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High Wind Warning 4, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

January 16, 2008

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this high wind warning at Jan 16, 2008, 2:56 PM CST. It took effect at Jan 16, 2008, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for 12 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 16, 2008, 2:56 PM CST (20:56 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 16, 2008, 6:00 PM CST
Expired: Jan 17, 2008, 6:00 AM CST
In force: 12 hr
Issued by: NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

The text

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

000 
WWUS74 KMAF 162056
NPWMAF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
256 PM CST WED JAN 16 2008

...STRONG WINDS IN GUADALUPE PASS TONIGHT...

.A COLD AIRMASS WILL MOVE SOUTH INTO THE AREA TONIGHT.  THIS WILL
RESULT IN AN INCREASED SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT AND 35 TO 45 MPH
WINDS FUNNELING THROUGH GUADALUPE PASS.  THE STRONGER WINDS SHOULD
WANE LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING AS THE SURFACE PRESSURE
GRADIENT RELAXES.  

TXZ258-171200-
/O.NEW.KMAF.HW.W.0004.080117T0000Z-080117T1200Z/
GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP...PINE SPRINGS
156 PM MST WED JAN 16 2008

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM
MST THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A HIGH
WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
5 AM MST THURSDAY. 

NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 35 TO 45 MPH THROUGH GUADALUPE
PASS THIS EVENING.  THESE STRONGER WINDS WILL LAST THROUGH THE
NIGHT BEFORE DIMINISHING AROUND SUNRISE OR SHORTLY THEREAFTER.  

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.

$$

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS74 KMAF 170430
NPWMAF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1030 PM CST WED JAN 16 2008

...STRONG WINDS IN GUADALUPE PASS TONIGHT...

.A COLD AIRMASS WILL CONTINUE MOVING INTO THE AREA TONIGHT. THIS
WILL RESULT IN AN INCREASED SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT AND 35 TO 45
MPH WINDS FUNNELING THROUGH GUADALUPE PASS. THE STRONGER WINDS
SHOULD WANE BY THURSDAY MORNING AS THE SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT
RELAXES.

TXZ258-171200-
/O.CON.KMAF.HW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-080117T1200Z/
GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP...PINE SPRINGS
930 PM MST WED JAN 16 2008

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST THURSDAY...

A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST THURSDAY FOR
GUADALUPE PASS.

EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
GUADALUPE PASS TONIGHT. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL BEGIN DIMINISHING
AROUND SUNRISE OR SHORTLY THEREAFTER.

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.

$$

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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.