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High Wind Watch 12, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

March 24, 2009Eddy County, New Mexico

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this high wind watch at Mar 24, 2009, 3:33 AM MDT for Eddy County, New Mexico. It took effect at Mar 26, 2009, 9:00 AM MDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 24, 2009, 3:33 AM MDT (09:33 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 26, 2009, 9:00 AM MDT
Expired
Mar 26, 2009, 3:12 AM MDT
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 09:30 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 Mar 24, 3:13 AM MDT, 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 24, 3:13 AM MDT, 20 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 23, 1:41 PM MDT, 13 hours 52 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
241 PM CDT MON MAR 23 2009

NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075-
079>082-258-241945-
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-
241 PM CDT MON MAR 23 2009 /141 PM MDT MON MAR 23 2009/

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...UNSEASONABLY WARM TEMPERATURES...
GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS AND DRY FUELS WILL RESULT IN EXTREMELY
CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND
MUCH OF WEST TEXAS TODAY.  ANY NEW OR EXISTING FIRES WILL BE
CAPABLE OF RAPID SPREAD AND GROWTH AND ALL EFFORTS SHOULD BE MADE
TO PREVENT ANY ACCIDENTAL FIRE STARTS.

HIGH WINDS WILL PERSIST IN THE GUADALUPE AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS IN
ADDITION TO THE HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR IN CULBERSON COUNTY. SUSTAINED
WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS EXCEEDING 70 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE.
MOTORIST TRAVELING THROUGH GUADALUPE PASS ON US 62/180...OR ON
HIGHWAY 118 AND HIGHWAY 166 IN THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS...SHOULD BE
PREPARED FOR STRONG WINDS AND DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS.

AREAS OF BLOWING DUST WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES ACROSS PORTIONS OF
THE SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS AND UPPER TRANS PECOS REGION OF WEST
TEXAS. VISIBILITIES COULD DROP BELOW 3 MILES AT TIMES THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 24, 3:21 AM MDTFire Weather WatchMAFLoving10 hr
Mar 24, 3:21 AM MDTFire Weather WatchMAFAndrews, Borden, Crane, Dawson, Ector, Gaines and 13 more51 hr
Mar 24, 3:33 AM MDTHigh Wind WatchMAF10 hr
Mar 24, 1:24 PM MDTHigh Wind WarningMAF30 hr
Mar 24, 1:26 PM MDTRed Flag WarningMAFAndrews, Borden, Crane, Dawson, Ector, Gaines and 11 more38 hr

Nearby

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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.