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High Wind Warning 34, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

May 5, 2011

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this high wind warning at May 5, 2011, 4:18 AM CDT. It took effect at May 5, 2011, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 6 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
May 5, 2011, 4:18 AM CDT (09:18 UTC)
In effect from
May 5, 2011, 7:00 AM CDT
Expired
May 5, 2011, 1:00 PM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

515 
WWUS74 KMAF 050918
NPWMAF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
418 AM CDT THU MAY 5 2011

...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED THROUGH GUADALUPE PASS OF EXTREME WEST
TEXAS THIS MORNING...

.A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA THIS MORNING. BEHIND
THIS FRONT STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS WILL BECOME CHANNELED THROUGH
GUADALUPE PASS THIS MORNING. CONDITIONS SHOULD IMPROVE BY THIS
AFTERNOON.

TXZ258-051800-
/O.NEW.KMAF.HW.W.0034.110505T1200Z-110505T1800Z/
GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP...PINE SPRINGS
318 AM MDT THU MAY 5 2011

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO NOON MDT
TODAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A HIGH
WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO NOON
MDT TODAY. 

* TIMING...FROM 6 AM MDT THIS MORNING THROUGH NOON MDT TODAY.

* WINDS...NORTHEAST 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH THROUGH
  MOUNTAIN GAPS AND PASSES.

* IMPACTS...DRIVING MAY BECOME HAZARDOUS THIS MORNING...
  ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE TRAVELING IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED
OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS
OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE.

&&

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 5, 4:22 AM CDTFire Weather WatchMAF24 hr
May 5, 4:22 AM CDTFire Weather WatchMAF34 hr

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.