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Winter Storm Watch 2, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

February 14, 200817 counties in Texas; Eddy County, Lea County, New Mexico

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this winter storm watch at Feb 14, 2008, 6:07 AM CST for 17 counties in Texas; Eddy County, Lea County, New Mexico. It took effect at Feb 15, 2008, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 14, 2008, 6:07 AM CST (12:07 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 15, 2008, 6:00 PM CST
Expired
Feb 15, 2008, 3:30 PM CST
In force
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

Counties Eddy County, NM, Lea County, NM, Andrews County, TX, Borden County, TX, Crane County, TX, Dawson County, TX, Ector County, TX, Gaines County, TX, Glasscock County, TX, Howard County, TX, Loving County, TX, Martin County, TX, Midland County, TX, Mitchell County, TX, Reagan County, TX, Scurry County, TX, Upton County, TX, Ward County, TX, Winkler County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 23 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:06 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 winter storm 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 winter storm watch went out at Feb 14, 5:49 AM CST, 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 14, 5:49 AM CST, 18 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 14, 4:41 AM CSTRed Flag WarningMAF14 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Watches in Texas, 2008Winter Storm Watches in New Mexico, 2008Every winter storm 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.