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High Wind Watch 29, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

April 28, 2008Eddy County, New Mexico

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this high wind watch at Apr 28, 2008, 3:53 AM MDT for Eddy County, New Mexico. It took effect at Apr 29, 2008, 1:59 PM MDT. It was in force for 15 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 28, 2008, 3:53 AM MDT (09:53 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 29, 2008, 1:59 PM MDT
Expired: Apr 30, 2008, 4:32 AM MDT
In force: 15 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 09:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Apr 28, 3:26 AM MDT, 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 28, 3:26 AM MDT, 27 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 27, 8:54 PM MDT, 6 hours 59 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 28, 4:41 AM MDT	Fire Weather Watch	MAF		24 hr
Apr 28, 4:41 AM MDT	Fire Weather Watch	MAF	Andrews, Borden, Crane, Dawson, Ector, Gaines and 11 more	33 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.