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High Wind Watch 47, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

December 21, 2008Eddy County, New Mexico

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this high wind watch at Dec 21, 2008, 1:53 PM MST for Eddy County, New Mexico. It took effect at Dec 22, 2008, 11:00 PM MST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 21, 2008, 1:53 PM MST (20:53 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 22, 2008, 11:00 PM MST
Expired
Dec 22, 2008, 2:25 PM MST
In force
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 20:58 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 Dec 21, 1:41 PM MST, 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 21, 1:41 PM MST, 12 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 21, 1:21 PM MST, 32 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
221 PM CST SUN DEC 21 2008

NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075-
079>082-258-222030-
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-
221 PM CST SUN DEC 21 2008 /121 PM MST SUN DEC 21 2008/

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

ANOTHER COLD NIGHT IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA WITH
TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER TEENS TO THE MID 20S. THIS WITH WINDS IN
THE PLAINS NEAR 10 MPH WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILLS READINGS NEAR 10
DEGREES AND IN THE MOUNTAINS WINDS NEAR 20 MPH WILL RESULT IN WIND
CHILL READINGS NEAR 5 DEGREES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

WINDS WILL START TO INCREASE IN THE GUADALUPE AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS
ABOVE 6000 FT MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING. THESE WINDS WILL
PERSIST THROUGH THE DAY TUESDAY. WINDS OF 35 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS
TO 70 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS AND 30 TO 40
MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH IN THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS ABOVE 6000 FT.

IN ADDITION...FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS WILL INCREASE TUESDAY ACROSS
THE WESTERN PERMIAN BASIN AND THE LOWER ELEVATIONS OF THE TRANS
PECOS AS DRY AIR COMBINES WITH BREEZY CONDITIONS AND DRY GRASSES.

.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

Nearby

High Wind Watches in New Mexico, 2008High Wind Watches in Texas, 2008Every 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.