High Wind Warning 8, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

Issued

Feb 2, 2008, 12:29 PM MST (19:29 UTC)

Expired

Feb 2, 2008, 6:00 PM MST

In force

6 hr

Issued by

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

County Eddy County, NM

The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 183 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
WWUS74 KMAF 021929
NPWMAF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
129 PM CST SAT FEB 2 2008

...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED IN THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON
AND EARLY THIS EVENING...

...VERY STRONG WINDS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS
AND THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS ABOVE 6000 FEET SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY
AFTERNOON...

.A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL APPROACH SOUTHEASTERN NEW
MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY.  INCREASING MID LEVEL
WINDS IN ADVANCE OF THIS SYSTEM WILL RESULT IN STRONG WINDS IN THE
GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...BUT WINDS WILL
DIMINISH AROUND NIGHTFALL OR SHORTLY THEREAFTER. 

MID LEVEL WINDS WILL INCREASE FURTHER AS THE UPPER SYSTEM NEARS
SUNDAY...AND WILL LIKELY RESULT IN A LENGTHY PERIOD OF VERY
STRONG WINDS IN THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS AND THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS
ABOVE 6000 FEET.  THESE STRONGER WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO LAST
THROUGH SUNDAY...SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY.  WINDS WILL THEN SUBSIDE
AS THE UPPER SYSTEM MOVES EASTWARD AWAY FROM THE AREA.  WINDY
CONDITIONS WILL ALSO AFFECT MUCH OF THE REST OF SOUTHEAST NEW
MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS MONDAY...WHICH MAY PROMPT ISSUANCE OF A WIND
ADVISORY FOR MOST LOCATIONS MONDAY AFTERNOON.  


NMZ027-TXZ258-031030-
/O.NEW.KMAF.HW.W.0008.080202T1929Z-080203T0100Z/
/O.CON.KMAF.HW.A.0006.080203T1200Z-080205T0000Z/
GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP...
PINE SPRINGS
1229 PM MST SAT FEB 2 2008

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON...
...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
MONDAY AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A HIGH
WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON.
A HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
MONDAY AFTERNOON. 

SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH...AND GUSTS AROUND 60 MPH...WILL
AFFECT THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS
EVENING. 

EVEN STRONGER WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO MATERIALIZE OVER THE GUADALUPE
MOUNTAINS ON SUNDAY.  SOUTHWEST WINDS COULD RISE TO 45 TO 55
MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 80 MPH POSSIBLE. THESE STRONGER WINDS WILL
LIKELY LAST THROUGH SUNDAY...SUNDAY NIGHT AND MUCH OF MONDAY
BEFORE SUBSIDING. 

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.

$$

TXZ074-031030-
/O.CON.KMAF.HW.A.0006.080203T1200Z-080205T0000Z/
DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...ALPINE
129 PM CST SAT FEB 2 2008

...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH
MONDAY AFTERNOON...

VERY STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO AFFECT LOCATIONS ABOVE 6000 FEET
IN THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS SUNDAY...THEN LAST THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT AND
MUCH OF MONDAY BEFORE SUBSIDING.  SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 45 TO 55
MPH...AND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 75 MPH...WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THIS 
TIME.

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.

$$

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