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Special Weather Statement, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

March 23, 2013Mitchell County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this special weather statement at Mar 23, 2013, 3:50 AM CDT for Mitchell County, Texas. It was in force for 25 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 23, 2013, 3:50 AM CDT (08:50 UTC)
Expired
Mar 23, 2013, 4:15 AM CDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

County Mitchell County, TX

The radar

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The text

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

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Mar 22, 6:11 PM CDT, 9 hours 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 22, 6:11 PM CDT, 9 hours 39 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 22, 1:31 PM CDT, 14 hours 19 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
131 PM CDT FRI MAR 22 2013

NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075-
079>082-258-231845-
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-
131 PM CDT FRI MAR 22 2013 /1231 PM MDT FRI MAR 22 2013/

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

WESTERLY WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH AND GUSTS NEAR 60 MPH WILL AFFECT THE
GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS TODAY. EVEN STRONGER WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO
AFFECT THE GUADALUPES SATURDAY. A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT
TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT.

WESTERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH AND VERY DRY CONDITIONS WILL RESULT
IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS FROM THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS AND
ADJACENT SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS...UPPER TRANS PECOS...SOUTH THROUGH
THE VAN HORN AREA AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS. A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN
EFFECT IN THESE AREAS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

MORE HIGH WINDS WILL AFFECT THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS WITH A HIGH
WIND WARNING ALREADY IN EFFECT FOR SATURDAY AND SATURDAY EVENING.
WESTERLY WINDS OF 35 TO 50 MPH AND GUSTS NEAR 70 MPH WILL BE
POSSIBLE.

WINDY CONDITIONS WILL ALSO AFFECT THE SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO
PLAINS...NORTHERN PERMIAN BASIN AND WESTERN LOW ROLLING PLAINS ON
SATURDAY. WINDS WILL BE OUT OF THE WEST SUSTAINED AT 25 TO 35 MPH
GUSTING FROM 45 TO 55 MPH AND A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR
THIS AREA SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT.

AREAS OF BLOWING DUST WILL BE LIKELY ACROSS THE GUADALUPE
MOUNTAINS...VAN HORN CORRIDOR...UPPER TRANS PECOS...SOUTHEAST NEW
MEXICO PLAINS AND PERMIAN BASIN FOR SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
SATURDAY NIGHT.

ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND VERY DRY AIR WILL COMBINE WITH WINDY
CONDITIONS AREAWIDE TO PRODUCE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
SATURDAY. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL PUSH INTO THE AREA SATURDAY
NIGHT AND CONTINUE FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS INTO THE NIGHTTIME
HOURS AS IT MOVES SOUTH THROUGH THE RIO GRANDE RIVER BY SUNDAY
MORNING.

PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS AND NORTHWEST PERMIAN
BASIN COULD HAVE A HARD FREEZE SUNDAY MORNING...AND AGAIN MONDAY
MORNING.  AT LEAST A LIGHT FREEZE WILL BE POSSIBLE MONDAY MORNING
OVER THE CENTRAL PERMIAN BASIN AND WESTERN LOW ROLLING PLAINS.

.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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 23, 4:19 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFMitchell26 min

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.