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Blowing Dust Advisory 1, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

January 22, 201211 counties in Texas; Lea County, New Mexico

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this blowing dust advisory at Jan 22, 2012, 8:18 AM CST for 11 counties in Texas; Lea County, New Mexico. It took effect at Jan 22, 2012, 10:00 AM CST. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 22, 2012, 8:18 AM CST (14:18 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 22, 2012, 10:00 AM CST
Expired
Jan 22, 2012, 4:00 PM CST
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

Counties Lea County, NM, Andrews County, TX, Borden County, TX, Dawson County, TX, Ector County, TX, Gaines County, TX, Glasscock County, TX, Howard County, TX, Martin County, TX, Midland County, TX, Mitchell County, TX, Scurry County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:21 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 blowing dust advisory 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 blowing dust advisory went out at Jan 22, 5:35 AM CST, 2 hours 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 22, 5:35 AM CST, 2 hours 43 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 22, 1:55 AM CST, 6 hours 23 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
155 AM CST SUN JAN 22 2012

NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075-
079>082-258-230800-
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-
155 AM CST SUN JAN 22 2012 /1255 AM MST SUN JAN 22 2012/

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

.DAY ONE...LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON

A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT TODAY FOR THE FOLLOWING
LOCATIONS....THE GUADALUPE AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS...THE VAN HORN AND
HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR...THE EDDY COUNTY PLAINS...PORTIONS OF LEA
COUNTY NM...AND THE NORTHERN PERMIAN BASIN OF TEXAS. THE
STRONGEST WIND GUSTS...PERHAPS EXCEEDING 80 MPH AT TIMES...ARE
EXPECTED IN THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS. OTHER LOCATIONS ACROSS EDDY
COUNTY AND THE PERMIAN BASIN WILL EXPERIENCE GUSTS TO AROUND 60 TO
65 MPH LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS.

A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF WEST TEXAS TODAY. WEST
WINDS NEAR 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 50 TO 55 MPH ARE
EXPECTED BY LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON. BLOWING
DUST WILL LIKELY RESULT IN HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY
ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 20. LOCAL VISIBILITIES COULD EASILY
DROP BELOW 1 MILE AT TIMES AND MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION
WHILE TRAVELING ACROSS SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS TODAY.

DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON
ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION. THE GUSTY WEST NORTHWEST WINDS WILL
COMBINE WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND HIGH FIRE DANGER TO PRODUCE
THESE CONDITIONS. ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL
TO SPREAD RAPIDLY. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL THIS
EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

Nearby

Blowing Dust Advisories in Texas, 2012Blowing Dust Advisories in New Mexico, 2012Every blowing dust advisory in 2012

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.