOS THIS MORNING. ALTHOUGH SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL NOT BE AS GREAT AS THE LAST 12 HOURS...FREEZING DRIZZLE MAY MIX WITH THE SNOW BEFORE THE PRECIPITATION ENDS. THEREFORE...A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST IN THESE AREAS. OVER THE REST OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS...THE CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION WILL BE LESS AS THE UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM MOVES EAST OF THE AREA. ANOTHER STRONG COLD FRONT WILL AFFECT SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. IN ADDITION...ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL APPROACH THE AREA FROM THE WEST. AS THESE TWO FEATURES INTERACT OVER THE AREA...THERE WILL BE A GOOD CHANCE OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION AFFECTING MUCH OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS FROM THURSDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY. THE TYPE OF PRECIPITATION...AND AMOUNTS THAT FALL...WILL DEPEND ON THE TIMING OF THE COLD FRONT AND THE EVENTUAL TRACK OF THE UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PERSONNEL WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO... COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATIONS...OR YOUR CABLE OR SATELLITE TELEVISION PROVIDER FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS REGARDING THIS WINTER WEATHER EVENT. ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION ALSO CAN BE OBTAINED ON OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/MIDLAND. FOR ROAD CONDITIONS ACROSS TEXAS...PLEASE CALL THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AT 1 8 0 0 4 5 2 9 2 9 2. AGAIN... THE NUMBER FOR ROAD CONDITIONS IN TEXAS IS 1 8 0 0 4 5 2 9 2 9 2. TXZ075-081-082-171800- /O.CAN.KMAF.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070117T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMAF.WW.Y.0003.070117T1106Z-070117T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMAF.WS.A.0003.070119T0600Z-070121T1100Z/ PECOS-BIG BEND AREA-TERRELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT STOCKTON...BIG BEND NP... MARATHON...SANDERSON 506 AM CST WED JAN 17 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED. A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT. LIGHT SNOW WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS AROUND ONE INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING...GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF AN IRAAN TO BIG BEND LINE. THE LIGHT SNOW MAY MIX WITH...OR TURN TO FREEZING DRIZZLE BEFORE ENDING. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION IF TRAVELING THIS MORNING. ANOTHER COLD FRONT AND UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL LIKELY COINCIDE OVER THE AREA LATE THIS WEEK INTO THE WEEKEND. INITIALLY... A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH PRECIPITATION TURNING TO ALL SNOW. THE TYPE AND AMOUNT OF PRECIPITATION WILL DEPEND ON THE TIMING OF THE COLD FRONT AND TRACK OF THE UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM. HOWEVER...THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE QUARTER INCH OR GREATER AND/OR FOR SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$ TXZ074-079-080-171800- /O.CAN.KMAF.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070117T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMAF.WS.A.0003.070119T0600Z-070121T1100Z/ DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA-PRESIDIO VALLEY-MARFA PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALPINE...PRESIDIO...MARFA 506 AM CST WED JAN 17 2007 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT. ANOTHER COLD FRONT AND UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL LIKELY COINCIDE OVER THE AREA LATE THIS WEEK INTO THE WEEKEND. INITIALLY... A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH PRECIPITATION TURNING TO ALL SNOW. THE TYPE AND AMOUNT OF PRECIPITATION WILL DEPEND ON THE TIMING OF THE COLD FRONT AND TRACK OF THE UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM. HOWEVER...THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE QUARTER INCH OR GREATER AND/OR FOR SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$ TXZ051>053-057>063-067>070-171800- /O.CAN.KMAF.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-070117T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMAF.WS.A.0003.070119T0600Z-070121T1100Z/ MARTIN-HOWARD-MITCHELL-VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR- REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-LOVING-WINKLER-ECTOR-MIDLAND- GLASSCOCK-WARD-CRANE-UPTON-REAGAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STANTON...BIG SPRING...COLORADO CITY... VAN HORN...PECOS...MENTONE...RED BLUFF LAKE...KERMIT...ODESSA... MIDLAND...GARDEN CITY...MONAHANS...CRANE...MCCAMEY...RANKIN... BIG LAKE 506 AM CST WED JAN 17 2007 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELED. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT. ANOTHER COLD FRONT AND UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL LIKELY COINCIDE OVER THE AREA LATE THIS WEEK INTO THE WEEKEND. INITIALLY... A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH PRECIPITATION TURNING TO ALL SNOW. THE TYPE AND AMOUNT OF PRECIPITATION WILL DEPEND ON THE TIMING OF THE COLD FRONT AND TRACK OF THE UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM. HOWEVER...THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE QUARTER INCH OR GREATER AND/OR FOR SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$ NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050-258-171800- /O.NEW.KMAF.WS.A.0003.070119T0600Z-070121T1100Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-EDDY COUNTY PLAINS- NORTHERN LEA COUNTY-CENTRAL LEA COUNTY-SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY-GAINES- DAWSON-BORDEN-SCURRY-ANDREWS-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...ARTESIA...CARLSBAD... CARLSBAD CAVERNS NP...TATUM...HOBBS...LOVINGTON...EUNICE...JAL... SEMINOLE...LAMESA...GAIL...SNYDER...ANDREWS... GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP...PINE SPRINGS 506 AM CST WED JAN 17 2007 /406 AM MST WED JAN 17 2007/ ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT. ANOTHER COLD FRONT AND UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL LIKELY COINCIDE OVER THE AREA LATE THIS WEEK INTO THE WEEKEND. INITIALLY... A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH PRECIPITATION TURNING TO ALL SNOW. THE TYPE AND AMOUNT OF PRECIPITATION WILL DEPEND ON THE TIMING OF THE COLD FRONT AND TRACK OF THE UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM. HOWEVER...THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE QUARTER INCH OR GREATER AND/OR FOR SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm warning went out at Jan 15, 2:26 PM CST, 28 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 15, 2:26 PM CST, 28 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
226 PM CST MON JAN 15 2007
.SHORT TERM...
A WINTER STORM WARNING WILL BE RAISED FOR THE BIG BEND...DAVIS
MOUNTAINS... MARFA PLATEAU...AND TRANS PECOS FOR TONIGHT THROUGH
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FOR LOCALIZED SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL
ACCUMULATIONS. ADDITIONALLY...A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL BE
RAISED FOR CRANE...REAGAN...UPTON...AND WARD COUNTIES FROM TOMORROW
MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
AS THE SECOND WAVE OF COLD AIR COMPLETELY ENTRENCHES THE MAF
CWA...TEMPERATURES HAVE RESPONDED IN KIND AND STAYED BELOW THE 30
DEGREE MARK FOR MOST LOCATIONS EXCEPT THOSE IN THE EXTREME SOUTH
NEAR THE RIO GRANDE WHICH ARE JUST AT OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE FREEZING
/K6R6 REPORTED 34F AT 18Z/. EXPECT TEMPERATURES TO ALREADY BE
CLOSE TO THE HIGHS TODAY AND DEFINITELY BREAKING SOME RECORDS. THE
COLDEST HIGH RECORDED AT MIDLAND WAS 33F SET IN 1992. NOT
EXPECTING THE CURRENT HIGH TEMPERATURE OF THE DAY /27F AT 20Z/ TO
GET TOO CLOSE TO THE RECORD THIS AFTERNOON /THUS BREAKING IT
SUBSTANTIALLY/. IF THAT IS NOT COLD ENOUGH...EXPECT THE TEMPS TO
DIVE BACK DOWN INTO THE UPPER TEENS TO LOWER 20S OVERNIGHT FOR
MUCH OF THE FORECAST AREA INCLUDING THOSE WARMER NEAR-FREEZING
LOCATIONS DOWN SOUTH.
IN ADDITION TO THE TEMPERATURE DROPS TONIGHT...EXPECT PRECIPITATION
TO MOVE BACK INTO THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA TONIGHT AS THE
NEXT UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM PREPARES TO EJECT OUT OF THE SOUTHWESTERN
CONUS. CURRENT WATER VAPOR IMAGERY ALREADY INDICATING A DECENT
INCREASE IN MOISTURE STREAMING ACROSS NORTHERN MEXICO. EXPECT
PRECIP TO BEGIN PREDOMINATELY AS FREEZING RAIN /WITH SOME SNOW
FLURRIES MIXED IN/ ACROSS LOCATIONS WEST OF THE PECOS RIVER AND
ROUGHLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20 /INCLUDING THE MARFA PLATEAU AND BIG
BEND NATIONAL PARK AREAS/ AFTER 6PM CST TONIGHT. THE FREEZING RAIN
WILL MAKE TRAVEL THROUGH THIS AREA QUITE TREACHEROUS AS ROADWAYS
/ESPECIALLY BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES/ WILL LIKELY BECOME ICE COATED.
INTERSTATE 10 FROM EAST OF FORT STOCKTON TO THE KENT AREA WILL BE
PROBLEMATIC AS THIS AREA HAS ALREADY SEEN ICE UNDER LESS WINTER
CONDITIONS. TRAVEL SHOULD BE DIVERTED NORTH OR AVOIDED COMPLETELY
IF AT ALL POSSIBLE. EXPECT THE LIQUID PRECIP TO BEGIN CHANGING
OVER PRETTY RAPIDLY AS THE COLUMN CONTINUES TO COOL AND MOISTEN...
WITH FREEZING RAIN...SNOW...AND SLEET POSSIBLE THROUGH ABOUT
MIDNIGHT.
AFTER MIDNIGHT...MODEL SOUNDINGS FROM THE MARFA PLATEAU...TERRELL
COUNTY...AND BIG BEND AREAS INDICATE THE MOIST COLUMN IS PRETTY MUCH
COMPLETELY BELOW FREEZING...SO EXPECT THE PRECIP TO CHANGE OVER
COMPLETELY TO SNOW AT THIS TIME AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY
MORNING HOURS. ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE TRICKY AS THIS AREA MISSED OUT
ON THE LAST ROUND OF WINTER WEATHER AND STAYED WELL ABOVE FREEZING.
THAT SAID...STILL EXPECT A GOOD INCH OR TWO OF SNOW IN SOME OF THE
HIGHER LOCATIONS LIKE THE DAVIS AND CHISOS MOUNTAINS. LOWER
ELEVATIONS WILL LIKELY GET A DECENT DUSTING OF SNOW ACCUMULATION AS
WELL...BUT THE ICY CONDITIONS WILL BE THE BIGGEST PROBLEMS FOR THE
DURATION.
HAVE UPGRADED THE WINTER STORM WATCH TO A WINTER STORM WARNING AND
HAVE GONE AHEAD AND INCLUDED REEVES COUNTY /FOR THE SOUTHERN
PORTIONS ESPECIALLY ALONG INTERSTATE 10/. AS WAS WITH THE
WATCH...IT WILL BE IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT UNTIL NOON ON
WEDNESDAY CST.
.LONG TERM...
A POSITIVELY TILTED TROUGH NOW POSITIONED OVER ARIZONA AND NEW
MEXICO AS PER MESOANALYSIS AND WATER VAPOR IMAGERY WILL MORPH INTO
A CLOSED LOW BY TOMORROW MORNING. THIS CLOSED LOW WILL FINALLY
BEGIN TO PULL NORTHEASTWARD AS HEIGHT FIELDS FLATTEN IN RESPONSE
TO THE NEXT UPPER-LEVEL LOW TRAVERSING SOUTHWARD ALONG THE PACIFIC
COAST BY MID-WEEK. MID-TROPOSPHERIC FRONTOGENETICAL FORCING AT
700-850 MB IS INCREASING AS PER LATEST WRF-NMM RUN BUT EPV FIELDS
JUST ABOVE THE LEVEL OF MAXIMUM FRONTOGENESIS SHOW WEAK COUPLING.
ISENTROPIC UPGLIDE WILL TRANSPORT AMPLE MOISTURE CONTINUING
THROUGH THIS EVENING AND TOMORROW AS SEEN ON THE 295-305K SURFACES
OF THE WRF-NMM...BUT AM THINKING THE MODEL MAY BE TRYING TO DRY
OUT THE SYSTEM MORE THAN WHAT MAY ACTUALLY HAPPEN. EXTREMELY COLD
AIR HAS PENETRATED AS FAR SOUTH AS THE RIO GRANDE RIVER BUT
REMAINS SHALLOW NEAR THE INTERNATIONAL BORDER. USING THE TOP-DOWN
APPROACH... PRECIPITATION WILL INITIALLY BEGIN AS FREEZING RAIN
ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA AND THEN TRANSITION INTO SNOW OVERNIGHT AS
THE COLUMN CONTINUES TO COOL. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE ANTICIPATED
TO BE FROM 4-8 INCHES OF SNOW ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...WITH THE
EXTREME HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND PEAKS ACROSS THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS AND
CHISOS SLOPES SEEING POSSIBLY A FOOT OF SNOW OR MORE. HAVE
UNDERCUT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS SOMEWHAT AS WARM AIR /OVER 60 DEGREES
ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE FA FOR YESTERDAY HIGHS/ HAS
WARMED THE GROUND SOMEWHAT AND SOME MELTING WILL OCCUR AT FIRST.
EXPECTING SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TO REMAIN SOUTH OF I-20 AT THIS
TIME...BUT LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED AS FAR NORTH FROM A COLORADO
CITY TO MIDLAND TO WINK TO VAN HORN LINE. WILL LEAVE IT TO FUTURE
FORECAST PACKAGES AS TO WHETHER OR NOT TO INCLUDE THE CENTRAL
PERMIAN BASIN INTO THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. LOOK FOR A GRADUAL
END TO THE STORM ACROSS ALL AREAS OF THE CWA BY THURSDAY. BY
WEEK/S END...ANOTHER ROUND OF PRECIPITATION IS FORECAST AS ANOTHER
SHORTWAVE ROUNDS THE BASE OF A POTENT CLOSED UPPER LOW POSITIONED
JUST OFF THE CALIFORNIA COAST AS PER MEDIUM-RANGE ENSEMBLES.
UNDERCUT MEDIUM-RANGE TEMPERATURE GUIDANCE FOR THE SHORT-TERM AND
WENT WITH A GFS ENSEMBLE BLEND FOR MOST DAYS THROUGH THE PERIOD. ANY
SNOWFALL THAT OCCURS WILL KEEP TEMPERATURES LOWER THAN WHAT MODEL
GUIDANCE MAY SUGGEST.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
BIG SPRING TX 20 32 26 31 / 10 10 20 10
CARLSBAD NM 19 34 22 35 / 10 10 20 10
DRYDEN TX 27 29 24 34 / 40 70 60 40
FORT STOCKTON TX 22 29 22 40 / 30 50 40 10
GUADALUPE PASS TX 16 25 15 32 / 10 20 20 10
HOBBS NM 18 34 23 33 / 10 10 20 10
MARFA TX 21 26 18 34 / 60 60 30 10
MIDLAND INTL AIRPORT TX 18 31 21 33 / 10 20 20 10
ODESSA TX 18 32 23 32 / 10 20 20 10
WINK TX 24 33 24 34 / 10 20 30 10
&&
.MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NM...NONE.
TX...WINTER STORM WARNING FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM CST
WEDNESDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES...BIG BEND AREA...
DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA...MARFA PLATEAU...PECOS...
REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS...TERRELL...VAN HORN
AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO 12 PM CST WEDNESDAY
FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES...CRANE...REAGAN...UPTON...WARD.
&&
13/02Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 15, 2:54 PM CST, 0 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 254 PM CST MON JAN 15 2007 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-162100- GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-EDDY COUNTY PLAINS- NORTHERN LEA COUNTY-CENTRAL LEA COUNTY-SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY-GAINES- DAWSON-BORDEN-SCURRY-ANDREWS-MARTIN-HOWARD-MITCHELL- VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR- REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-LOVING-WINKLER-ECTOR-MIDLAND- GLASSCOCK-WARD-CRANE-UPTON-REAGAN-DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA- PECOS-PRESIDIO VALLEY-MARFA PLATEAU-BIG BEND AREA-TERRELL- GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- 254 PM CST MON JAN 15 2007 /154 PM MST MON JAN 15 2007/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND WEST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS...THE MARFA AND STOCKTON PLATEAUS...THE LOWER TRANS PECOS...AND THE BIG BEND REGION. EXPECT PRECIPITATION TO BEGIN TO NIGHT IN THE FORM OF FREEZING RAIN WITH LIGHT SNOW FLURRIES AS THE COLDER AIR CONTINUES TO MOVE SOUTH. ICE ACCUMULATIONS CAN BE EXPECTED ON AREA ROADWAYS...INCLUDING INTERSTATE 10 MAKING TRAVEL DANGEROUS. AFTER MIDNIGHT...THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE OVER COMPLETELY TO SNOW WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF AN INCH OR TWO POSSIBLE ACROSS THE MARFA AND STOCKTON PLATEAUS AND TWO TO FOUR INCH ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE BIG BEND AND LOWER TRANS PECOS REGIONS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF THE THE UPPER TRANS PECOS AND THE EXTREME SOUTHERN PERMIAN BASIN FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. SNOW FALL IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS...THE MARFA AND STOCKTON PLATEAUS...THE LOWER TRANS PECOS...AND THE BIG BEND REGION...BUT WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD NORTH AS A STRONG UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM MOVES TOWARDS THE AREA. LOCATIONS WEST OF THE PECOS RIVER AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20 WILL REMAIN BELOW FREEZING THROUGH WEDNESDAY FURTHER INDUCING MORE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. LOCATIONS NORTH AND EAST OF THIS LINE WILL LIKELY WARM ENOUGH ABOVE FREEZING TO PRECLUDE TOO MUCH ACCUMULATION... ALTHOUGH SMALL AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG THIS TRANSITION AREA...THUS WARRANTING THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. CAUTION SHOULD BE USED WHEN DRIVING THROUGH THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS...THE MARFA AND STOCKTON PLATEAUS...THE LOWER TRANS PECOS...AND THE BIG BEND REGIONS OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS AS THE WINTRY CONDITIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. CHECK WEATHER AND ROAD CONDITIONS PRIOR TO LEAVING AND CHANGE PLANS AS NECESSARY. ROAD CONDITIONS MAY VARY SUBSTANTIALLY ACROSS THE AREA. FOR SPECIFIC ROAD CONDITIONS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS...CALL 800 452 9292. NEW MEXICO ROAD CONDITIONS ARE AVAILABLE AT 800 432 4269. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WATCHES...WARNINGS...ADVISORIES... AND STATEMENTS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN MIDLAND CAN BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET AT /LOWER CASE/ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MIDLAND
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 15, 5:24 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | MAF | Pecos, Terrell | 10 hr |
| Jan 15, 2:54 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | MAF | Crane, Ector, Glasscock, Howard, Loving, Martin and 6 more | 38 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.