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Wind Advisory 19, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this wind advisory at May 1, 2013, 5:04 AM CDT for 19 counties in Texas; Eddy County, Lea County, New Mexico. It took effect at May 1, 2013, 7:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 22 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 1, 2013, 5:04 AM CDT (10:04 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 1, 2013, 7:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- May 2, 2013, 5:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 22 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
All 21 counties
Eddy County, NM, Lea County, NM, Andrews County, TX, Borden County, TX, Crane County, TX, Dawson County, TX, Ector County, TX, Gaines County, TX, Glasscock County, TX, Howard County, TX, Loving County, TX, Martin County, TX, Midland County, TX, Mitchell County, TX, Pecos County, TX, Reagan County, TX, Scurry County, TX, Terrell County, TX, Upton County, TX, Ward County, TX, Winkler County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 11 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 10 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
- 3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 5055 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 3 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
213 WWUS74 KMAF 011004 NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 504 AM CDT WED MAY 1 2013 ...A HIGH WIND WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS AND CULBERSON COUNTY WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... ...A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE PERMIAN BASIN...SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...TRANS PECOS...DAVIS MOUNTAINS...BIG BEND AREA...MARFA PLATEAU AND PRESIDIO VALLEY WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... .A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL SLAM THROUGH THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST THROUGH GUADALUPE PASS AND IN CULBERSON COUNTY BUT THE REST OF THE AREA CAN EXPECT STRONG WINDS AS WELL. NMZ028-029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-058>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-012000- /O.NEW.KMAF.WI.Y.0019.130502T0600Z-130502T1800Z/ EDDY COUNTY PLAINS-NORTHERN LEA COUNTY-CENTRAL LEA COUNTY- SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY-GAINES-DAWSON-BORDEN-SCURRY-ANDREWS-MARTIN- HOWARD-MITCHELL-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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARTESIA...CARLSBAD... CARLSBAD CAVERNS NP...TATUM...HOBBS...LOVINGTON...EUNICE...JAL... SEMINOLE...LAMESA...GAIL...SNYDER...ANDREWS...STANTON... BIG SPRING...COLORADO CITY...PECOS...MENTONE...RED BLUFF LAKE... KERMIT...ODESSA...MIDLAND...GARDEN CITY...MONAHANS...CRANE... MCCAMEY...RANKIN...BIG LAKE...ALPINE...FORT DAVIS... FORT STOCKTON...PRESIDIO...MARFA...BIG BEND NP...MARATHON... SANDERSON 504 AM CDT WED MAY 1 2013 /404 AM MDT WED MAY 1 2013/ ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM CDT /MIDNIGHT MDT/ TO 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM CDT /MIDNIGHT MDT/ TO 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ THURSDAY. * EVENT...STRONG WINDS. * TIMING...TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH. * IMPACTS...LAWN FURNITURE...GARBAGE CANS...OR OTHER OBJECTS COULD BE BLOWN ABOUT BY THE WIND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ TXZ057-012000- /O.EXB.KMAF.HW.A.0019.130502T0600Z-130503T0000Z/ VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...VAN HORN 504 AM CDT WED MAY 1 2013 ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * EVENT...HIGH WIND. * TIMING...TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 60 MPH. * IMPACTS...TURBULENCE FOR LOW FLYING AIRCRAFT. DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AVIATION INTERESTS MAY EXPERIENCE LOCALIZED BUT EXTREME TURBULENCE IF FLYING IN THE VICINITY OF THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS. && $$ NMZ027-TXZ258-012000- /O.EXT.KMAF.HW.A.0019.130502T0600Z-130503T0000Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP... PINE SPRINGS 404 AM MDT WED MAY 1 2013 ...HIGH WIND WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... * EVENT...HIGH WIND. * TIMING...TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 70 MPH. * IMPACTS...TURBULENCE FOR LOW FLYING AIRCRAFT. DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AVIATION INTERESTS MAY EXPERIENCE LOCALIZED BUT EXTREME TURBULENCE IF FLYING IN THE VICINITY OF THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS. && $$
5 follow-up statements
215 WWUS74 KMAF 012002 NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 302 PM CDT WED MAY 1 2013 ...A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON.... ...A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE PERMIAN BASIN...SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS...TRANS PECOS...VAN HORN HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR... DAVIS MOUNTAINS...BIG BEND AREA... MARFA PLATEAU AND PRESIDIO VALLEY TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY AFTERNOON... .A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL SLAM THROUGH THE AREA THIS EVENING. BEHIND THIS FRONT STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST THROUGH GUADALUPE PASS OF WEST TEXAS BUT THE REST OF THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS CAN ALSO EXPECT STRONG WINDS AS WELL. VERY WINDY CONDITIONS ARE ALSO EXPECTED ELSEWHERE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS AND THE REMAINDER OF WEST TEXAS. NMZ027-TXZ258-021000- /O.UPG.KMAF.HW.A.0019.130502T0600Z-130503T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMAF.HW.W.0021.130502T0600Z-130503T0000Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP... PINE SPRINGS 202 PM MDT WED MAY 1 2013 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM MDT THURSDAY... * EVENT...HIGH WINDS. * TIMING...TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. THROUGH GUADALUPE PASS...NORTHEAST WINDS 40 TO 65 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 75 MPH. * IMPACTS...TURBULENCE FOR LOW FLYING AIRCRAFT. DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AVIATION INTERESTS MAY EXPERIENCE LOCALIZED BUT EXTREME TURBULENCE IF FLYING IN THE VICINITY OF THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS. A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ TXZ057-021000- /O.UPG.KMAF.HW.A.0019.130502T0600Z-130503T0000Z/ /O.EXB.KMAF.WI.Y.0019.130502T0000Z-130502T1800Z/ VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...VAN HORN 302 PM CDT WED MAY 1 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM CDT THURSDAY... * EVENT...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS. * TIMING...TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 55 MPH. * IMPACTS...LAWN FURNITURE...GARBAGE CANS...OR OTHER OBJECTS COULD BE BLOWN ABOUT BY THE WIND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ NMZ028-029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-058>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-021000- /O.EXT.KMAF.WI.Y.0019.130502T0000Z-130502T1800Z/ EDDY COUNTY PLAINS-NORTHERN LEA COUNTY-CENTRAL LEA COUNTY- SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY-GAINES-DAWSON-BORDEN-SCURRY-ANDREWS-MARTIN- HOWARD-MITCHELL-REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-LOVING- WINKLER-ECTOR-MIDLAND-GLASSCOCK-WARD-CRANE-UPTON-REAGAN- DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA-PECOS-PRESIDIO VALLEY-MARFA PLATEAU- BIG BEND AREA-TERRELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARTESIA...CARLSBAD... CARLSBAD CAVERNS NP...TATUM...HOBBS...LOVINGTON...EUNICE...JAL... SEMINOLE...LAMESA...GAIL...SNYDER...ANDREWS...STANTON... BIG SPRING...COLORADO CITY...PECOS...MENTONE...RED BLUFF LAKE... KERMIT...ODESSA...MIDLAND...GARDEN CITY...MONAHANS...CRANE... MCCAMEY...RANKIN...BIG LAKE...ALPINE...FORT DAVIS... FORT STOCKTON...PRESIDIO...MARFA...BIG BEND NP...MARATHON... SANDERSON 302 PM CDT WED MAY 1 2013 /202 PM MDT WED MAY 1 2013/ ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING TO 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ THURSDAY... * EVENT...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS. * TIMING...TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 55 MPH. * IMPACTS...LAWN FURNITURE...GARBAGE CANS...OR OTHER OBJECTS COULD BE BLOWN ABOUT BY THE WIND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
473 WWUS74 KMAF 012212 NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 512 PM CDT WED MAY 1 2013 ...A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON.... ...A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE PERMIAN BASIN...SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS...TRANS PECOS...VAN HORN HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR... DAVIS MOUNTAINS...BIG BEND AREA... MARFA PLATEAU AND PRESIDIO VALLEY TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY AFTERNOON... ...A FREEZE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE PERMIAN BASIN...SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS...TRANS PECOS...VAN HORN HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR...DAVIS MOUNTAINS AND MARFA PLATEAU FRIDAY MORNING... .A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH SOUTH THROUGH THE AREA THIS EVENING. BEHIND THIS FRONT STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST THROUGH GUADALUPE PASS OF WEST TEXAS BUT THE REST OF THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS CAN ALSO EXPECT STRONG WINDS AS WELL. VERY WINDY CONDITIONS ARE ALSO EXPECTED ELSEWHERE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS AND THE REMAINDER OF WEST TEXAS. HIGH PRESSURE WILL SETTLE OVERHEAD THURSDAY NIGHT WITH CLEARING SKIES AND DECREASING WINDS. THIS WILL LEAD TO BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES FRIDAY MORNING ACROSS MOST AREAS EXCEPT ALONG THE RIO GRANDE RIVER. BE SURE TO BRING IN OR COVER ANY TENDER VEGETATION THAT MAY FREEZE. NMZ027-TXZ258-021000- /O.NEW.KMAF.FZ.A.0001.130503T0900Z-130503T1400Z/ /O.CON.KMAF.HW.W.0021.130502T0600Z-130503T0000Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP... PINE SPRINGS 412 PM MDT WED MAY 1 2013 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM MDT THURSDAY... ...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... * EVENT...HIGH WINDS AND BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES. * TIMING...WINDS, TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. FREEZING TEMPERATURES, FRIDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. THROUGH GUADALUPE PASS...NORTHEAST WINDS 40 TO 65 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 75 MPH. * IMPACTS...TURBULENCE FOR LOW FLYING AIRCRAFT. DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. BRING IN OR COVER TENDER VEGETATION THAT MAY FREEZE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AVIATION INTERESTS MAY EXPERIENCE LOCALIZED BUT EXTREME TURBULENCE IF FLYING IN THE VICINITY OF THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS. 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. A FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ NMZ028-029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075-080- 021000- /O.NEW.KMAF.FZ.A.0001.130503T0900Z-130503T1400Z/ /O.CON.KMAF.WI.Y.0019.130502T0000Z-130502T1800Z/ EDDY COUNTY PLAINS-NORTHERN LEA COUNTY-CENTRAL LEA COUNTY- SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY-GAINES-DAWSON-BORDEN-SCURRY-ANDREWS-MARTIN- HOWARD-MITCHELL-VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR- REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-LOVING-WINKLER-ECTOR-MIDLAND- GLASSCOCK-WARD-CRANE-UPTON-REAGAN-DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA- PECOS-MARFA PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARTESIA...CARLSBAD... CARLSBAD CAVERNS NP...TATUM...HOBBS...LOVINGTON...EUNICE...JAL... SEMINOLE...LAMESA...GAIL...SNYDER...ANDREWS...STANTON... BIG SPRING...COLORADO CITY...VAN HORN...PECOS...MENTONE... RED BLUFF LAKE...KERMIT...ODESSA...MIDLAND...GARDEN CITY... MONAHANS...CRANE...MCCAMEY...RANKIN...BIG LAKE...ALPINE... FORT DAVIS...FORT STOCKTON...MARFA 512 PM CDT WED MAY 1 2013 /412 PM MDT WED MAY 1 2013/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ THURSDAY... ...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... * EVENT...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS AND BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES. * TIMING...WINDS, TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. FREEZING TEMPERATURES, FRIDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 55 MPH. * IMPACTS...LAWN FURNITURE...GARBAGE CANS...OR OTHER OBJECTS COULD BE BLOWN ABOUT BY THE WIND. BRING IN OR COVER TENDER VEGETATION THAT MAY FREEZE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. A FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ TXZ079-081-082-021000- /O.CON.KMAF.WI.Y.0019.130502T0000Z-130502T1800Z/ PRESIDIO VALLEY-BIG BEND AREA-TERRELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRESIDIO...BIG BEND NP...MARATHON... SANDERSON 512 PM CDT WED MAY 1 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THURSDAY... * EVENT...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS. * TIMING...TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 55 MPH. * IMPACTS...LAWN FURNITURE...GARBAGE CANS...OR OTHER OBJECTS COULD BE BLOWN ABOUT BY THE WIND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
378 WWUS74 KMAF 020923 NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 423 AM CDT THU MAY 2 2013 ...A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.... ...A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE PERMIAN BASIN...SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS...TRANS PECOS...VAN HORN HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR... DAVIS MOUNTAINS...BIG BEND AREA... MARFA PLATEAU AND PRESIDIO VALLEY THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON... ...A FREEZE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE PERMIAN BASIN...SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS...TRANS PECOS...VAN HORN HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR...DAVIS MOUNTAINS AND MARFA PLATEAU FRIDAY MORNING... .A STRONG COLD FRONT HAS PUSHED THROUGH THE AREA WITH STRONG WINDS IN ITS WAKE. WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST THROUGH GUADALUPE PASS BUT OTHER AREAS ON THE EAST SLOPES OF THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS CAN ALSO EXPECT STRONG WINDS. VERY WINDY CONDITIONS WILL RAKE THE SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS AND WEST TEXAS WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH. HIGH PRESSURE WILL SETTLE OVERHEAD THURSDAY NIGHT WITH CLEARING SKIES AND DECREASING WINDS. THIS WILL LEAD TO BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES FRIDAY MORNING ACROSS MOST AREAS EXCEPT ALONG THE RIO GRANDE RIVER. NMZ027-TXZ258-021800- /O.CON.KMAF.HW.W.0021.000000T0000Z-130503T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMAF.FZ.A.0001.130503T0900Z-130503T1400Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP... PINE SPRINGS 323 AM MDT THU MAY 2 2013 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... ...FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... * EVENT...HIGH WINDS AND BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES. * TIMING...WINDS...TODAY INTO THIS AFTERNOON. FREEZING TEMPERATURES...FRIDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST 35 TO 55 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 60 TO 65 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...RECORD LOWS OF 30 TO 32. * IMPACTS...TURBULENCE FOR LOW FLYING AIRCRAFT. DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. BRING IN OR COVER TENDER VEGETATION THAT MAY FREEZE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AVIATION INTERESTS MAY EXPERIENCE LOCALIZED BUT EXTREME TURBULENCE IF FLYING IN THE VICINITY OF THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS. && $$ NMZ028-029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075-080- 021800- /O.CON.KMAF.WI.Y.0019.000000T0000Z-130502T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMAF.FZ.A.0001.130503T0900Z-130503T1400Z/ 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-MARFA PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARTESIA...CARLSBAD... CARLSBAD CAVERNS NP...TATUM...HOBBS...LOVINGTON...EUNICE...JAL... SEMINOLE...LAMESA...GAIL...SNYDER...ANDREWS...STANTON... BIG SPRING...COLORADO CITY...VAN HORN...PECOS...MENTONE... RED BLUFF LAKE...KERMIT...ODESSA...MIDLAND...GARDEN CITY... MONAHANS...CRANE...MCCAMEY...RANKIN...BIG LAKE...ALPINE... FORT DAVIS...FORT STOCKTON...MARFA 423 AM CDT THU MAY 2 2013 /323 AM MDT THU MAY 2 2013/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ THIS AFTERNOON... ...FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... * EVENT...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS AND BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES. * TIMING...WINDS...THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. FREEZING TEMPERATURES...FRIDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...RECORD LOWS FROM THE MID 20S TO LOWER 30S. * IMPACTS...LIGHT OBJECTS WILL BE BLOWN ABOUT BY THE WIND. BRING IN OR COVER TENDER VEGETATION THAT MAY FREEZE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ TXZ079-081-082-021800- /O.CON.KMAF.WI.Y.0019.000000T0000Z-130502T1800Z/ PRESIDIO VALLEY-BIG BEND AREA-TERRELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRESIDIO...BIG BEND NP...MARATHON... SANDERSON 423 AM CDT THU MAY 2 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... * EVENT...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS. * TIMING...THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. * WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...LAWN FURNITURE...GARBAGE CANS...OR OTHER OBJECTS COULD BE BLOWN ABOUT BY THE WIND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
255 WWUS74 KMAF 021802 NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 102 PM CDT THU MAY 2 2013 ...A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON.... ...A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE EASTERN PERMIAN BASIN AND THE MARFA PLATEAU... ...A FREEZE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE PERMIAN BASIN...SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS...TRANS PECOS...VAN HORN HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR...DAVIS MOUNTAINS AND MARFA PLATEAU FRIDAY MORNING... .A STRONG COLD FRONT HAS PUSHED THROUGH THE AREA WITH STRONG WINDS IN ITS WAKE. WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST THROUGH GUADALUPE PASS THIS AFTERNOON BUT OTHER AREAS ON THE EAST SLOPES OF THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS CAN ALSO EXPECT STRONG WINDS. LESSER WINDS BUT STILL VERY WINDY CONDITIONS WILL ALSO CONTINUE THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE EASTERN PERMIAN BASIN AND THE MARFA PLATEAU. HIGH PRESSURE WILL SETTLE OVERHEAD TONIGHT WITH CLEARING SKIES AND DECREASING WINDS. THIS WILL LEAD TO BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES FRIDAY MORNING ACROSS MOST AREAS EXCEPT ALONG THE RIO GRANDE RIVER. NMZ028-029-033-034-TXZ045-046-050-051-057>060-067-068-074-075- 022300- /O.CAN.KMAF.WI.Y.0019.000000T0000Z-130502T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMAF.FZ.A.0001.130503T0900Z-130503T1400Z/ EDDY COUNTY PLAINS-NORTHERN LEA COUNTY-CENTRAL LEA COUNTY- SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY-GAINES-DAWSON-ANDREWS-MARTIN- VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR- REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-LOVING-WINKLER-WARD-CRANE- DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA-PECOS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARTESIA...CARLSBAD... CARLSBAD CAVERNS NP...TATUM...HOBBS...LOVINGTON...EUNICE...JAL... SEMINOLE...LAMESA...ANDREWS...STANTON...VAN HORN...PECOS... MENTONE...RED BLUFF LAKE...KERMIT...MONAHANS...CRANE...ALPINE... FORT DAVIS...FORT STOCKTON 102 PM CDT THU MAY 2 2013 /1202 PM MDT THU MAY 2 2013/ ...FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. * EVENT...BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES. * TIMING...TEMPERATURES...FRIDAY MORNING. * TEMPERATURES...RECORD LOWS FROM THE MID 20S TO LOWER 30S. * IMPACTS...BRING IN OR COVER TENDER VEGETATION THAT MAY FREEZE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ TXZ079-081-021915- /O.CAN.KMAF.WI.Y.0019.000000T0000Z-130502T1800Z/ PRESIDIO VALLEY-BIG BEND AREA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRESIDIO...BIG BEND NP...MARATHON 102 PM CDT THU MAY 2 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. NORTH WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH THIS AFTERNOON. IT WILL STILL REMAIN BREEZY TO WINDY HOWEVER. NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH AND GUSTY CAN STILL BE EXPECTED. $$ NMZ027-TXZ258-022300- /O.CON.KMAF.HW.W.0021.000000T0000Z-130503T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMAF.FZ.A.0001.130503T0900Z-130503T1400Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP... PINE SPRINGS 1202 PM MDT THU MAY 2 2013 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... ...FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... * EVENT...HIGH WINDS AND BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES. * TIMING...WINDS...THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. FREEZING TEMPERATURES...FRIDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST 35 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 60 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...RECORD LOWS OF 30 TO 32. * IMPACTS...TURBULENCE FOR LOW FLYING AIRCRAFT. DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. BRING IN OR COVER TENDER VEGETATION THAT MAY FREEZE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AVIATION INTERESTS MAY EXPERIENCE LOCALIZED BUT EXTREME TURBULENCE IF FLYING IN THE VICINITY OF THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS. && $$ TXZ047-048-052-053-061>063-069-070-080-022300- /O.EXT.KMAF.WI.Y.0019.000000T0000Z-130502T2200Z/ /O.CON.KMAF.FZ.A.0001.130503T0900Z-130503T1400Z/ BORDEN-SCURRY-HOWARD-MITCHELL-ECTOR-MIDLAND-GLASSCOCK-UPTON- REAGAN-MARFA PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GAIL...SNYDER...BIG SPRING... COLORADO CITY...ODESSA...MIDLAND...GARDEN CITY...MCCAMEY... RANKIN...BIG LAKE...MARFA 102 PM CDT THU MAY 2 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... ...FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... * EVENT...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS AND BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES. * TIMING...WINDS...THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. FREEZING TEMPERATURES...FRIDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...RECORD LOWS FROM THE MID 20S TO LOWER 30S. * IMPACTS...LIGHT OBJECTS WILL BE BLOWN ABOUT BY THE WIND. BRING IN OR COVER TENDER VEGETATION THAT MAY FREEZE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ TXZ082-022200- /O.EXT.KMAF.WI.Y.0019.000000T0000Z-130502T2200Z/ TERRELL- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...SANDERSON 102 PM CDT THU MAY 2 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... * EVENT...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS. * TIMING...THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...LAWN FURNITURE...GARBAGE CANS...OR OTHER OBJECTS COULD BE BLOWN ABOUT BY THE WIND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
286 WWUS74 KMAF 021920 NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 220 PM CDT THU MAY 2 2013 ...A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON.... ...A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE EASTERN PERMIAN BASIN AND THE MARFA PLATEAU... ...A FREEZE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE PERMIAN BASIN...SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS...TRANS PECOS...VAN HORN HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR...DAVIS MOUNTAINS AND MARFA PLATEAU FRIDAY MORNING... .A STRONG COLD FRONT HAS PUSHED THROUGH THE AREA WITH STRONG WINDS IN ITS WAKE. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BE STRONGEST THROUGH GUADALUPE PASS THIS AFTERNOON BUT OTHER AREAS ON THE EAST SLOPES OF THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS CAN ALSO EXPECT STRONG WINDS. VERY WINDY CONDITIONS WILL ALSO CONTINUE THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE EASTERN PERMIAN BASIN AND THE MARFA PLATEAU. HIGH PRESSURE WILL SETTLE OVERHEAD TONIGHT WITH CLEARING SKIES AND DECREASING WINDS. THIS WILL COMBINE WITH A COLD AIRMASS TO PRODUCE FREEZING TEMPERATURES FRIDAY MORNING ACROSS SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND MOST OF WEST TEXAS EXCEPT ALONG THE RIO GRANDE RIVER. LATE SEASON FREEZES CAN BE VERY DAMAGING TO VEGETATION... STEPS SHOULD BE TAKEN NOW TO MINIMIZE THIS DANGER. NMZ027-TXZ258-031100- /O.UPG.KMAF.FZ.A.0001.130503T0900Z-130503T1400Z/ /O.NEW.KMAF.FZ.W.0001.130503T0900Z-130503T1400Z/ /O.CON.KMAF.HW.W.0021.000000T0000Z-130503T0000Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP... PINE SPRINGS 120 PM MDT THU MAY 2 2013 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 8 AM MDT FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 8 AM MDT FRIDAY. THE FREEZE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * EVENT...HIGH WINDS AND BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES. * TIMING...WINDS...THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. FREEZING TEMPERATURES...FRIDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST 35 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 60 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...RECORD LOWS OF 30 TO 32. * IMPACTS...TURBULENCE FOR LOW FLYING AIRCRAFT. DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. BRING IN OR COVER TENDER VEGETATION THAT MAY FREEZE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AVIATION INTERESTS MAY EXPERIENCE LOCALIZED BUT EXTREME TURBULENCE IF FLYING IN THE VICINITY OF THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS. 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. A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ TXZ047-048-052-053-061>063-069-070-080-031100- /O.UPG.KMAF.FZ.A.0001.130503T0900Z-130503T1400Z/ /O.NEW.KMAF.FZ.W.0001.130503T0900Z-130503T1400Z/ /O.CON.KMAF.WI.Y.0019.000000T0000Z-130502T2200Z/ BORDEN-SCURRY-HOWARD-MITCHELL-ECTOR-MIDLAND-GLASSCOCK-UPTON- REAGAN-MARFA PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GAIL...SNYDER...BIG SPRING... COLORADO CITY...ODESSA...MIDLAND...GARDEN CITY...MCCAMEY... RANKIN...BIG LAKE...MARFA 220 PM CDT THU MAY 2 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 9 AM CDT FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 9 AM CDT FRIDAY. THE FREEZE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * EVENT...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS AND BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES. * TIMING...WINDS...THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. FREEZING TEMPERATURES...FRIDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...RECORD LOWS FROM THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S. * IMPACTS...LIGHT OBJECTS MAY BE BLOWN ABOUT BY THE WIND. BRING IN OR COVER TENDER VEGETATION THAT MAY FREEZE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ NMZ028-029-033-034-TXZ045-046-050-051-057>060-067-068-074-075- 031100- /O.UPG.KMAF.FZ.A.0001.130503T0900Z-130503T1400Z/ /O.NEW.KMAF.FZ.W.0001.130503T0900Z-130503T1400Z/ EDDY COUNTY PLAINS-NORTHERN LEA COUNTY-CENTRAL LEA COUNTY- SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY-GAINES-DAWSON-ANDREWS-MARTIN- VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR- REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-LOVING-WINKLER-WARD-CRANE- DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA-PECOS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARTESIA...CARLSBAD... CARLSBAD CAVERNS NP...TATUM...HOBBS...LOVINGTON...EUNICE...JAL... SEMINOLE...LAMESA...ANDREWS...STANTON...VAN HORN...PECOS... MENTONE...RED BLUFF LAKE...KERMIT...MONAHANS...CRANE...ALPINE... FORT DAVIS...FORT STOCKTON 220 PM CDT THU MAY 2 2013 /120 PM MDT THU MAY 2 2013/ ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM CDT /3 AM MDT/ TO 9 AM CDT /8 AM MDT/ FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM CDT /3 AM MDT/ TO 9 AM CDT /8 AM MDT/ FRIDAY. THE FREEZE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * EVENT...BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES. * TIMING...TEMPERATURES...FRIDAY MORNING. * TEMPERATURES...RECORD LOWS FROM THE MID 20S TO LOWER 30S. * IMPACTS...BRING IN OR COVER TENDER VEGETATION THAT MAY FREEZE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ TXZ082-022200- /O.CON.KMAF.WI.Y.0019.000000T0000Z-130502T2200Z/ TERRELL- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...SANDERSON 220 PM CDT THU MAY 2 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... * EVENT...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS. * TIMING...THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...LAWN FURNITURE...GARBAGE CANS...OR OTHER OBJECTS COULD BE BLOWN ABOUT BY THE WIND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this wind 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 wind advisory went out at May 1, 4:46 AM CDT, 18 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 1, 4:46 AM CDT, 18 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
446 AM CDT WED MAY 1 2013
.DISCUSSION...
AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH IS DIGGING SOUTHWARD INTO THE CENTRAL
PLAINS. UNSEASONABLY COLD AIR WILL COME SURGING TOWARD THE AREA
THIS AFTERNOON. THERE IS SOME UNCERTAINTY WITH REGARD TO TIMING OF
THE FRONT BUT TEND TO FAVOR FASTER NAM SOLUTION GIVEN STEEP 3 HOUR
PRESSURE CHANGES. THE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL CREATE VERY GUSTY
WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT. 850 MB WINDS ACROSS THE NORTHEAST PERMIAN
BASIN ARE SHOWN TO BE AROUND 50 KTS ON THURSDAY ACCORDING TO THE
NAM12. THIS HAS PROMPTED THE ISSUANCE OF A WIND ADVISORY ACROSS
THE CWA FOR THURSDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL REACH ADVISORY CRITERIA
FIRST IN THE NORTHERN PERMIAN BASIN AND THEN SPREAD SOUTHWARD AS
THE FRONT MOVES SOUTH. WINDS WILL POSSIBLY REACH HIGH WIND
CRITERIA ACROSS CULBERSON COUNTY SO INCLUDED THIS COUNTY IN THE
HIGH WIND WATCH. BLOWING DUST WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE FRONTAL
PASSAGE OUTSIDE OF AREAS OF CONVECTION THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE EASTERN PERMIAN
BASIN AND WESTERN LOW ROLLING PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON. THESE STORMS
WILL FORM IN RESPONSE TO LIFT AND INSTABILITY ASSOCIATED WITH THE
FRONT ALONG WITH A GOOD SUPPLY OF MOISTURE. UPPER LEVEL LIFT WITH
THE APPROACHING UPPER TROUGH WILL ALSO SUPPORT THUNDERSTORM
DEVELOPMENT. EXPECT PRECIPITATION TO BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD INTO
EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL GRADUALLY
TRANSITION INTO RAIN AS THE COLDER AIR FILTERS INTO THE AREA.
MODELS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS PRECIP
WITH THE BEST CHANCES BEING ACROSS THE EASTERN CWA. THE
PRECIPITATION WILL END FROM WEST TO EAST THURSDAY EVENING AS THE
UPPER TROUGH PASSES TO THE NORTH.
TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO CLIMB INTO THE UPPER 90S TODAY ACROSS
PORTIONS OF THE PERMIAN BASIN AND REACH THE TRIPLE DIGITS ACROSS
AREAS OF THE TRANS PECOS. THE WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST IN
ADVANCE OF THE FRONT WHICH WILL PROVIDE COMPRESSIONAL WARMING VIA
DOWNSLOPE WINDS. HOWEVER...IF THE FRONT MOVES INTO THE AREA FASTER
THAN EXPECTED THEN TEMPERATURES WILL BE COOLER. HIGH TEMPERATURES
FOR THURSDAY AFTERNOON WILL BE AROUND 50 DEGREES COLDER THAN THOSE
FOR TODAY. THIS COOLING WILL BE FURTHER SUPPORTED BY AN INCREASE
IN CLOUD COVER DUE TO THE RAIN EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA.
TEMPERATURES FOR FRIDAY MORNING WILL PLUMMIT TO NEAR FREEZING
LEVELS AS THE SKIES CLEAR AND THE SURFACE HIGH REMAINS ACROSS THE
AREA.
THE UPPER TROUGH WILL MOVE EAST OF THE AREA AS ANOTHER TROUGH
DIGS SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE WESTERN CONUS EARLY NEXT WEEK.
TEMPERATURES WILL WARM UP THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND REACH NORMAL
VALUES EARLY NEXT WEEK. MODELS ARE PRODUCING PRECIP ACROSS THE
AREA EARLY NEXT WEEK WITH THE APPROACH OF THE NEXT TROUGH. LEFT
THE EXTENDED FORECAST DRY FOR NOW BUT THIS WILL NEED TO BE
MONITORED IN LATER SHIFTS.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
ANDREWS TX 96 38 47 32 / 10 40 40 0
BIG SPRING TX 95 38 47 32 / 10 40 40 0
CARLSBAD NM 95 38 50 29 / 0 30 30 0
DRYDEN TX 100 49 54 35 / 10 30 30 0
FORT STOCKTON TX 98 41 49 34 / 10 40 40 0
GUADALUPE PASS TX 90 34 49 31 / 0 20 20 0
HOBBS NM 92 36 47 30 / 10 40 40 0
MARFA TX 87 38 49 22 / 0 20 20 0
MIDLAND INTL AIRPORT TX 98 38 47 33 / 10 40 40 0
ODESSA TX 96 39 47 33 / 10 40 40 0
WINK TX 101 42 52 31 / 10 30 30 0
&&
.MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NM...WIND ADVISORY FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON MDT THURSDAY FOR THE
FOLLOWING ZONES... CENTRAL LEA COUNTY...EDDY COUNTY
PLAINS...NORTHERN LEA COUNTY...SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY.
HIGH WIND WATCH FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR
THE FOLLOWING ZONES... GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY.
TX...WIND ADVISORY FROM 1 AM TO 1 PM CDT THURSDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES... ANDREWS...BIG BEND AREA...BORDEN...CRANE...
DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA...DAWSON...ECTOR...GAINES...
GLASSCOCK...HOWARD...LOVING...MARFA PLATEAU...MARTIN...
MIDLAND...MITCHELL...PECOS...PRESIDIO VALLEY...REAGAN...
REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS...SCURRY...TERRELL...
UPTON...WARD...WINKLER.
HIGH WIND WATCH FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING FOR
THE FOLLOWING ZONES... GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS...VAN HORN AND
HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR.
&&
49/80Hazardous weather outlook, May 1, 3:56 AM CDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 356 AM CDT WED MAY 1 2013 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-020900- 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- 356 AM CDT WED MAY 1 2013 /256 AM MDT WED MAY 1 2013/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND WEST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...GENERALLY EAST OF A LAMESA...TO MIDLAND...TO FORT STOCKTON LINE. A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN AND AROUND SCURRY AND MITCHELL COUNTIES. STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT AND WINDS WILL INCREASE INTO THE NIGHT. NORTHERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE PLAINS AND A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT. WIND WILL INCREASE IN THE MOUNTAINS TOO WITH GUSTS WELL OVER 60 MPH IN PARTS OF THE GUADALUPE AND DELAWARE MOUNTAINS WHERE A HIGH WIND WATCH IS IN EFFECT. AREAS OF BLOWING DUST WILL INITIALLY ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER WINDS...DUST MAY EVENTUALLY SETTLE SOME WITH RAIN IN THE FORECAST THURSDAY MORNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY VERY WINDY CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE MORNING. A FREEZE IS POSSIBLE FRIDAY MORNING...EVEN ACROSS THE PERMIAN BASIN. .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
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 1, 4:37 AM CDT, 27 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 437 AM CDT WED MAY 1 2013 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-012000- 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...ARTESIA...CARLSBAD... CARLSBAD CAVERNS NP...TATUM...HOBBS...LOVINGTON...EUNICE...JAL... SEMINOLE...LAMESA...GAIL...SNYDER...ANDREWS...STANTON... BIG SPRING...COLORADO CITY...VAN HORN...PECOS...MENTONE... RED BLUFF LAKE...KERMIT...ODESSA...MIDLAND...GARDEN CITY... MONAHANS...CRANE...MCCAMEY...RANKIN...BIG LAKE...ALPINE... FORT DAVIS...FORT STOCKTON...PRESIDIO...MARFA...BIG BEND NP... MARATHON...SANDERSON...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP...PINE SPRINGS 437 AM CDT WED MAY 1 2013 /337 AM MDT WED MAY 1 2013/ ...WIND STORM WILL USHER IN MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES TONIGHT AND THURSDAY... A STRONG COLD FRONT IS STILL ON SCHEDULE TO MOVE INTO THE NORTHERN AREAS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THEN ACCELERATE SOUTH LIKELY REACHING THE RIO GRANDE AROUND SUNRISE THURSDAY MORNING. LATER THIS AFTERNOON A FEW STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE NEAR THE FRONT IN AND AROUND SCURRY AND MITCHELL COUNTIES WITH LARGE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS THE MAIN CONCERN. THE GREATEST AND MOST WIDESPREAD CONCERN FOCUSES AROUND THE POTENTIAL FOR STRONG POST FRONTAL WINDS EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. SUSTAINED NORTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH WILL LIKELY BE EASILY REACHED AROUND AND AFTER MIDNIGHT FOR AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 20. ACROSS THE TRANS PECOS THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL MOST LIKELY BE BETWEEN 4 AM AND 9 AM. INITIALLY AREAS OF BLOWING DUST WILL BE POSSIBLE AND MAY REDUCE THE VISIBILITY TO AROUND 1 MILE OR LESS. WINDS WILL BE ESPECIALLY STRONG THROUGH GUADALUPE PASS AND ON THE EAST SLOPES OF THE TRANS PECOS MOUNTAINS. BY 7 AM THURSDAY MORNING WIND CHILL READINGS WILL BE WIDESPREAD IN AROUND 20 TO THE UPPER 30S IN MANY AREAS. MOST PLACES HAVE HIGH TEMPERATURES FORECAST IN THE UPPER 40S AND 50S FOR THURSDAY AFTERNOON WHICH WOULD BE ABOUT 40 TO 45 DEGREES COOLER THAN THE HIGH TEMPERATURES TODAY. THERE IS A 30 TO 40 PERCENT OF LIGHT RAIN THURSDAY MORNING WHICH WILL TEND TO EVENTUALLY SETTLE THE BLOWING DUST. BY FRIDAY MORNING A LIGHT FREEZE WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA. WIND STORMS SIMILAR TO THIS ONE HAVE RESULTED IN SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS AND SHOULD NOT BE TAKEN LIGHTLY. SOME POSSIBLE IMPACTS INCLUDE... * STRONG CROSS WIND ON INTERSTATES 20 AND 10 WILL MAKE CONTROL OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES DIFFICULT. * BLOWING DUST ACROSS INTERSTATE 20 MAY RESULT IN RAPID CHANGES IN VISIBILITY IN SHORT DISTANCES FROM AROUND COLORADO CITY TO ODESSA. HIGHWAYS 349 AND 62 180 WILL ALSO BE PRONE TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES. * CONSTRUCTION SITES MAY BE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS AS GUSTY WINDS MAY COLLAPSE UNFINISHED WALLS AND ROOFS. * AVIATION INTEREST CAN EXPECT TURBULENT TAKE OFF AND LANDINGS. * POWER GRID MAY TEMPORARILY BE IMPACTED. * DROUGHT STRESSED TREES MAY BE TOPPLED. STAY TUNED TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AND LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS STRONG COLD FRONT.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 30, 7:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Scurry | 60 min |
| Apr 30, 7:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Scurry | 60 min |
| Apr 30, 8:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Mitchell, Scurry | 52 min |
| Apr 30, 9:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Mitchell | 62 min |
| Apr 30, 10:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Scurry | 44 min |
| May 1, 3:02 PM CDT | High Wind Warning | MAF | 27 hr | |
| May 1, 5:12 PM CDT | Freeze Watch | MAF | Andrews, Borden, Crane, Dawson, Ector, Gaines and 12 more | 21 hr |
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.