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High Wind Watch 7, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

February 25, 2009Eddy County, New Mexico

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this high wind watch at Feb 25, 2009, 3:26 AM MST for Eddy County, New Mexico. It took effect at Feb 26, 2009, 11:00 AM MST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 25, 2009, 3:26 AM MST (10:26 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 26, 2009, 11:00 AM MST
Expired: Feb 25, 2009, 1:09 PM MST
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 10:24 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 Feb 24, 10:29 PM MST, 4 hours 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 24, 10:29 PM MST, 4 hours 57 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 25, 3:23 AM MST, 3 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
423 AM CST WED FEB 25 2009

NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075-
079>082-258-261030-
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-
423 AM CST WED FEB 25 2009 /323 AM MST WED FEB 25 2009/

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

WINDY CONDITIONS...WARM TEMPERATURES AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY
WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS THE GUADALUPE
AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON...IN ADDITION TO THE VAN HORN
AREA.  A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THESE AREAS THIS
AFTERNOON.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

WINDS WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE AREA THURSDAY AFTERNOON...AND ENOUGH
SO IN THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS FOR A HIGH WIND WATCH THERE.
SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH...WITH GUSTS AROUND 60 MPH
WILL BE POSSIBLE.

CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR OVER MUCH OF THE AREA
THURSDAY AFTERNOON...AND A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR
ALL OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND MUCH OF WEST TEXAS.  NEAR RECORD
TEMPERATURES WILL ALLOW FOR VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES
AREAWIDE...AND ALONG WITH WESTERLY WINDS INCREASING TO 20 MPH OR
GREATER...RESULT IN A POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FIRE WEATHER DAY.
RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PREVENT ANY ACCIDENTAL
FIRE STARTS.

WINDY CONDITIONS COULD AFFECT THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS...DAVIS
MOUNTAINS...SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS AND VAN HORN AREA FRIDAY.
SINCE WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST IN THESE AREAS...CRITICAL
FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS COULD OCCUR IN THESE AREAS FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

.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
Feb 25, 4:01 AM MST	Fire Weather Watch	MAF	Andrews, Borden, Crane, Dawson, Ector, Gaines and 11 more	10 hr
Feb 25, 4:01 AM MST	Red Flag Warning	MAF		13 hr
Feb 25, 1:09 PM MST	High Wind Warning	MAF		31 hr
Feb 25, 2:14 PM MST	Fire Weather Watch	MAF		38 hr
Feb 25, 2:14 PM MST	Red Flag Warning	MAF	Andrews, Borden, Crane, Dawson, Ector, Gaines and 12 more	30 hr

Nearby

High Wind Watches in New Mexico, 2009 High Wind Watches in Texas, 2009 Every 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.