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Dust Storm Warning 1, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

February 10, 2009Crane County, Pecos County, Ward County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this dust storm warning at Feb 10, 2009, 3:44 PM CST for Crane County, Pecos County, Ward County, Texas. It was in force for 5 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 10, 2009, 3:44 PM CST (21:44 UTC)
Expired: Feb 10, 2009, 9:00 PM CST
In force: 5 hr
Issued by: NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

Counties Crane County, TX, Pecos County, TX, Ward County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:45 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 dust storm warning 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 dust storm warning went out at Feb 9, 5:32 PM CST, 22 hours 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 9, 5:32 PM CST, 22 hours 12 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
Feb 10, 4:08 AM CST	Blowing Dust Advisory	MAF	Andrews, Borden, Crane, Dawson, Ector, Gaines and 13 more	17 hr
Feb 10, 4:08 AM CST	High Wind Warning	MAF	Andrews, Borden, Crane, Dawson, Ector, Gaines and 12 more	24 hr
Feb 10, 4:08 AM CST	Wind Advisory	MAF	Terrell	17 hr
Feb 10, 4:42 AM CST	Red Flag Warning	MAF	Andrews, Borden, Crane, Dawson, Ector, Gaines and 13 more	16 hr

Nearby

Dust Storm Warnings in Texas, 2009 Every dust storm warning in 2009

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.