Alert archive / Texas / High Wind Warnings in 2008
High Wind Warning 29, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this high wind warning at Apr 8, 2008, 3:30 PM CDT for 8 counties in Texas; Eddy County, Lea County, New Mexico. It took effect at Apr 9, 2008, 4:10 AM CDT. It was in force for 42 hr. 14 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 8, 2008, 3:30 PM CDT (20:30 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 9, 2008, 4:10 AM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 10, 2008, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 42 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Counties Eddy County, NM, Lea County, NM, Andrews County, TX, Borden County, TX, Dawson County, TX, Gaines County, TX, Howard County, TX, Martin County, TX, Mitchell County, TX, Scurry County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:27 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 9, 7:00 AM CDT | HAIL 1 | 2 Sw Knapp, TX | COOP OBSERVER REPORTED QUARTER SIZED HAIL BEGINNING AT 7AM. |
| Apr 9, 9:30 AM CDT | HAIL 1 | 4 Sw Randalls Corner, TX | |
| Apr 9, 6:06 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | Big Spring, TX | |
| Apr 9, 7:00 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | 11 Ene Big Spring, TX | |
| Apr 9, 7:00 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | Ira, TX | PENNY SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN IRA. |
| Apr 9, 7:15 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 5 Nne Colorado City, TX | TRAINED SPOTTERS REPORT A BARN DESTROYED AND POWER LINES DOWN JUST EAST OF THE INTERSECTION OF STATE HIGHWAY 208 AND FM 1982 IN NORTHERN MITCHELL COUNTY. |
| Apr 9, 7:15 PM CDT | HAIL 0.25 | Snyder, TX | TRAINED SPOTTERS REPORT PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL IN SNYDER. |
| Apr 9, 7:15 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | Snyder, TX | TRAINED SPOTTERS REPORT PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL IN SNYDER. |
| Apr 9, 8:32 PM CDT | HAIL 1.25 | Luther, TX | |
| Apr 9, 9:30 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 4 Sw Randalls Corner, TX | |
| Apr 9, 10:00 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 4 W Tarzan, TX | |
| Apr 9, 10:49 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 3 Sw Big Spring, TX | STREET FLOODING NEAR THE AIRPARK 8 TO 10 INCHES DEEP |
| Apr 9, 11:00 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | Coahoma, TX | PENNY SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN COAHOMA. |
| Apr 9, 11:02 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 3 Sw Big Spring, TX | 6 INCHES STANDING WATER AT AIRPARK |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 66 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
- 4086 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -88 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -35 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS74 KMAF 082030 NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 330 PM CDT TUE APR 8 2008 ...STRONG WINDS POSSIBLE IN THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING... .THE APPROACH OF AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE VERY WINDY CONDITIONS ACROSS THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. NMZ027-TXZ258-090430- /O.UPG.KMAF.HW.A.0021.080409T1900Z-080410T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMAF.HW.W.0029.080409T1900Z-080410T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMAF.HW.A.0022.080410T1200Z-080411T0200Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP... PINE SPRINGS 230 PM MDT TUE APR 8 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM WEDNESDAY TO MIDNIGHT MDT WEDNESDAY NIGHT... ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM WEDNESDAY TO MIDNIGHT MDT WEDNESDAY NIGHT. A HIGH WIND WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS HIGH WIND WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. 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. A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$ TXZ074-090430- /O.NEW.KMAF.HW.A.0022.080410T1200Z-080411T0200Z/ DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...ALPINE 330 PM CDT TUE APR 8 2008 ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. SOUTHWEST WINDS OVER THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS MAY APPROACH WARNING LEVELS ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OF 40 MPH AND GUSTS APPROACHING 65 MPH. A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$
7 follow-up statements
000 WWUS74 KMAF 082038 CCA NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 336 PM CDT TUE APR 8 2008 ...STRONG WINDS POSSIBLE IN THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING... .THE APPROACH OF AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE VERY WINDY CONDITIONS ACROSS THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. NMZ027-TXZ258-090445- /O.UPG.KMAF.HW.A.0021.080409T1900Z-080410T0600Z/ /O.COR.KMAF.HW.W.0029.080409T1900Z-080410T0600Z/ /O.COR.KMAF.HW.A.0022.080410T1200Z-080411T0200Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP... PINE SPRINGS 236 PM MDT TUE APR 8 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM WEDNESDAY TO MIDNIGHT MDT WEDNESDAY NIGHT... ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM WEDNESDAY TO MIDNIGHT MDT WEDNESDAY NIGHT. A HIGH WIND WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS HIGH WIND WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. WINDS WILL DIMINISH SLIGHTLY OVERNIGHT WEDNESDAY. HOWEVER...STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN ON THURSDAY. 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. $$ TXZ074-090445- /O.NEW.KMAF.HW.A.0022.080410T1200Z-080411T0200Z/ DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...ALPINE 336 PM CDT TUE APR 8 2008 ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. SOUTHWEST WINDS OVER THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS MAY APPROACH WARNING LEVELS ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OF 40 MPH AND GUSTS APPROACHING 65 MPH. A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$
000 WWUS74 KMAF 090910 NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 410 AM CDT WED APR 9 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY EVENING... ...HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY EVENING... ...HIGH WIND WATCH THURSDAY FOR THE PERMIAN BASIN...SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS...UPPER TRANS PECOS AND MARFA PLATEAU... .THE APPROACH OF A POTENT UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE STRONG WINDS ACROSS THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY EVENING AND ACROSS THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY EVENING. THESE STRONG WINDS MAY SPREAD INTO THE SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS...PERMIAN BASIN...MARFA PLATEAU... AND UPPER TRANS PECOS REGION DURING THE DAY THURSDAY. TXZ074-092030- /O.UPG.KMAF.HW.A.0022.080410T1200Z-080411T0200Z/ /O.EXB.KMAF.HW.W.0029.080410T0000Z-080411T0300Z/ DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...ALPINE 410 AM CDT WED APR 9 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 PM CDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 PM CDT THURSDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS OF THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS TONIGHT. ON THURSDAY SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE AREAWIDE TO 35 TO 45 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 75 MPH. MOTORISTS PLANNING TRAVEL THROUGH THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS...INCLUDING STATE HIGHWAYS 118 AND 166 SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR HIGH WINDS TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. MOTORISTS DRIVING HIGH PROFILE OR LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES MAY NEED TO PLAN AN ALTERNATE ROUTE. 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. $$ NMZ027-TXZ258-092030- /O.UPG.KMAF.HW.A.0022.080410T1200Z-080411T0200Z/ /O.EXT.KMAF.HW.W.0029.080409T1800Z-080411T0300Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP... PINE SPRINGS 310 AM MDT WED APR 9 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM MDT THURSDAY... THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM MDT THURSDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 35 TO 55 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 70 MPH WILL OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. ON THURSDAY SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 45 TO 70 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 85 MPH POSSIBLE. MOTORISTS PLANNING TRAVEL THROUGH THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS... INCLUDING U.S. HIGHWAY 62/180 THROUGH GUADALUPE PASS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR HIGH WINDS BY THIS AFTERNOON. MOTORISTS DRIVING HIGH PROFILE OR LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES MAY WANT TO PLAN ALTERNATE ROUTES. A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. $$ NMZ028-029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-080-092030- /O.NEW.KMAF.HW.A.0023.080410T1500Z-080411T0000Z/ 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-MARFA PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARTESIA...CARLSBAD... CARLSBAD CAVERNS NP...TATUM...HOBBS...LOVINGTON...EUNICE...JAL... SEMINOLE...LAMESA...GAIL...SNYDER...ANDREWS...STANTON... BIG SPRING...COLORADO CITY...VAN HORN...PECOS...MENTONE... RED BLUFF LAKE...KERMIT...ODESSA...MIDLAND...GARDEN CITY... MONAHANS...CRANE...MCCAMEY...RANKIN...BIG LAKE...MARFA 410 AM CDT WED APR 9 2008 /310 AM MDT WED APR 9 2008/ ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 50 MPH...WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THE DAY THURSDAY. A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$
000 WWUS74 KMAF 091951 NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 251 PM CDT WED APR 9 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY EVENING... ...HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY EVENING... ...HIGH WIND WATCH THURSDAY FOR THE PERMIAN BASIN...SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS...UPPER TRANS PECOS AND MARFA PLATEAU... .THE APPROACH OF A POTENT UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE STRONG WINDS ACROSS THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY EVENING AND ACROSS THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY EVENING. THESE STRONG WINDS MAY SPREAD INTO THE SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS...PERMIAN BASIN... MARFA PLATEAU... AND UPPER TRANS PECOS REGION DURING THE DAY THURSDAY. NMZ027-TXZ258-100400- /O.CON.KMAF.HW.W.0029.000000T0000Z-080411T0300Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP... PINE SPRINGS 151 PM MDT WED APR 9 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THURSDAY... SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH WILL OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. ON THURSDAY SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 50 TO 60 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 80 MPH POSSIBLE. MOTORISTS PLANNING TRAVEL THROUGH THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS... INCLUDING U.S. HIGHWAY 62/180 THROUGH GUADALUPE PASS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR HIGH WINDS BY THIS AFTERNOON. MOTORISTS DRIVING HIGH PROFILE OR LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES MAY WANT TO PLAN ALTERNATE ROUTES. A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. $$ TXZ074-100400- /O.CON.KMAF.HW.W.0029.080410T0000Z-080411T0300Z/ DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...ALPINE 251 PM CDT WED APR 9 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 PM CDT THURSDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 PM CDT THURSDAY. SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS OF THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS TONIGHT. ON THURSDAY SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE AREAWIDE TO 35 TO 45 MPH... WITH GUSTS TO 75 MPH. MOTORISTS PLANNING TRAVEL THROUGH THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS...INCLUDING STATE HIGHWAYS 118 AND 166 SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR HIGH WINDS TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. MOTORISTS DRIVING HIGH PROFILE OR LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES MAY NEED TO PLAN AN ALTERNATE ROUTE. 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. $$ NMZ028-029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-080-100400- /O.CON.KMAF.HW.A.0023.080410T1500Z-080411T0000Z/ EDDY COUNTY PLAINS-NORTHERN LEA COUNTY-CENTRAL LEA COUNTY- SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY-GAINES-DAWSON-BORDEN-SCURRY-ANDREWS-MARTIN- HOWARD-MITCHELL-VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR- REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-LOVING-WINKLER-ECTOR-MIDLAND- GLASSCOCK-WARD-CRANE-UPTON-REAGAN-MARFA PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARTESIA...CARLSBAD... CARLSBAD CAVERNS NP...TATUM...HOBBS...LOVINGTON...EUNICE...JAL... SEMINOLE...LAMESA...GAIL...SNYDER...ANDREWS...STANTON... BIG SPRING...COLORADO CITY...VAN HORN...PECOS...MENTONE... RED BLUFF LAKE...KERMIT...ODESSA...MIDLAND...GARDEN CITY... MONAHANS...CRANE...MCCAMEY...RANKIN...BIG LAKE...MARFA 251 PM CDT WED APR 9 2008 /151 PM MDT WED APR 9 2008/ ...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 35 TO 50 MPH...WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THE DAY THURSDAY. A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$ 13
000 WWUS74 KMAF 100932 NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 432 AM CDT THU APR 10 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS TODAY THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING... ...HIGH WIND WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS TODAY THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING... ...HIGH WIND WARNING TODAY FOR THE SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS... NORTHERN PERMIAN BASIN...UPPER TRANS PECOS...AND VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR... ...WIND ADVISORY TODAY FOR THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PERMIAN BASIN... LOWER TRANS PECOS....BIG BEND...MARFA PLATEAU...AND PRESIDIO VALLEY... .THE PASSAGE OF A POWERFUL UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE STRONG WINDS ACROSS MUCH OF WEST TEXAS THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. NMZ028-029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057-058-102100- /O.UPG.KMAF.HW.A.0023.080410T1500Z-080411T0000Z/ /O.EXB.KMAF.HW.W.0029.080410T1300Z-080411T0000Z/ 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARTESIA...CARLSBAD... CARLSBAD CAVERNS NP...TATUM...HOBBS...LOVINGTON...EUNICE...JAL... SEMINOLE...LAMESA...GAIL...SNYDER...ANDREWS...STANTON... BIG SPRING...COLORADO CITY...VAN HORN...PECOS 432 AM CDT THU APR 10 2008 /332 AM MDT THU APR 10 2008/ ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM CDT /7 AM MDT/ THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM CDT /7 AM MDT/ THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH...WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH WILL OCCUR TODAY. 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. $$ NMZ027-TXZ074-258-102100- /O.CON.KMAF.HW.W.0029.000000T0000Z-080411T0300Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA- GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...ALPINE... GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP...PINE SPRINGS 432 AM CDT THU APR 10 2008 /332 AM MDT THU APR 10 2008/ ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT /9 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT /9 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 40 TO 65 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 90 MPH WILL OCCUR TODAY THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED ACROSS THE GUADALUPE AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS TODAY. MOTORISTS DRIVING HIGH PROFILE OR LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES MAY WANT TO PLAN ALTERNATE ROUTES. A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. $$ TXZ059>063-067>070-080-102100- /O.UPG.KMAF.HW.A.0023.080410T1500Z-080411T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMAF.WI.Y.0014.080410T1500Z-080411T0000Z/ LOVING-WINKLER-ECTOR-MIDLAND-GLASSCOCK-WARD-CRANE-UPTON-REAGAN- MARFA PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MENTONE...RED BLUFF LAKE...KERMIT... ODESSA...MIDLAND...GARDEN CITY...MONAHANS...CRANE...MCCAMEY... RANKIN...BIG LAKE...MARFA 432 AM CDT THU APR 10 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. WEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED BY MID MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ TXZ075-079-081-102100- /O.NEW.KMAF.WI.Y.0014.080410T1500Z-080411T0000Z/ PECOS-PRESIDIO VALLEY-BIG BEND AREA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT STOCKTON...PRESIDIO... BIG BEND NP...MARATHON 432 AM CDT THU APR 10 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED BY MID MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$
000 WWUS74 KMAF 101936 NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 236 PM CDT THU APR 10 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE GUADALUPE AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING... ...HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL 7 PM CDT FOR THE SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS... NORTHERN PERMIAN BASIN...UPPER TRANS PECOS...AND VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR... ...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM CDT FOR THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PERMIAN BASIN... LOWER TRANS PECOS....BIG BEND...MARFA PLATEAU...AND PRESIDIO VALLEY... .STRONG WINDS HAVE DEVELOPED IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE PASSAGE OF A POWERFUL UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM TO NORTH. THESE WINDS WILL SUBSIDE ACROSS THE PLAINS BY 7 PM CDT AND IN THE DAVIS AND GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS AFTER 10 PM CDT. AREAS OF BLOWING DUST AND SMOKE MAY RESTRICT VISIBILITY. NMZ027-TXZ074-258-110300- /O.CON.KMAF.HW.W.0029.000000T0000Z-080411T0300Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA- GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...ALPINE... GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP...PINE SPRINGS 236 PM CDT THU APR 10 2008 /136 PM MDT THU APR 10 2008/ ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT /9 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... WEST WINDS OF 40 TO 55 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 75 TO 90 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. GUSTS OF 50 TO 60 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS OF THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS. TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED ACROSS THE GUADALUPE AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS TODAY. MOTORISTS DRIVING HIGH PROFILE OR LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES MAY WANT TO PLAN ALTERNATE ROUTES. 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. $$ NMZ028-029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057-058-110000- /O.CON.KMAF.HW.W.0029.000000T0000Z-080411T0000Z/ EDDY COUNTY PLAINS-NORTHERN LEA COUNTY-CENTRAL LEA COUNTY- SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY-GAINES-DAWSON-BORDEN-SCURRY-ANDREWS-MARTIN- HOWARD-MITCHELL-VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR- REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARTESIA...CARLSBAD... CARLSBAD CAVERNS NP...TATUM...HOBBS...LOVINGTON...EUNICE...JAL... SEMINOLE...LAMESA...GAIL...SNYDER...ANDREWS...STANTON... BIG SPRING...COLORADO CITY...VAN HORN...PECOS 236 PM CDT THU APR 10 2008 /136 PM MDT THU APR 10 2008/ ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... WEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS OF 50 TO 60 MPH WILL SUBSIDE EARLY THIS EVENING. A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. $$ TXZ059>063-067>070-075-079>081-110000- /O.CON.KMAF.WI.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-080411T0000Z/ LOVING-WINKLER-ECTOR-MIDLAND-GLASSCOCK-WARD-CRANE-UPTON-REAGAN- PECOS-PRESIDIO VALLEY-MARFA PLATEAU-BIG BEND AREA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MENTONE...RED BLUFF LAKE...KERMIT... ODESSA...MIDLAND...GARDEN CITY...MONAHANS...CRANE...MCCAMEY... RANKIN...BIG LAKE...FORT STOCKTON...PRESIDIO...MARFA... BIG BEND NP...MARATHON 236 PM CDT THU APR 10 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... WEST WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 TO 55 MPH WILL SUBSIDE EARLY THIS EVENING. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$
000 WWUS74 KMAF 110026 AAA NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 726 PM CDT THU APR 10 2008 ...THE HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THE SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS... NORTHERN PERMIAN BASIN...UPPER TRANS PECOS...AND VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE... ...THE WIND ADVISORY FOR THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PERMIAN BASIN...LOWER TRANS PECOS....BIG BEND...MARFA PLATEAU...AND PRESIDIO VALLEY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE... ...A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE GUADALUPE AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS UNTIL 10 PM CDT... .WINDS ARE BEGINNING TO SUBSIDE ACROSS MUCH OF WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO EARLY THIS EVENING. HIGH WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE GUADALUPE AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS FOR ANOTHER 2 TO 3 HOURS...BEFORE DIMINISHING. NMZ028-029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057-058-110130- /O.EXP.KMAF.HW.W.0029.000000T0000Z-080411T0000Z/ EDDY COUNTY PLAINS-NORTHERN LEA COUNTY-CENTRAL LEA COUNTY- SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY-GAINES-DAWSON-BORDEN-SCURRY-ANDREWS-MARTIN- HOWARD-MITCHELL-VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR- REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARTESIA...CARLSBAD... CARLSBAD CAVERNS NP...TATUM...HOBBS...LOVINGTON...EUNICE...JAL... SEMINOLE...LAMESA...GAIL...SNYDER...ANDREWS...STANTON... BIG SPRING...COLORADO CITY...VAN HORN...PECOS 726 PM CDT THU APR 10 2008 /626 PM MDT THU APR 10 2008/ ...HIGH WIND WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THE SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS...THE NORTHERN PERMIAN BASIN...THE UPPER TRANS PECOS...AND THE VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO SUBSIDE AS THE EVENING PROGRESSES. WIND SPEEDS SHOULD DIMINISH TO THE 10 TO 15 MPH RANGE OVERNIGHT. $$ TXZ059>063-067>070-075-079>081-110130- /O.EXP.KMAF.WI.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-080411T0000Z/ LOVING-WINKLER-ECTOR-MIDLAND-GLASSCOCK-WARD-CRANE-UPTON-REAGAN- PECOS-PRESIDIO VALLEY-MARFA PLATEAU-BIG BEND AREA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MENTONE...RED BLUFF LAKE...KERMIT... ODESSA...MIDLAND...GARDEN CITY...MONAHANS...CRANE...MCCAMEY... RANKIN...BIG LAKE...FORT STOCKTON...PRESIDIO...MARFA... BIG BEND NP...MARATHON 726 PM CDT THU APR 10 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE WIND ADVISORY FOR THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PERMIAN BASIN... THE LOWER TRANS PECOS....THE BIG BEND...THE MARFA PLATEAU...AND THE PRESIDIO VALLEY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO SUBSIDE AS THE EVENING PROGRESSES. WIND SPEEDS SHOULD DIMINISH TO THE 10 TO 15 MPH RANGE OVERNIGHT. $$ NMZ027-TXZ074-258-110300- /O.CON.KMAF.HW.W.0029.000000T0000Z-080411T0300Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA- GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...ALPINE... GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP...PINE SPRINGS 726 PM CDT THU APR 10 2008 /626 PM MDT THU APR 10 2008/ ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT /9 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE GUADALUPE AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING. WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH...WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS OVER 65 MPH WILL PERSIST FOR ANOTHER 2 TO 3 HOURS ACROSS THE GUADALUPE AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS BEFORE DIMINISHING. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION IF TRAVELLING THROUGH THE MOUNTAINS EARLY THIS EVENING...ESPECIALLY THOSE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE OR LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES. A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. $$ 21
000 WWUS74 KMAF 110309 AAB NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 1009 PM CDT THU APR 10 2008 ...WINDS GRADUALLY SUBSIDING ACROSS THE GUADALUPE AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS... NMZ027-TXZ074-258-110415- /O.EXP.KMAF.HW.W.0029.000000T0000Z-080411T0300Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA- GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...ALPINE... GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP...PINE SPRINGS 1009 PM CDT THU APR 10 2008 /909 PM MDT THU APR 10 2008/ ...HIGH WIND WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THE GUADALUPE AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. WESTERLY WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED TO 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH A FEW GUSTS OVER 45 MPH LATE THIS EVENING. WIND SPEEDS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH BY EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this high wind 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 high wind warning went out at Apr 8, 3:24 PM CDT, 6 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 8, 3:24 PM CDT, 6 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
324 PM CDT TUE APR 8 2008
.DISCUSSION...
ACTIVE WEATHER EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT DAY OR SO AS AN UPPER TROUGH
MOVING THROUGH THE WESTERN CONUS TODAY...AMPLIFIES AND TRANSLATES
EASTWARD EN MASSE OVER THE CONUS. COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF MOISTURE WILL
BEGIN TO MOVE NORTHWESTWARD INTO THE AREA TONIGHT AS THE COLD FRONT
THAT MOVED TO THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF SOUTHWEST TEXAS BEGINS TO MOVE
BACK TO THE NORTHEAST. THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS LATE
TONIGHT AS A SHORTWAVE TROUGH CURRENTLY TRAVERSING COAHUILA IN
MEXICO IMPINGES UPON THE AREA AND INTERACTS WITH THE FRONTAL
BOUNDARY LATE TONIGHT. THERE APPEARS TO BE ENOUGH INSTABILITY LATE
TONIGHT FOR AT LEAST A SEVERE STORM OR TWO...WITH LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS THE MAIN THREATS. THE FRONT WILL RETREAT
WEDNESDAY...WITH THE WARM SECTOR POSSIBLY SETTING UP OVER THE
PERMIAN BASIN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. SINCE A STRONG SHORTWAVE TROUGH
IS PROGGED TO IMPINGE UPON THE OLD FRONTAL BOUNDARY...AND DRYLINE
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED. THIS AS THE ATMOSPHERE WILL BE
AT LEAST MODERATELY UNSTABLE AND MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES WILL BE
AROUND 7 C/KM. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THESE STORMS...AND AN ISOLATED TORNADO OR TWO DUE TO VEERING/
STRENGTHENING WINDS THROUGH THE COLUMN.
THUNDERSTORMS COULD VERY WELL LAST INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING...IF NOT
OVERNIGHT...DUE TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE UPPER TROUGH. A HIGH
WIND WARNING HAS BEEN POSTED FOR THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS WEDNESDAY
AND WEDNESDAY EVENING AS MID LEVEL WINDS PICK UP WITHIN INCREASING
FLOW ALOFT. THERE WILL BE A LULL WEDNESDAY NIGHT...BUT STRONGER
WINDS ARE EXPECTED AREAWIDE ON THURSDAY. A HIGH WIND WATCH HAS BEEN
POSTED THURSDAY FOR THE GUADALUPE AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS. SOME
LOCATIONS ACROSS THE PLAINS WILL LIKELY NEED A WIND ADVISORY...IF
NOT A HIGH WIND WARNING TOO. WILL HOLD OFF ON ISSUING A HIGH WIND
WATCH OVER THE LOWER LEVELS AT THIS TIME AS THE AREA THAT WILL BE
AFFECTED DOES NOT APPEAR CLEAR ATTM.
WEST WINDS WILL PICK UP THURSDAY AND BLOW THE MOISTURE EASTWARD OUT
OF THE AREA. ALTHOUGH COOLER TEMPERATURES WILL PREVAIL AREAWIDE...
VERY DRY AIR WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA AND RESULT IN WIDESPREAD
CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS...WHICH ARE ELABORATED ON BELOW.
MEDIUM RANGE MODELS ARE AT ODDS ON THE PROGRESS OF THE UPPER
TROUGH...SO HAVE MADE FEW CHANGES.
&&
.FIRE WEATHER...
CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER DAYS ARE EXPECTED BOTH WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY
ACROSS SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS. RECOVERY TONIGHT WILL
BE POOR TO THE SOUTH OF A COLD FRONT...WHICH WILL BE SITUATED
ROUGHLY ALONG THE PECOS RIVER WEDNESDAY MORNING. GOOD TO EXCELLENT
RECOVERY CAN BE EXPECTED TO THE NORTH...WHERE THERE WILL BE AT LEAST
A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS.
AS A POWERFUL UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM NEARS WEST TEXAS DURING THE
DAY WEDNESDAY...THE FRONT WILL LIFT NORTHEASTWARD. A DRYLINE WILL
FORM AND PUSH EASTWARD ACROSS WEST TEXAS AS SOUTHWEST WINDS
INCREASE. THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM THE
SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS...EASTWARD ACROSS THE PERMIAN BASIN AND
LOWER TRANS PECOS. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE
WITH THESE STORMS...IF NOT A TORNADO OR TWO. VERY DRY AIR WILL MOVE
OVER THE AREA WITH MINIMUM AFTERNOON RH/S DIPPING TO THE SINGLE
DIGITS OVER ALL OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND MOST OF WEST TEXAS.
THEREFORE...A RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED TO REPLACE THE FIRE
WEATHER WATCH. THE RFW WILL BE IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM UNTIL 9 PM
CDT...AND ENCOMPASS THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS...ALL OF SOUTHEAST NEW
MEXICO...THE UPPER TRANS PECOS...VAN HORN AREA...MARFA
PLATEAU...DAVIS MOUNTAINS...PRESIDIO VALLEY AND BIG BEND REGION.
ALL OF THESE AREAS CAN EXPECT WIND SPEEDS OF 20 MPH OR GREATER...
RH/S LESS THAN 15 PERCENT AND HIGH TO VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER. SOME
DRY LIGHTNING STRIKES COULD ALSO OCCUR OVER THE PERMIAN BASIN AND
LOWER TRANS PECOS FROM LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY
EVENING.
RECOVERY WEDNESDAY NIGHT IS EXPECTED TO BE POOR MOST LOCATIONS...
WITH SOME FAIR RECOVERY POSSIBLE OVER THE EASTERN PERMIAN BASIN.
WINDS WILL INCREASE FURTHER THURSDAY AS THE BASE OF THE UPPER STORM
SYSTEM MOVES OVER THE AREA. WIDESPREAD WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 30
MPH...IF NOT HIGHER...ARE EXPECTED MOST LOCATIONS THROUGH MUCH OF
THURSDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL NOT BE AS WARM THURSDAY...BUT MORE DRY
AIR WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA ON THE STRONG WEST WINDS. VERY HIGH TO
EXTREME FIRE DANGER WILL ACCOMPANY THE STRONG WINDS...SO THE FIRE
WEATHER WATCH WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO
AND WEST TEXAS FROM 9 AM UNTIL 10 PM CDT.
A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTH INTO THE AREA THURSDAY NIGHT BEHIND THE
DEPARTING UPPER SYSTEM. RECOVERY THURSDAY NIGHT WILL BE GOOD BEHIND
THE FRONT...OVER PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS AND THE
NORTHERN PERMIAN BASIN...AND POOR TO FAIR OVER THE REST OF THE AREA.
ANOTHER CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER DAY MAY OCCUR OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN
OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS...WHICH WILL DEPEND ON HOW
FAR THE FRONT MOVES.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
BIG SPRING TX 53 79 49 77 / 30 50 40 10
CARLSBAD NM 49 85 47 76 / 10 10 0 0
DRYDEN TX 59 90 58 89 / 10 10 0 10
FORT STOCKTON TX 56 92 55 82 / 10 10 0 10
GUADALUPE PASS TX 52 75 48 69 / 0 10 0 0
HOBBS NM 45 82 44 75 / 20 20 10 0
MARFA TX 45 81 40 72 / 0 10 0 0
MIDLAND INTL AIRPORT TX 54 83 50 76 / 20 30 20 10
ODESSA TX 54 83 50 75 / 20 30 20 10
WINK TX 55 94 50 84 / 10 10 10 0
&&
.MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NM...RED FLAG WARNING FROM 1 PM TO 8 PM MDT WEDNESDAY FOR THE
FOLLOWING ZONES...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP/LINCOLN NF/LNZ...
SOUTHEAST PLAINS/BLM ROSWELL/LNZ.
FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM 8 AM TO 9 PM MDT THURSDAY FOR THE
FOLLOWING ZONES...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP/LINCOLN NF/LNZ...
SOUTHEAST PLAINS/BLM ROSWELL/LNZ.
HIGH WIND WARNING FROM 1 PM WEDNESDAY TO MIDNIGHT MDT WEDNESDAY
NIGHT FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY
COUNTY.
HIGH WIND WATCH FROM 6 AM TO 8 PM MDT THURSDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY.
TX...RED FLAG WARNING FROM 2 PM CDT /1 PM MDT/ TO 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/
WEDNESDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES...BIG BEND AREA...
DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS...
LOVING...MARFA PLATEAU...PECOS...PRESIDIO VALLEY...REEVES
COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS...VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54
CORRIDOR...WARD...WINKLER.
FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM 9 AM CDT /8 AM MDT/ TO 10 PM CDT /9 PM
MDT/ THURSDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES...ANDREWS...BIG BEND
AREA...BORDEN...CRANE...DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA...
DAWSON...ECTOR...GAINES...GLASSCOCK...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS...
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.
HIGH WIND WARNING FROM 1 PM WEDNESDAY TO MIDNIGHT MDT WEDNESDAY
NIGHT FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS.
HIGH WIND WATCH FROM 7 AM CDT /6 AM MDT/ TO 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/
THURSDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES...DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS
AREA...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS.
&&
13/67Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 8, 3:08 PM CDT, 22 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 308 PM CDT TUE APR 8 2008 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-092015- 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- 308 PM CDT TUE APR 8 2008 /208 PM MDT TUE APR 8 2008/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND WEST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT LATE TONIGHT...AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA. THIS COULD RESULT IN THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS FROM SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...EASTWARD ACROSS THE NORTHERN AND EASTERN PERMIAN BASIN. IF STORMS DO DEVELOP... SOME MAY PRODUCE HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. STORMS MAY EVEN REACH SEVERE LIMITS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE THE FOUR CORNERS REGION TOMORROW AFTERNOON. WITH THIS SYSTEM... THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP EAST OF THE PECOS RIVER. THE MOST LIKELY AREA FOR THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL BE OVER THE WESTERN LOW ROLLING PLAINS/NORTHERN PERMIAN BASIN NEAR SCURRY...MITCHELL... HOWARD...GLASSCOCK AND REAGAN COUNTIES. STORMS IN OR NEAR THESE COUNTIES WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND HEAVY RAINFALL...IF NOT AN ISOLATED TORNADO. FIRE WEATHER WILL ALSO BE A CONCERN ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. STRONG SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS BEHIND THE DRYLINE...AND CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL IMPACT MOST OF SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO... THE VAN HORN AREA...THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS AND THE BIG BEND. VERY STRONG WESTERLY WINDS...DRY FUELS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL ENHANCE FIRE DANGER THROUGH THURSDAY AS WELL. THIS ENVIRONMENT SHOULD RESULT IN A CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER DAY FOR ALL OF SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. EXPECT HIGH WINDS OVER THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS ON BOTH WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY WITH SUSTAINED WEST WINDS OF 40 MPH AND GUSTS APPROACHING 70 TO 80 MPH. THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS WILL ALSO EXPERIENCE HIGH WINDS ON THURSDAY. HERE...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 40 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 70 TO 80 MPH MAY BE POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... EMERGENCY MANAGERS...LAW ENFORCEMENT...AND SKYWARN SPOTTERS ALONG AND EAST OF A LAMESA...TO MIDLAND...TO RANKIN LINE SHOULD MONITOR DEVELOPING CONDITIONS WEDNESDAY AND BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 7, 10:45 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | MAF | Loving, Pecos, Ward, Winkler | 17 hr |
| Apr 7, 10:45 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | MAF | Andrews, Borden, Crane, Dawson, Ector, Gaines and 13 more | 55 hr |
| Apr 8, 3:31 AM CDT | High Wind Watch | MAF | 12 hr | |
| Apr 8, 3:30 PM CDT | High Wind Watch | MAF | 13 hr | |
| Apr 8, 3:42 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | MAF | Loving, Pecos, Ward, Winkler | 29 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.