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High Wind Watch 6, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

February 1, 2008Eddy County, New Mexico

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this high wind watch at Feb 1, 2008, 1:55 PM MST for Eddy County, New Mexico. It took effect at Feb 3, 2008, 5:00 AM MST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 1, 2008, 1:55 PM MST (20:55 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 3, 2008, 5:00 AM MST
Expired: Feb 3, 2008, 4:54 AM 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 21:00 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 Feb 1, 1:36 PM MST, 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 1, 1:36 PM MST, 19 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 1, 12:22 PM MST, 1 hour 33 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
122 PM CST FRI FEB 1 2008

NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075-
079>082-258-021930-
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-
122 PM CST FRI FEB 1 2008 /1222 PM MST FRI FEB 1 2008/

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS WILL WANE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AS WIND SPEEDS
BEGIN TO DECREASE...AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES RISE DUE TO COOLING
TEMPERATURES.  A RED FLAG WARNING WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM
CST FOR ALL BUT THE PRESIDIO VALLEY AND BIG BEND REGIONS.

WIND SPEEDS IN THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS...AND THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS
ABOVE 6000 FEET...WILL BE IN THE 30 TO 40 MPH RANGE THROUGH EARLY
THIS EVENING.  THOSE PLANNING TRAVEL THROUGH EITHER MOUNTAIN RANGE
ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

STRONG WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN BOTH THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS...
AND THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS ABOVE 6000 FEET SATURDAY....WITH STRONGER
WINDS AGAIN AFFECTING BOTH MOUNTAINS RANGES ON SUNDAY.  A HIGH
WIND WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR BOTH MOUNTAIN RANGES ON SUNDAY.

DRY CONDITIONS WILL KEEP FIRE CONCERNS ELEVATED SATURDAY...WITH A
CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER DAY POSSIBLE SUNDAY.  A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MAY
BE ISSUED WITHIN THE NEXT DAY FOR PORTIONS OF THE GUADALUPE
MOUNTAINS...SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS...DAVIS MOUNTAINS...UPPER
TRANS PECOS...PERMIAN BASIN AND WESTERN LOW ROLLING PLAINS ON
SUNDAY.

.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
Feb 1, 4:22 AM MST	Red Flag Warning	MAF	Andrews, Borden, Crane, Dawson, Ector, Gaines and 12 more	13 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.