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High Wind Watch 15, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

March 30, 2009Eddy County, New Mexico

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this high wind watch at Mar 30, 2009, 3:54 AM MDT for Eddy County, New Mexico. It took effect at Apr 1, 2009, 6:00 AM MDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 30, 2009, 3:54 AM MDT (09:54 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 1, 2009, 6:00 AM MDT
Expired
Apr 1, 2009, 3:44 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 10:00 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 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 29, 11:46 PM MDT, 4 hours 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 29, 11:46 PM MDT, 4 hours 8 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 30, 3:46 AM MDT, 8 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
446 AM CDT MON MAR 30 2009

NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075-
079>082-258-302000-
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-
446 AM CDT MON MAR 30 2009 /346 AM MDT MON MAR 30 2009/

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

CRITICAL TO EXTREMELY CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED
TODAY ACROSS MUCH OF WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO DUE TO
VERY WINDY CONDITIONS...VERY HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER AND RH/S
DROPPING TO NEAR 10 PERCENT.

WEST WINDS OF 40 TO 60 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 80 MPH ARE EXPECTED
THROUGH THIS EVENING IN THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS. WEST WINDS OF
30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED TODAY THROUGH
THIS EVENING IN THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS ABOVE 6000 FEET.

WEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED
TODAY ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS...THE UPPER TRANS
PECOS AND WESTERN PERMIAN BASIN.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE
GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS AND THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS ABOVE 6000 FEET
TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.

ANOTHER CRITICAL TO EXTREMELY CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER DAY IS
ANTICIPATED WEDNESDAY ACROSS MUCH OF WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST
NEW MEXICO DUE TO VERY WINDY CONDITIONS...VERY HIGH TO EXTREME
FIRE DANGER AND RH/S DROPPING BELOW 10 PERCENT.

HIGH WINDS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS AND THE DAVIS
MOUNTAINS ABOVE 6000 FEET WEDNESDAY.

VERY WINDY CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS MUCH OF THE PLAINS OF
SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS WEDNESDAY.

.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 30, 5:20 AM MDTFire Weather WatchMAF22 hr
Mar 30, 5:20 AM MDTFire Weather WatchMAFAndrews, Borden, Crane, Dawson, Ector, Gaines and 12 more32 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.