Alert archive / Texas / Winter Storm Warnings in 2009
Winter Storm Warning 2, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this winter storm warning at Nov 29, 2009, 2:39 PM CST for 7 counties in Texas; Eddy County, Lea County, New Mexico. It took effect at Nov 30, 2009, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for 33 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
- Nov 29, 2009, 2:39 PM CST (20:39 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 30, 2009, 6:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Dec 1, 2009, 3:00 PM CST
- In force
- 33 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Counties Eddy County, NM, Lea County, NM, Andrews County, TX, Dawson County, TX, Gaines County, TX, Loving County, TX, Martin County, TX, Ward County, TX, Winkler County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 81 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 110 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -234 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1292 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 246 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 236 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS44 KMAF 292057 CCA WSWMAF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 239 PM CST SUN NOV 29 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER STORM POSSIBLE FOR THE GUADALUPE... DELAWARE...AND APACHE MOUNTAINS MONDAY INTO MONDAY NIGHT... .A STRONG UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL MOVE INTO NORTHERN MEXICO TONIGHT. THIS LOW COMBINED WITH A STRONG COLD FRONT BRINGING COLDER TEMPERATURES COULD CREATE FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE GUADALUPE... DELAWARE...AND APACHE MOUNTAINS MONDAY INTO MONDAY NIGHT. PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS A MIXTURE OF RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW TONIGHT BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO ALL SNOW MONDAY MORNING. THE SNOW WILL LAST THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT THEN GRADUALLY COME TO AN END TUESDAY MORNING. NMZ027-TXZ258-301130- /O.UPG.KMAF.WS.A.0001.091130T1200Z-091201T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMAF.WS.W.0002.091130T1200Z-091201T1200Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...PINE SPRINGS 139 PM MST SUN NOV 29 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM MONDAY TO 5 AM MST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM MONDAY TO 5 AM MST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. RAIN MIXED WITH SLEET AND SNOW WILL BEGIN TONIGHT AND CHANGE TO ALL SNOW BY MONDAY MORNING. SIX TO TEN INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS ABOVE 4500 FEET MONDAY INTO MONDAY NIGHT. FOUR TO SIX INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE IN ELEVATIONS BELOW 4500 FEET MONDAY INTO MONDAY NIGHT BEFORE TAPERING OFF TUESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ TXZ074-301130- /O.EXA.KMAF.WS.A.0001.091130T1200Z-091201T1200Z/ DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...ALPINE 239 PM CST SUN NOV 29 2009 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT. AN UPPER LOW AND SURFACE COLD FRONT WILL COMBINE TO BRING RAIN MIXED WITH SLEET AND SNOW TONIGHT...CHANGING OVER TO ALL SNOW BY MONDAY MORNING. FOUR TO SIX INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA MONDAY INTO MONDAY NIGHT BEFORE TAPERING OFF TUESDAY MORNING. PREPARATIONS SHOULD BE MADE NOW FOR HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ON MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ NMZ028-TXZ057-301130- /O.CON.KMAF.WS.A.0001.091130T1200Z-091201T1200Z/ EDDY COUNTY PLAINS-VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARTESIA...CARLSBAD...VAN HORN 239 PM CST SUN NOV 29 2009 /139 PM MST SUN NOV 29 2009/ ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT. AN UPPER LOW AND SURFACE COLD FRONT WILL COMBINE TO BRING RAIN MIXED WITH SLEET AND SNOW TONIGHT...CHANGING OVER TO ALL SNOW BY MONDAY MORNING. FOUR TO SIX INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA MONDAY INTO MONDAY NIGHT BEFORE TAPERING OFF TUESDAY MORNING. PREPARATIONS SHOULD BE MADE NOW FOR HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ON MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$
6 follow-up statements
000 WWUS44 KMAF 301103 WSWMAF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 503 AM CST MON NOV 30 2009 ...WINTER STORM EXPECTED FOR THE GUADALUPE...DELAWARE...APACHE AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS TODAY INTO TUESDAY MORNING... .A STRONG UPPER LEVEL LOW IN NORTHERN MEXICO COMBINED WITH COLD AIR BEHIND A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL CREATE FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE GUADALUPE...DELAWARE...APACHE AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS A MIXTURE OF RAIN... SLEET...AND SNOW BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO ALL SNOW LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL COME TO AN END TUESDAY AFTERNOON AS THE UPPER LEVEL LOW MOVES OFF TO THE EAST. NMZ028-TXZ057-074-302100- /O.UPG.KMAF.WS.A.0001.091130T1200Z-091201T1200Z/ /O.EXB.KMAF.WS.W.0002.091130T1800Z-091201T1800Z/ EDDY COUNTY PLAINS-VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR- DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARTESIA...CARLSBAD...VAN HORN...ALPINE 503 AM CST MON NOV 30 2009 /403 AM MST MON NOV 30 2009/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON CST /11 AM MST/ TODAY TO NOON CST /11 AM MST/ TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON CST /11 AM MST/ TODAY TO NOON CST /11 AM MST/ TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. AN UPPER LOW AND SURFACE COLD FRONT WILL COMBINE TO BRING RAIN MIXED WITH SLEET AND SNOW TODAY...CHANGING OVER TO ALL SNOW TONIGHT. FOUR TO SIX INCHES OF SNOW AND UP TO ONE HALF INCH OF SLEET CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON INTO TUESDAY MORNING BEFORE TAPERING OFF TUESDAY AFTERNOON. PREPARATIONS SHOULD BE MADE NOW FOR HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ON MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ TXZ080-302100- /O.EXB.KMAF.WS.W.0002.091130T1800Z-091201T1800Z/ MARFA PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MARFA 503 AM CST MON NOV 30 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO NOON CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO NOON CST TUESDAY. RAIN MIXED WITH SLEET AND SNOW WILL BEGIN THIS AFTERNOON AND CHANGE TO ALL SNOW TONIGHT. FIVE TO SEVEN INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG WITH UP TO ONE HALF OF AN INCH OF SLEET. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING BEFORE ENDING TUESDAY AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ NMZ027-TXZ258-302100- /O.CON.KMAF.WS.W.0002.091130T1200Z-091201T1200Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...PINE SPRINGS 403 AM MST MON NOV 30 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY. RAIN MIXED WITH SLEET AND SNOW WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW THIS AFTERNOON. SIX TO TEN INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS ABOVE 4500 FEET TODAY AND TONIGHT WITH AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 10 INCHES POSSIBLE ABOVE 5500 FEET. FOUR TO SIX INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE IN ELEVATIONS BELOW 4500 FEET THROUGH TONIGHT BEFORE TAPERING OFF TUESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$
000 WWUS44 KMAF 302113 WSWMAF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 313 PM CST MON NOV 30 2009 ...WINTER STORM EXPECTED FOR THE GUADALUPE...DELAWARE...APACHE AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS...SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS...AND A GOOD PART OF THE PERMIAN BASIN OVERNIGHT AND INTO TUESDAY... .A STRONG UPPER LEVEL LOW MOVING ACROSS NORTHERN MEXICO COMBINED WITH COLD AIR BEHIND A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL CREATE FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE GUADALUPE...DELAWARE...APACHE AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. ALSO SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE LOWER ELEVATIONS OF THE TRANS PECOS AND THE SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS OVERNIGHT AND THEN START DEVELOPING IN THE PERMIAN BASIN NEAR OR JUST BEFORE SUNRISE. THE HEAVY SNOW WILL COME TO AN END LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON HOWEVER SNOW SHOWERS CAN STILL BE EXPECTED INTO TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING BEHIND THE UPPER LOW. NMZ029-033-034-TXZ045-050-058-059-011200- /O.EXB.KMAF.WS.W.0002.091201T0300Z-091202T0000Z/ NORTHERN LEA COUNTY-CENTRAL LEA COUNTY-SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY-GAINES- ANDREWS-REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-LOVING- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TATUM...HOBBS...LOVINGTON...EUNICE... JAL...SEMINOLE...ANDREWS...PECOS...MENTONE...RED BLUFF LAKE 313 PM CST MON NOV 30 2009 /213 PM MST MON NOV 30 2009/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM CST /8 PM MST/ THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM CST /8 PM MST/ THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ TUESDAY. SNOW BEGINNING LATE TONIGHT OR EARLY TUESDAY MORNING WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES AND MAY INITIALLY BE MIXED WITH SLEET. FOUR TO SIX INCHES OF SNOW AND LESS THAN ONE HALF INCH OF SLEET CAN BE EXPECTED INTO TUESDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL TAPERING OFF LATE TUESDAY BUT SNOW SHOWERS ARE STILL EXPECTED INTO THE NIGHT. PREPARATIONS SHOULD BE MADE NOW FOR HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ON MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ NMZ027-TXZ258-011200- /O.CON.KMAF.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-091201T1200Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...PINE SPRINGS 213 PM MST MON NOV 30 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY. PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW ARE EXPECTED WITH 5 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW WITH LOCAL HIGHER AMOUNTS TO NEAR 8 INCHES POSSIBLE. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TONIGHT AND WILL TAPER OFF DURING THE AFTERNOON TUESDAY HOWEVER SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE INTO TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ NMZ028-TXZ057-074-080-011200- /O.CON.KMAF.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-091201T1800Z/ EDDY COUNTY PLAINS-VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR- DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA-MARFA PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARTESIA...CARLSBAD...VAN HORN... ALPINE...MARFA 313 PM CST MON NOV 30 2009 /213 PM MST MON NOV 30 2009/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST /11 AM MST/ TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST /11 AM MST/ TUESDAY. SNOW BEGINNING LATE TONIGHT OR EARLY TUESDAY MORNING WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES AND MAY INITIALLY BE MIXED WITH SLEET. FOUR TO SIX INCHES OF SNOW AND LESS THAN ONE HALF INCH OF SLEET CAN BE EXPECTED INTO TUESDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL TAPERING OFF LATE TUESDAY BUT SNOW SHOWERS ARE STILL EXPECTED INTO THE NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ TXZ046-047-051-052-060>062-067-068-075-011200- /O.NEW.KMAF.WW.Y.0009.091201T0900Z-091202T0000Z/ DAWSON-BORDEN-MARTIN-HOWARD-WINKLER-ECTOR-MIDLAND-WARD-CRANE- PECOS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAMESA...STANTON...BIG SPRING... KERMIT...ODESSA...MIDLAND...MONAHANS...CRANE...FORT STOCKTON 313 PM CST MON NOV 30 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY. WINTER PRECIPITATION IN THE FORM OF SNOW AND ICE PELLETS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT HOWEVER BY SUNRISE THE TRANSITION TO MOSTLY SNOW WILL BE COMPLETE. ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED HOWEVER LOCAL HIGHER AMOUNTS TO NEAR 5 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE WEST AND THE NORTH ESPECIALLY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
000 WWUS44 KMAF 010221 WSWMAF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 821 PM CST MON NOV 30 2009 ...WINTER STORM EXPECTED FOR THE GUADALUPE...DELAWARE...APACHE AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS...SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS...AND A GOOD PART OF THE PERMIAN BASIN OVERNIGHT AND INTO TUESDAY... .A STRONG UPPER LEVEL LOW MOVING ACROSS NORTHERN MEXICO...COMBINED WITH COLD AIR BEHIND A STRONG COLD FRONT...WILL CREATE FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE GUADALUPE...DELAWARE...APACHE...AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. ALSO...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE LOWER ELEVATIONS OF THE TRANS PECOS AND THE SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS OVERNIGHT AND THEN START DEVELOPING INTO THE PERMIAN BASIN NEAR OR JUST BEFORE SUNRISE. THE HEAVY SNOW WILL COME TO AN END LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...SNOW SHOWERS CAN STILL BE EXPECTED INTO TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING BEHIND THE UPPER LOW. AS OF 8 PM MST...LIGHT SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN GUADALUPE PASS IN NORTHWEST CULBERSON COUNTY...LIGHT SNOW AT ARTESIA IN NORTHWEST EDDY COUNTY...SLEET AT ALPINE IN NORTHWEST BREWSTER COUNTY...AND A MIX OF RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW IN FORT STOCKTON IN CENTRAL PECOS COUNTY. NMZ027-TXZ258-011030- /O.CON.KMAF.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-091201T1200Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...PINE SPRINGS 721 PM MST MON NOV 30 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY. PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW ARE EXPECTED WITH 5 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW WITH LOCAL HIGHER AMOUNTS TO NEAR 8 INCHES POSSIBLE. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TONIGHT AND WILL TAPER OFF DURING THE AFTERNOON TUESDAY HOWEVER SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE INTO TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ NMZ028-TXZ057-074-080-011030- /O.CON.KMAF.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-091201T1800Z/ EDDY COUNTY PLAINS-VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR- DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA-MARFA PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARTESIA...CARLSBAD...VAN HORN... ALPINE...MARFA 821 PM CST MON NOV 30 2009 /721 PM MST MON NOV 30 2009/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST /11 AM MST/ TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST /11 AM MST/ TUESDAY. SNOW BEGINNING LATE TONIGHT OR EARLY TUESDAY MORNING WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES AND MAY INITIALLY BE MIXED WITH SLEET. FOUR TO SIX INCHES OF SNOW AND LESS THAN ONE HALF INCH OF SLEET CAN BE EXPECTED INTO TUESDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL TAPERING OFF LATE TUESDAY BUT SNOW SHOWERS ARE STILL EXPECTED INTO THE NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ NMZ029-033-034-TXZ045-050-058-059-011030- /O.CON.KMAF.WS.W.0002.091201T0300Z-091202T0000Z/ NORTHERN LEA COUNTY-CENTRAL LEA COUNTY-SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY-GAINES- ANDREWS-REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-LOVING- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TATUM...HOBBS...LOVINGTON...EUNICE... JAL...SEMINOLE...ANDREWS...PECOS...MENTONE...RED BLUFF LAKE 821 PM CST MON NOV 30 2009 /721 PM MST MON NOV 30 2009/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ TUESDAY. SNOW BEGINNING LATE TONIGHT OR EARLY TUESDAY MORNING WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES AND MAY INITIALLY BE MIXED WITH SLEET. FOUR TO SIX INCHES OF SNOW AND LESS THAN ONE HALF INCH OF SLEET CAN BE EXPECTED INTO TUESDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL TAPERING OFF LATE TUESDAY BUT SNOW SHOWERS ARE STILL EXPECTED INTO THE NIGHT. PREPARATIONS SHOULD BE MADE NOW FOR HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ON MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ TXZ046-047-051-052-060>062-067-068-075-011030- /O.CON.KMAF.WW.Y.0009.091201T0900Z-091202T0000Z/ DAWSON-BORDEN-MARTIN-HOWARD-WINKLER-ECTOR-MIDLAND-WARD-CRANE- PECOS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAMESA...STANTON...BIG SPRING... KERMIT...ODESSA...MIDLAND...MONAHANS...CRANE...FORT STOCKTON 821 PM CST MON NOV 30 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY. WINTER PRECIPITATION IN THE FORM OF SNOW AND ICE PELLETS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT HOWEVER BY SUNRISE THE TRANSITION TO MOSTLY SNOW WILL BE COMPLETE. ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED HOWEVER LOCAL HIGHER AMOUNTS TO NEAR 5 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE WEST AND THE NORTH ESPECIALLY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
000 WWUS44 KMAF 011127 WSWMAF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 527 AM CST TUE DEC 1 2009 ...A WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND MUCH OF WEST TEXAS TODAY... .A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM LOCATED ACROSS NORTHERN MEXICO EARLY THIS MORNING WILL SLOWLY MOVE EASTWARD INTO WEST TEXAS LATER TODAY. SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS...THE GUADALUPE AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS...AND THE MARFA PLATEAU REGION THIS MORNING AS THE STORM SYSTEM APPROACHES. FARTHER EAST...A WINTRY MIX OF RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE UPPER TRANS PECOS REGION AND THE PERMIAN BASIN EARLY THIS MORNING. HOWEVER...PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO TRANSITION TO SNOW AND SOME SLEET AS THE UPPER STORM SYSTEM GETS CLOSER. SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE LIKELY BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE UPPER TRANS PECOS REGION AND THE NORTHWESTERN PERMIAN BASIN. LESSER SNOW AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE PERMIAN BASIN AND THE WESTERN LOW ROLLING PLAINS. LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO PREVAIL TONIGHT ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE PASSING UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM. TXZ046-051-060-067-011800- /O.UPG.KMAF.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-091202T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KMAF.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-091202T0000Z/ DAWSON-MARTIN-WINKLER-WARD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAMESA...STANTON...KERMIT...MONAHANS 527 AM CST TUE DEC 1 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...EFFECTIVE UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. THIS WARNING INCLUDES DAWSON...MARTIN...WINKLER AND WARD COUNTIES. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WINTRY MIX OF RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW EARLY THIS MORNING WILL TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW LATER THIS MORNING. SNOW MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES...REDUCING THE VISIBILITY TO ONE HALF MILE OR LESS. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. MOTORISTS SHOULD PREPARE FOR DETERIORATING AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. && $$ NMZ027-TXZ258-011800- /O.EXT.KMAF.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-091201T1800Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...PINE SPRINGS 427 AM MST TUE DEC 1 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THIS MORNING... THE WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THIS MORNING. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS MOUNTAINS OF EDDY AND CULBERSON COUNTIES. PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS THIS MORNING...BEFORE TAPERING OFF BEFORE NOON MST. THE VISIBILITY WILL BECOME LOCALLY REDUCED TO ONE HALF MILE OR LESS IN THE HEAVIER SNOW. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. MOTORISTS SHOULD PREPARE FOR DETERIORATING AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. && $$ NMZ028-TXZ057-074-080-011800- /O.CON.KMAF.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-091201T1800Z/ EDDY COUNTY PLAINS-VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR- DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA-MARFA PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARTESIA...CARLSBAD...VAN HORN... ALPINE...MARFA 527 AM CST TUE DEC 1 2009 /427 AM MST TUE DEC 1 2009/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST /11 AM MST/ TODAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST...OR 11 AM MST TODAY. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE EDDY COUNTY PLAINS...THE VAN HORN CORRIDOR...THE DAVIS AND APACHE MOUNTAINS...AND THE MARFA PLATEAU. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS...VAN HORN CORRIDOR AND DAVIS AND APACHE MOUNTAINS THROUGH THE REST OF THE MORNING...BEFORE TAPERING OFF THIS AFTERNOON. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES... WITH LOCALIZED HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. MOTORISTS SHOULD PREPARE FOR DETERIORATING AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. IF TRAVEL IS NECESSARY...MAKE SURE YOUR VEHICLE IS WINTERIZED AND IN GOOD WORKING ORDER. && $$ NMZ029-033-034-TXZ045-050-058-059-011800- /O.CON.KMAF.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-091202T0000Z/ NORTHERN LEA COUNTY-CENTRAL LEA COUNTY-SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY-GAINES- ANDREWS-REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-LOVING- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TATUM...HOBBS...LOVINGTON...EUNICE... JAL...SEMINOLE...ANDREWS...PECOS...MENTONE...RED BLUFF LAKE 527 AM CST TUE DEC 1 2009 /427 AM MST TUE DEC 1 2009/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST...OR 5 PM MST THIS EVENING. THIS WARNING INCLUDES LEA... ANDREWS...GAINES...AND LOVING COUNTIES...AND ALSO REEVES COUNTY AND THE UPPER TRANS PECOS REGION. A WINTRY MIX OF RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW EARLY THIS MORNING WILL TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW LATER THIS MORNING. SNOW MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES...REDUCING THE VISIBILITY TO ONE HALF MILE OR LESS. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. MOTORISTS SHOULD PREPARE FOR DETERIORATING AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. && $$ TXZ048-053-063-069-070-011800- /O.EXA.KMAF.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-091202T0000Z/ SCURRY-MITCHELL-GLASSCOCK-UPTON-REAGAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SNYDER...COLORADO CITY...GARDEN CITY... MCCAMEY...RANKIN...BIG LAKE 527 AM CST TUE DEC 1 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR A WINTRY MIX OF RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW...EFFECTIVE UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES SCURRY...MITCHELL...GLASSCOCK...UPTON AND REAGAN COUNTIES. A WINTRY MIX OF RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE EASTERN PERMIAN BASIN TODAY. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ TXZ047-052-061-062-068-075-011800- /O.CON.KMAF.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-091202T0000Z/ BORDEN-HOWARD-ECTOR-MIDLAND-CRANE-PECOS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BIG SPRING...ODESSA...MIDLAND...CRANE... FORT STOCKTON 527 AM CST TUE DEC 1 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SLEET AND SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES...BORDEN...HOWARD... ECTOR...MIDLAND...CRANE AND PECOS COUNTIES. A WINTRY MIX OF RAIN AND SLEET EARLY THIS MORNING WILL TRANSITION TO SNOW AND SLEET LATER TODAY. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
000 WWUS44 KMAF 011823 WSWMAF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 1223 PM CST TUE DEC 1 2009 ...A WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND MUCH OF WEST TEXAS TODAY... .A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL SLOWLY MOVE EASTWARD ACROSS WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO TODAY. THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...THE GREATEST AREA OF CONCERN WILL BE ACROSS FAR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND THE NORTHWEST PERMIAN BASIN...WHERE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOWFALL CAN BE EXPECTED. FARTHER WEST INTO THE GUADALUPE AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS...A SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL EVENT HAS ALREADY OCCURRED. THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...ADDITIONAL LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED. FINALLY... ACROSS THE UPPER TRANS PECOS...PERMIAN BASIN AND WESTERN LOW ROLLING PLAINS...A WINTRY MIX OF RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. A GRADUAL DECREASE IN WINTRY PRECIPITATION IS ANTICIPATED THIS EVENING...HOWEVER SOME LIGHT SNOW ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM IS ANTICIPATED. NMZ027-028-TXZ057-074-080-258-020000- /O.CAN.KMAF.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-091201T1800Z/ /O.EXB.KMAF.WW.Y.0009.091201T1823Z-091202T0000Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-EDDY COUNTY PLAINS- VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR-DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA- MARFA PLATEAU-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...ARTESIA...CARLSBAD...VAN HORN... ALPINE...MARFA...PINE SPRINGS 1223 PM CST TUE DEC 1 2009 /1123 AM MST TUE DEC 1 2009/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. LIGHT TO OCCASIONAL MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE GUADALUPE AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS...WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE OVER THE NEARBY PLAINS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET... AND RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ TXZ058>060-067-020000- /O.CAN.KMAF.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-091202T0000Z/ /O.EXB.KMAF.WW.Y.0009.091201T1823Z-091202T0000Z/ REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-LOVING-WINKLER-WARD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PECOS...MENTONE...RED BLUFF LAKE... KERMIT...MONAHANS 1223 PM CST TUE DEC 1 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR A WINTRY MIX OF SLEET AND RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A WINTRY MIX OF RAIN AND SLEET IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON. SLEET ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW ONE HALF INCH THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET... AND RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ NMZ029-033-034-TXZ045-046-050-051-020000- /O.EXT.KMAF.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-091202T0000Z/ NORTHERN LEA COUNTY-CENTRAL LEA COUNTY-SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY-GAINES- DAWSON-ANDREWS-MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TATUM...HOBBS...LOVINGTON...EUNICE... JAL...SEMINOLE...LAMESA...ANDREWS...STANTON 1223 PM CST TUE DEC 1 2009 /1123 AM MST TUE DEC 1 2009/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING... A WINTRY MIX OF RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS AFTERNOON. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. MOTORISTS SHOULD PREPARE FOR DETERIORATING AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. && $$ TXZ047-048-052-053-061>063-068>070-075-020000- /O.CON.KMAF.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-091202T0000Z/ BORDEN-SCURRY-HOWARD-MITCHELL-ECTOR-MIDLAND-GLASSCOCK-CRANE-UPTON- REAGAN-PECOS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SNYDER...BIG SPRING...COLORADO CITY... ODESSA...MIDLAND...GARDEN CITY...CRANE...MCCAMEY...RANKIN... BIG LAKE...FORT STOCKTON 1223 PM CST TUE DEC 1 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WINTRY MIX OF RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH SLEET ACCUMULATIONS REMAINING BELOW ONE HALF INCH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET... AND RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
000 WWUS44 KMAF 011954 WSWMAF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 154 PM CST TUE DEC 1 2009 ...A WINTER STORM CONTINUES TO IMPACT SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND MUCH OF WEST TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON... .A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM CONTINUES TO SLOWLY MOVE EASTWARD ACROSS WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO THIS AFTERNOON. THE GREATEST AREA OF CONCERN WILL BE ACROSS FAR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND THE NORTHWEST PERMIAN BASIN...WHERE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOWFALL CAN BE EXPECTED. FARTHER WEST INTO THE GUADALUPE AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS...A SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL EVENT HAS ALREADY OCCURRED AND THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...ADDITIONAL LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED. FINALLY... ACROSS THE UPPER TRANS PECOS...PERMIAN BASIN AND WESTERN LOW ROLLING PLAINS...A LIGHT WINTRY MIX OF RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. A GRADUAL DECREASE IN WINTRY PRECIPITATION IS ANTICIPATED THIS EVENING...HOWEVER SOME LIGHT SNOW ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM IS ANTICIPATED. NMZ029-033-034-TXZ045-046-050-051-012100- /O.EXT.KMAF.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-091201T2100Z/ NORTHERN LEA COUNTY-CENTRAL LEA COUNTY-SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY-GAINES- DAWSON-ANDREWS-MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TATUM...HOBBS...LOVINGTON...EUNICE... JAL...SEMINOLE...LAMESA...ANDREWS...STANTON 154 PM CST TUE DEC 1 2009 /1254 PM MST TUE DEC 1 2009/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST /2 PM MST/ THIS AFTERNOON... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST /2 PM MST/ THIS AFTERNOON FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND THE NORTHWEST PERMIAN BASIN. A WINTRY MIX OF RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. SOME LOCAL AREAS COULD RECEIVE ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS NEAR 2 INCHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. MOTORISTS SHOULD PREPARE FOR DETERIORATING AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. && $$ NMZ027-028-TXZ057-074-080-258-012100- /O.EXT.KMAF.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-091201T2100Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-EDDY COUNTY PLAINS- VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR-DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA- MARFA PLATEAU-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...ARTESIA...CARLSBAD...VAN HORN... ALPINE...MARFA...PINE SPRINGS 154 PM CST TUE DEC 1 2009 /1254 PM MST TUE DEC 1 2009/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST /2 PM MST/ THIS AFTERNOON... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST /2 PM MST/ THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE GUADALUPE AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS...VAN HORN CORRIDOR AND EDDY COUNTY. LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS NEAR ONE INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE GUADALUPE AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS...WITH THE NEARBY PLAINS RECEIVING SLIGHTLY LESS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET... AND RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ TXZ058>060-067-012100- /O.EXT.KMAF.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-091201T2100Z/ REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-LOVING-WINKLER-WARD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PECOS...MENTONE...RED BLUFF LAKE... KERMIT...MONAHANS 154 PM CST TUE DEC 1 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR REEVES COUNTY AND THE UPPER TRANS PECOS. A LIGHT WINTRY MIX OF RAIN AND SLEET IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON. SLEET ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET... AND RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ TXZ047-048-052-053-061>063-068>070-075-012100- /O.EXT.KMAF.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-091201T2100Z/ BORDEN-SCURRY-HOWARD-MITCHELL-ECTOR-MIDLAND-GLASSCOCK-CRANE-UPTON- REAGAN-PECOS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SNYDER...BIG SPRING...COLORADO CITY... ODESSA...MIDLAND...GARDEN CITY...CRANE...MCCAMEY...RANKIN... BIG LAKE...FORT STOCKTON 154 PM CST TUE DEC 1 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE PERMIAN BASIN...WESTERN LOW ROLLING PLAINS...AND STOCKTON PLATEAU. A LIGHT WINTRY MIX OF RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW IS ANTICIPATED DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE INCH OR LESS ARE EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET... AND RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter 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 winter storm warning went out at Nov 29, 12:27 PM CST, 2 hours 12 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 29, 12:27 PM CST, 2 hours 12 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1227 PM CST SUN NOV 29 2009
.UPDATE...
UPDATED TEMPERATURE GRIDS AS MOST LOCATIONS ALONG AND NORTH OF
INTERSTATE 10 AS AFTERNOON MAXS WILL REMAIN IN THE 40S DUE TO
STRONG COLD AIR ADVECTION BEHIND THE COLD FRONT. A DUSTING OF
LIGHT SNOW HAS BEEN REPORTED AT QUEEN AND TATUM NEW MEXICO OVER
THE PAST HOUR THUS THE WEATHER GRIDS FOR THIS AFTERNOON HAVE ALSO
BEEN UPDATED.
&&
.AVIATION...
MVFR CLOUDS WITH TEMPO PERIODS OF LIGHT RAIN WILL CONTINUE AT THE
TERMINALS THROUGH TONIGHT. LIGHT RAIN CHANGED OVER TO LIGHT SNOW
IN NORTHERN LEA COUNTY THUS PERIODS OF RAIN/SNOW MIX IS LIKELY
LATER TODAY AT KHOB AND TONIGHT AT KCNM.
&&
.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 404 AM CST SUN NOV 29 2009/
DISCUSSION...
EVERYTHING IS BEGINNING TO TAKE SHAPE WITH THE UPPER LEVEL LOW
DIGGING INTO THE BAJA OF MEXICO AS EXPECTED. MODEL CONSENSUS IS
COMING AROUND WITH THE GENERAL EVOLUTION OF THE UPPER LEVEL
PATTERN WITH THE LOW MOVING INTO NORTHERN MEXICO THEN HEADING EAST
INTO THE BIG BEND OF TEXAS BEFORE EXITING OFF TO THE EAST
NORTHEAST. THE BIGGEST DISCREPANCY BETWEEN THE MODELS IS A
POTENTIAL WARM LAYER ALOFT INDICATED BY THE NAM WHICH IS NOT NEAR
AS STRONG ON THE GFS. THIS WARM LAYER WILL BE KEY IN DETERMINING
PRECIP TYPE AS WELL AS SNOWFALL AMOUNTS.
I FEEL THE NAM IS HANDLING THE ELEVATED WARM LAYER BETTER THAN THE
GFS. THE UPPER LEVEL LOW IS IN THE PROCESS OF BECOMING CUT OFF
FROM ITS NORTHERN SUPPORT AND WILL BE INFLUENCED MORE BY THE
EAST/WEST SOUTHERN STREAM JET MOVING IN OFF THE PACIFIC. I HAVE
LITTLE DOUBT THAT THIS SOUTHERN STREAM JET HAS WARM AIR THAT THE
UPPER LOW WILL TAP INTO WHICH WILL BE ADVECTED OVER OUR CWA GIVEN
THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF SAID LOW. THIS WARM LAYER WILL MOST LIKELY
KEEP THE P-TYPE RAIN OR IP ACROSS MOST AREAS THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT
WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE MOST WESTERN AREAS WHICH ARE HIGHER
AND CLOSER TO THE LOW. THUS WILL GO WITH A WINTER STORM WATCH FOR
MAINLY AREAS ABOVE 5KFT MON/MON NIGHT AND WILL HOLD OFF ON ISSUING
ANYTHING FOR AREAS FURTHER EAST AT THIS TIME.
THE ELEVATED WARM LAYER WILL EVENTUALLY COOL AS THE UPPER LOW
APPROACHES WHICH SHOULD CAUSE THE P-TYPE TO CHANGE FROM MIXED TO
ALL SNOW ON TUESDAY BEGINNING IN THE TRANS PECOS REGION VERY EARLY
IN THE DAY THEN PROGRESSING EASTWARD. AT THIS POINT I BEGIN TO
PREFER THE GFS OVER THE NAM MAINLY IN REGARDS TO PRECIP AMOUNTS.
THE GFS KEEPS THE CYCLONIC CIRCULATION TIGHTER AS IT MOVES ACROSS
THE AREA WHICH DRAWS MORE MOISTURE INTO THE SYSTEM PROVIDING
HIGHER QPF AMOUNTS. THE NAM WEAKENS THE LOW TOO MUCH THE RESULT OF
WHICH IS TO QUICKLY BRING IN WESTERLY FLOW WHICH WOULD PUSH THE
PRECIPITATION OFF TO OUR EAST. THERE APPEARS TO ONLY BE A BRIEF
PERIOD OF TIME TUESDAY MORNING WHEN THE P-TYPE AND THE P-AMOUNTS
MATCH UP TO GIVE THE PERMIAN BASIN A DECENT SHOT AT ACCUMULATING
SNOWFALL AMOUNTS. I HAVE PUT IN UP TO TWO INCHES IN THE GRIDS FOR
NOW BUT THERE IS STILL TOO MUCH UNCERTAINTY...AND IT IS STILL A
BIT FAR OUT...TO BE ISSUING ANY WINTER WEATHER PRODUCTS FOR THIS
TIME FRAME AND WILL LEAVE TO LATER SHIFTS TO MONITOR AND UPDATE AS
NEEDED.
LIGHT SNOW MAY LINGER INTO TUESDAY NIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY BUT
PRECIP WILL SHUT OFF LEAVING A COLD AIR MASS ACROSS TEXAS FOR MUCH
OF THE EXTENDED PERIOD. THE ECMWF IS QUITE COLD IN FACT LATE IN
THE WEEK AS THE SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM IS SLOW TO MOVE EAST.
DECIDED TO HEDGE BETWEEN THE ECMWF AND GFS AND UNDERCUT MEX
GUIDANCE IN THE EXTENDED THOUGH NOT QUITE AS MUCH AS THE ECMWF
WOULD HAVE YOU BELIEVE.
HENNIG
&&
.MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NM...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT
FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES... EDDY COUNTY PLAINS...GUADALUPE
MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY.
TX...HIGH WIND WATCH FROM 8 PM MST THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY
MORNING FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES... GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS.
WINTER STORM WATCH FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT
FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES... GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS...VAN HORN
AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR.
&&Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 29, 4:01 AM CST, 10 hours 38 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 401 AM CST SUN NOV 29 2009 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-292000- 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- 401 AM CST SUN NOV 29 2009 /301 AM MST SUN NOV 29 2009/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND WEST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NORTHEAST WINDS OF 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT THROUGH MID MONDAY MORNING THROUGH GUADALUPE PASS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL COMBINE WITH A SLOW MOVING STORM SYSTEM ACROSS THE DESERT SOUTHWEST TO PRODUCE A WINTRY MIX OF RAIN... SLEET AND SNOW ACROSS PORTIONS OF WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES MIXED WITH SLEET WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING ACROSS THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS AND THE HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR. 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW MIXED WITH SLEET WILL BE POSSIBLE MONDAY NIGHT ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS...DAVIS MOUNTAINS AND MARFA PLATEAU. AS THE UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE AREA MOVES ACROSS WEST TEXAS TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT ACCUMULATING SNOWS WILL LIKELY SPREAD EASTWARD INTO THE TRANS PECOS AND PERMIAN BASIN OF WEST TEXAS. A FEW INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THESE LOCATIONS TUESDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. .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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 29, 4:48 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | MAF | 24 hr | |
| Nov 29, 5:28 AM CST | High Wind Watch | MAF | 9 hr | |
| Nov 29, 2:51 PM CST | High Wind Warning | MAF | 27 hr |
Nearby
Winter Storm Warnings in Texas, 2009Winter Storm Warnings in New Mexico, 2009Every winter 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.