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High Wind Watch 1, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

January 5, 2008Eddy County, New Mexico

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this high wind watch at Jan 5, 2008, 4:06 AM MST for Eddy County, New Mexico. It took effect at Jan 6, 2008, 3:00 AM MST. It was in force for 25 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 5, 2008, 4:06 AM MST (11:06 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 6, 2008, 3:00 AM MST
Expired: Jan 7, 2008, 4:02 AM MST
In force: 25 hr
Issued by: NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

County Eddy County, NM

The radar

The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 183 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this high wind watch 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 watch went out at Jan 5, 4:00 AM MST, 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 5, 4:00 AM MST, 6 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 5, 4:00 AM MST, 6 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
500 AM CST SAT JAN 5 2008

NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075-
079>082-258-061100-
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-
500 AM CST SAT JAN 5 2008 /400 AM MST SAT JAN 5 2008/

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE GUADALUPE
MOUNTAINS TODAY AND TONIGHT. WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WITH
GUSTS TO 55 MPH ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS MAY INCREASE TO
35 TO 45 MPH...WITH GUSTS OVER 60 MPH LATE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY
SUNDAY MORNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

STRONG WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS MAY PERSIST ACROSS THE GUADALUPE
MOUNTAINS SUNDAY. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS BETWEEN 35 AND 45
MPH...WITH GUSTS OVER 60 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. EVEN STRONGER WINDS
ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS AND THE HIGHER
ELEVATIONS OF THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS MONDAY AS A STRONG UPPER LEVEL
STORM SYSTEM PASSES NORTH OF THE REGION.

.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

The office that day

Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 5, 10:24 AM MST	High Wind Watch	MAF		42 hr
Jan 5, 10:24 AM MST	High Wind Warning	MAF		17 hr

Nearby

High Wind Watches in New Mexico, 2008 High Wind Watches in Texas, 2008 Every high wind watch in 2008

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.