High Wind Warning 11, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

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WWUS74 KMAF 051858
NPWMAF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1258 PM CST TUE FEB 5 2008

...VERY WINDY ACROSS MUCH OF WEST TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON...

.A POTENT UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM LIFTING EASTWARD ACROSS NEW
MEXICO AND THE TEXAS PANHANDLE THIS AFTERNOON WILL RESULT IN WINDY
CONDITIONS ACROSS MUCH OF WEST TEXAS. VERY WINDY CONDITIONS WILL
PERSIST IN THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS...AND THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF
THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS DUE TO HIS STORM SYSTEM.  WINDS WILL SUBSIDE
BY THIS EVENING AS THE UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM LIFTS NORTHEAST
AWAY FROM THE REGION.

NMZ028-029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-052000-
/O.CAN.KMAF.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-080206T0000Z/
EDDY COUNTY PLAINS-NORTHERN LEA COUNTY-CENTRAL LEA COUNTY-
SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY-GAINES-DAWSON-BORDEN-SCURRY-ANDREWS-MARTIN-
HOWARD-MITCHELL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARTESIA...CARLSBAD...
CARLSBAD CAVERNS NP...TATUM...HOBBS...LOVINGTON...EUNICE...JAL...
SEMINOLE...LAMESA...GAIL...SNYDER...ANDREWS...STANTON...
BIG SPRING...COLORADO CITY
1258 PM CST TUE FEB 5 2008 /1158 AM MST TUE FEB 5 2008/

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS CANCELED THE
WIND ADVISORY. 

WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW 30 MPH
THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...THEREFORE THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN
CANCELED. 

$$

NMZ027-TXZ074-258-060000-
/O.CON.KMAF.HW.W.0011.000000T0000Z-080206T0000Z/
GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA-
GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...ALPINE...
GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP...PINE SPRINGS
1258 PM CST TUE FEB 5 2008 /1158 AM MST TUE FEB 5 2008/

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/
THIS AFTERNOON...

WESTERLY WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH...WITH A FEW GUSTS OVER 60 MPH...
WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON.  WINDS
SHOULD SUBSIDE AFTER 6 PM CST...OR 5 PM MST.

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.

$$

TXZ057>063-067>070-075-079>082-060000-
/O.CON.KMAF.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-080206T0000Z/
VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR-
REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-LOVING-WINKLER-ECTOR-MIDLAND-
GLASSCOCK-WARD-CRANE-UPTON-REAGAN-PECOS-PRESIDIO VALLEY-
MARFA PLATEAU-BIG BEND AREA-TERRELL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VAN HORN...PECOS...MENTONE...
RED BLUFF LAKE...KERMIT...ODESSA...MIDLAND...GARDEN CITY...
MONAHANS...CRANE...MCCAMEY...RANKIN...BIG LAKE...FORT STOCKTON...
PRESIDIO...MARFA...BIG BEND NP...MARATHON...SANDERSON
1258 PM CST TUE FEB 5 2008

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...

WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH A FEW GUSTS OVER 45
MPH...CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF THE PERMIAN BASIN...VAN HORN
CORRIDOR...TRANS PECOS REGION...MARFA PLATEAU...AND BIG BEND
REGION THIS AFTERNOON.  BLOWING DUST WILL RESULT...BUT MAINLY NEAR
CONSTRUCTION SITES AND BARE FIELDS.  WINDS SHOULD SUBSIDE AFTER 6
PM CST...OR 5 PM MST.

MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING IN THE WIND
ADVISORY AREA THIS AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY THOSE DRIVING HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES.  BE ALERT TO SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND WHICH MAY
CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE.

$$

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
438 AM CST TUE FEB 5 2008

.DISCUSSION...
STRONG SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT PERSISTS ACROSS WEST TEXAS AND
SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO AHEAD OF A POTENT UPPER LEVEL LOW
MOVING ACROSS THE FOUR CORNERS REGION EARLY THIS MORNING. THIS
FEATURE WILL CONTINUE TO DEEPEN AND TRANSLATE EASTWARD ACROSS THE
TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES BY THIS EVENING. MID LEVEL MOISTURE
AND LIFT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS FEATURE WILL MOSTLY REMAIN NORTH OF
OUR FORECAST AREA...AND WITH DRIER AIR SPREADING EASTWARD ACROSS
THE CWA...HAVE REMOVED MENTION OF ISOLATED PRECIP FOR THIS
MORNING. THE SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL CONTINUE TO
TIGHTEN...AND VERY WINDY CONDITIONS WILL RESULT ACROSS THE REGION
AGAIN. WE WILL GO AHEAD AND ISSUE A HIGH WIND WARNING FOR BOTH THE
GUADALUPE AND DAVIS MTNS AFTER 18Z...WHERE MARGINALLY HIGH WINDS
APPEAR LIKELY TODAY. WE WILL ALSO CONTINUE THE WIND ADVISORY FOR
THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST AREA...ALTHOUGH WINDS MAY BE
MARGINALLY WITHIN ADVISORY THRESHOLDS ALONG AND NORTH OF I-20.
ALSO LEFT MENTION OF PATCHY BLOWING DUST INTACT FOR MOST AREAS
EAST OF THE MOUNTAINS. TEMPERATURES WILL BE MUCH COOLER
TODAY...BUT DID RAISE TEMPS A BIT TOWARD THE LATEST GUIDANCE
NUMBERS GIVEN THE DOWNSLOPE COMPONENT TO THE WIND.

THE UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL OPEN AND LIFT NORTHEAST TONIGHT...WITH
SKIES CLEARING IN ITS WAKE. WINDS WILL SUBSIDE WITH THE WEAKENING
GRADIENT...WHICH WILL ALLOW FOR GOOD RADIATIONAL COOLING.
OVERNIGHT LOWS HAVE BEEN TRENDED NEAR/JUST BELOW THE COLDEST FWC
GUIDANCE.

ONLY MINOR CHANGES WERE MADE TO THE REST OF THE EXTENDED DATABASE.
SURFACE TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL RE-DEVELOP ACROSS WEST TEXAS
AND EASTERN NEW MEXICO WEDNESDAY...WITH INCREASING WEST TO
SOUTHWEST WINDS AND SLIGHTLY WARMER TEMPERATURES. ANOTHER PACIFIC
FRONTAL PASSAGE WILL BRING A SHIFT IN WINDS TO THE NORTHWEST
WEDNESDAY NIGHT/THURSDAY MORNING...BEFORE YET ANOTHER LEE TROUGH
FORMS BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. LOW LEVEL THERMAL RIDGING WILL REMAIN
ENHANCED THROUGH THE WEEKEND...WITH ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES
ANTICIPATED. DRY WEATHER WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY AS DRY
NORTHWEST TO ZONAL FLOW ALOFT PERSISTS.

&&

.FIRE WEATHER...
DRY AIR WILL SPREAD ACROSS ALL OF WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW
MEXICO TODAY IN THE WAKE OF A PACIFIC COLD FRONT. WHILE TEMPERATURES
WILL COOL TODAY...MINIMUM AFTERNOON RH/S WILL DROP INTO THE 15-25%
RANGE ACROSS THE PLAINS...WITH NEAR 30% IN THE MOUNTAINS. 20 FT.
WESTERLY WINDS WILL ALSO BE ON THE INCREASE AREAWIDE. THE MAIN AREA
OF CONCERN TODAY WILL RESIDE ACROSS THE LOWER TRANS PECOS...STOCKTON
PLATEAU AND BIG BEND REGION...WHERE ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES WILL
CONTRIBUTE TO MINIMUM RH/S BELOW 15%. WE WILL UPGRADE THE FIRE
WEATHER WATCH TO A RED FLAG WARNING FOR THE ABOVE MENTIONED
REGION.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
BIG SPRING TX              58  25  60  31  /  10   0   0   0
CARLSBAD NM                53  25  59  31  /  10   0   0   0
DRYDEN TX                  65  33  61  35  /  10   0   0   0
FORT STOCKTON TX           60  30  64  35  /  10   0   0   0
GUADALUPE PASS TX          46  23  52  32  /   0   0   0   0
HOBBS NM                   53  23  58  31  /  10   0   0   0
MARFA TX                   49  18  54  24  /   0   0   0   0
MIDLAND INTL AIRPORT TX    59  23  58  31  /  10   0   0   0
ODESSA TX                  59  24  59  31  /  10   0   0   0
WINK TX                    63  25  64  31  /  10   0   0   0

&&

.MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NM...WIND ADVISORY FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON
     FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES...CENTRAL LEA COUNTY...EDDY COUNTY
     PLAINS...NORTHERN LEA COUNTY...SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY.

     HIGH WIND WARNING FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM MST THIS
     AFTERNOON FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF
     EDDY COUNTY.

TX...WIND ADVISORY FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE
     FOLLOWING ZONES...ANDREWS...BIG BEND AREA...BORDEN...
     CRANE...DAWSON...ECTOR...GAINES...GLASSCOCK...HOWARD...
     LOVING...MARFA PLATEAU...MARTIN...MIDLAND...MITCHELL...
     PECOS...PRESIDIO VALLEY...REAGAN...REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER
     TRANS PECOS...SCURRY...TERRELL...UPTON...VAN HORN AND
     HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR...WARD...WINKLER.

     RED FLAG WARNING FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR
     THE FOLLOWING ZONES...BIG BEND AREA...PECOS...TERRELL.

     HIGH WIND WARNING FROM NOON CST /11 AM MST/ TODAY TO 6 PM CST /5
     PM MST/ THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES...
     DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS.

&&

06/21

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
911 PM CST MON FEB 4 2008

NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075-
079>082-258-060315-
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-
911 PM CST MON FEB 4 2008 /811 PM MST MON FEB 4 2008/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEW
MEXICO...SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND WEST TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT
WEST WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED
ACROSS PARTS OF THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS...ESPECIALLY THROUGH
GUADALUPE PASS THROUGH 3 AM MST. THIS WILL MAKE FOR DANGEROUS
TRAVEL ALONG HIGHWAY 62/180.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY
WINDY CONDITIONS WILL AGAIN AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO AND
WEST TEXAS TUESDAY. WESTERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO
AFFECT MOST OF THE AREA...EXCEPT IN THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS WHERE
STRONGER WINDS COULD OCCUR. A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR
ELEVATIONS ABOVE 6000 FEET IN THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS...WHILE A WIND
ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND WEST
TEXAS TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THE WINDY CONDITIONS WILL RESULT IN AREAS
OF BLOWING DUST...BUT MAINLY NEAR CONSTRUCTION SITES AND OPEN
FIELDS.

THE WINDY CONDITIONS...DRY VEGETATION AND HIGH TO VERY HIGH FIRE
DANGER WILL PRODUCE FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH AND
SPREAD...BUT ESPECIALLY OVER THE BIG BEND REGION...STOCKTON PLATEAU
AND LOWER TRANS PECOS.  THESE AREAS WILL HAVE LOWER RELATIVE
HUMIDITY VALUES TUESDAY AFTERNOON...SO A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN
EFFECT THERE FROM NOON CST UNTIL 7 PM CST.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

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