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High Wind Watch 12, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
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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</html>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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 24, 3:21 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | MAF | Loving | 10 hr |
| Mar 24, 3:21 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | MAF | Andrews, Borden, Crane, Dawson, Ector, Gaines and 13 more | 51 hr |
| Mar 24, 3:33 AM MDT | High Wind Watch | MAF | 10 hr | |
| Mar 24, 1:24 PM MDT | High Wind Warning | MAF | 30 hr | |
| Mar 24, 1:26 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | MAF | Andrews, Borden, Crane, Dawson, Ector, Gaines and 11 more | 38 hr |
Nearby
High Wind Watches in New Mexico, 2009High Wind Watches in Texas, 2009Every high wind watch 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.