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High Wind Watch 12, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

April 26, 2010Eddy County, Lea County, New Mexico

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this high wind watch at Apr 26, 2010, 1:19 PM MDT for Eddy County, Lea County, New Mexico. It took effect at Apr 29, 2010, 12:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 14 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 26, 2010, 1:19 PM MDT (19:19 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 29, 2010, 12:00 AM MDT
Expired: Apr 29, 2010, 1:49 PM MDT
In force: 14 hr
Issued by: NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

Counties Eddy County, NM, Lea County, NM

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 175 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:18 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 Apr 26, 1:19 PM MDT, 0 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 26, 1:19 PM MDT, 0 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 26, 1:17 PM MDT, 2 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 26, 1:44 PM MDT	Fire Weather Watch	MAF	Andrews, Borden, Crane, Dawson, Ector, Gaines and 8 more	63 hr

Nearby

High Wind Watches in New Mexico, 2010 High Wind Watches in Texas, 2010 Every high wind watch in 2010

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.