Alert archive / Texas / Winter Storm Warnings in 2013
Winter Storm Warning 3, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this winter storm warning at Nov 23, 2013, 5:32 AM CST for 19 counties in Texas; Eddy County, Lea County, New Mexico. It took effect at Nov 23, 2013, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for 20 hr. 37 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 23, 2013, 5:32 AM CST (11:32 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 23, 2013, 6:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Nov 24, 2013, 2:13 PM CST
- In force
- 20 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 11:35 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 24, 5:31 AM CST | SLEET 3 | 5 S Carlsbad, NM | SNOW AND SLEET ON THE GROUND. LIGHT SNOW FALLING AT THE TIME. |
| Nov 24, 5:39 AM CST | SNOW 0 | 5 S Carlsbad, NM | STREETS IN TOWN ARE SNOW PACKED AND ICY. |
| Nov 24, 6:30 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | Midland, TX | AT LEAST 0.25 INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IN MIDLAND. ROADS ARE ICY. |
| Nov 24, 6:40 AM CST | SLEET 0 | Carlsbad, NM | ICY CONDITIONS ACROSS EDDY COUNTY RESULTED FROM A COMBINATION OF FREEZING RAIN, SLEET AND SNOW THAT STARTED FALLING SATURDAY. HWY 62/80 HAVE BEEN SHUTDOWN DUE TO ICE ON THE ROADWAYS. |
| Nov 24, 6:40 AM CST | SLEET 0 | Tatum, NM | LAW ENFORCEMENT IS RECOMMENDING TRAVEL WITH TIRE CHAINS ONLY ON US 380 THROUGH TATUM AS THERE ARE BLACK ICE CONDITIONS ON THE ROADWAY. |
| Nov 24, 6:49 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Midland, TX | MIDLAND SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED SEVERAL WRECKS OVERNIGHT. NO INJURIES REPORTED. |
| Nov 24, 6:49 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Midland, TX | MIDLAND SHERRIFS OFFICE REPORTED SEVERAL WRECKS OVERNIGHT. NO INJURIES REPORTED. |
| Nov 24, 6:51 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | 5 S Carlsbad, NM | VERY LIGHT FREEZING RAIN/LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE. AIR TEMPERATURE 27 DEGREES F. |
| Nov 24, 8:05 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Hobbs, NM | LEA COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTS ROADS ARE ICY ACROSS LEA COUNTY FROM A COMBINATION OF FREEZING RAIN SATURDAY AND 2 INCHES OF SLEET AND SNOW OVERNIGHT. |
| Nov 24, 8:17 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 1 | Kermit, TX | WINKLER COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTS 1/4 TO 1 INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION, ROADS ARE ICY FROM MAINLY FREEZING RAIN. A LITTLE SNOW AND SLEET FELL ALSO. |
| Nov 24, 8:17 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 1 | Kermit, TX | WINKLER COUNTY SHERRIFS OFFICE REPORTS 1/4 TO 1 INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION, ROADS ARE ICY FROM MAINLY FREEZING RAIN. A LITTLE SNOW AND SLEET FELL ALSO. |
| Nov 24, 8:20 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.5 | Crane, TX | CRANE COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED 0.25-0.5 INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION. ROADS ARE ICY. |
| Nov 24, 8:20 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.5 | Crane, TX | CRANE COUNTY SHERRIFS OFFICE REPORTED 0.25-0.5 INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION. ROADS ARE ICY. |
| Nov 24, 8:25 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Seminole, TX | A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW FELL SINCE YESTERDAY. NO ESTIMATE ON ICE ACCUMULATION, BUT ROADS ARE VERY ICY. |
| Nov 24, 8:25 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 1 | Andrews, TX | ANDREWS COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED ABOUT AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION. ROADS ARE ICY WHICH RESULTED IN A CAR WRECK AT 730 AM CST. NO INJURIES REPORTED. |
| Nov 24, 8:25 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 1 | Andrews, TX | ANDREWS COUNTY SHERRIFS OFFICE REPORTED ABOUT AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION. ROADS ARE ICY WHICH RESULTED IN A CAR WRECK AT 730 AM CST. NO INJURIES REPORTED. |
| Nov 24, 8:33 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 2 | Odessa, TX | ECTOR COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED 2 INCHES OF ICE ACCUMULATION. A TRACTOR TRAILER SLID OFF THE ROAD APPROXIMATELY 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ODESSA ON I-20. OVERPASSES ARE CLOSED AT MILE MARKER 104 AND 108 ON I-20. A LITTLE SLEET ALSO FELL. |
| Nov 24, 8:33 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 2 | Odessa, TX | ECTOR COUNTY SHERRIFS OFFICE REPORTED 2 INCHES OF ICE ACCUMULATION. A TRACTOR TRAILER SLID OFF THE ROAD APPROXIMATELY 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ODESSA ON I-20. OVERPASSES ARE CLOSED AT MILE MARKER 104 AND 108 ON I-20. A LITTLE SLEET ALSO FELL. |
| Nov 24, 8:39 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 1 | Rankin, TX | UPTON COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED ABOUT AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION. SOME SLEET ALSO FELL, BUT PRECIPITATION WAS MAINLY FREEZING RAIN. ROADS ARE ICY AND 2 CARS SLID OFF THE ROAD SATURDAY AFTERNOON. |
| Nov 24, 8:39 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 1 | Rankin, TX | UPTON COUNTY SHERRIFS OFFICE REPORTED ABOUT AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION. SOME SLEET ALSO FELL, BUT PRECIPITATION WAS MAINLY FREEZING RAIN. ROADS ARE ICY AND 2 CARS SLID OFF THE ROAD SATURDAY AFTERNOON. |
| Nov 24, 8:43 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | Lamesa, TX | DAWSON COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED ABOUNT 0.25 INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION. ROADS ARE ICY. |
| Nov 24, 8:43 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | Lamesa, TX | DAWSON COUNTY SHERRIFS OFFICE REPORTED ABOUNT 0.25 INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION. ROADS ARE ICY. |
| Nov 24, 8:43 AM CST | SLEET 1 | Mentone, TX | SLEET THAT HAS FALLEN SINCE YESTERDAY HAS ACCUMULATED TO ONE INCH, THERE ARE NO ROAD CLOSURES. |
| Nov 24, 8:51 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | 3 Sw Big Spring, TX | HALF INCH ACCUMULATION OF ICE, ROADS ARE ICY. |
| Nov 24, 8:51 AM CST | SNOW 0 | Sanderson, TX | SNOW AND SLEET OVERNIGHT WITH TEMPERATURES OF 31 TO 33 DEGREES F HAS RESULTED IN LIGHT ICING CONDITIONS. THUNDER WAS REPORTED AT THE TIME OF THE CALL. NO ROAD CLOSURES AT THIS TIME. |
| Nov 24, 8:51 AM CST | SNOW 3 | 1 N Artesia, NM | OVERNIGHT ACCUMULATION |
| Nov 24, 8:51 AM CST | SNOW 3 | 9 Wnw Carlsbad, NM | ROCKY ARROYO CROSSING ON STATE HIGHWAY 137. LIGHT SNOW IS STILL FALLING. |
| Nov 24, 8:52 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Odessa, TX | THE DPS REPORTED VEHICLES STRANDED ON I-20 EASTBOUND BETWEEN PENWELL AND ODESSA FOR THE LAST 4-5 HOURS DUE TO ICY CONDITIONS. |
| Nov 24, 8:55 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Midland, TX | THE DPS REPORTED LOOP 250 IN MIDLAND AND HIGHWAY 191 BETWEEN MIDLAND AND ODESSA CLOSED DUE TO ICY CONDITIONS. THE SERVICE ROADS ON BOTH ARE OPEN. |
| Nov 24, 9:13 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 1 | Stanton, TX | THE MARTIN COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED ICE ACCUMULATION OF ABOUT 1 INCH. ROADS ARE ICY WHICH RESULTED IN A VEHICLE ROLLOVER AT 8 AM CST. |
| Nov 24, 9:18 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Gail, TX | BORDEN COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED FREEZING RAIN AND A LITTLE SLEET. NO ACCUMULATION ESTIMATE, BUT ROADS ARE ICY. |
| Nov 24, 9:21 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 1 | Big Spring, TX | HOWARD COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED ABOUT AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION. ROADS ARE ICY WITH A WRECK REPORTED ON I-20 APPROXIMATELY 15 MILES EAST OF BIG SPRING. NO INJURIES REPORTED. |
| Nov 24, 9:26 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 3 | Garden City, TX | GLASSCOCK COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED 2-3 INCHES OF ICE ACCUMULATION. POWER LINES ARE DOWN ACROSS THE COUNTY. |
| Nov 24, 9:30 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.5 | Big Lake, TX | REAGAN COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED APPROXIMATELY 0.5 INCH ICE ACCUMULATION FROM A MMIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET. POWER LINES ARE DOWN OVER PARTS OF THE COUNTY. |
| Nov 24, 9:37 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Snyder, TX | SCURRY COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED 0.25-0.50 INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION. FREEZING RAIN AND SOME SLEET FELL. ROADS ARE ICY AND POWER OUTAGES HAVE OCCURRED IN SNYDER OVERNIGHT AND THIS MORNING. |
| Nov 24, 9:40 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | Colorado City, TX | THE MITCHELL COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED NEAR 0.25 INCH ICE ACCUMULATION FROM FREEZING RAIN AND SOME SLEET. ROADS ARE ICY AND SEVERAL WRECKS REPORTED ON I-20 IN AND NEAR COLORADO CITY AND LORAINE. |
| Nov 24, 10:19 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.5 | 28 Ne Dryden, TX | THE TERRELL GAS PLANT REPORTED 0.25-0.5 INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION EARLIER THIS MORNING. ROADS WERE ICY THIS MORNING. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 11.5 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
- 4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 468 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 337 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
914 WWUS44 KMAF 231132 WSWMAF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 532 AM CST SAT NOV 23 2013 ...A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY CONTINUES FOR LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE PERMIAN BASIN...SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...AND MUCH OF SOUTHWEST TEXAS. ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR A WINTRY MIX INCLUDING SNOW FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...THE PERMIAN BASIN...AND MUCH OF SOUTHWEST TEXAS... .SHALLOW COLD ARCTIC AIR CONTINUES TO BE OVER-RUN BY WARMER MORE MOIST AIR JUST A FEW THOUSAND FEET ABOVE THE GROUND FAVORING THE DEVELOPMENT OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN OR LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE. ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE HAS KEPT TEMPERATURES BELOW FREEZING IN MOST AREAS TONIGHT. LIGHT ICE HAS BEEN REPORTED ACROSS SOME OF THE ROADS ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES...AND OVERPASSES...BUT ON WALKWAYS TOO. THESE GENERAL CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. BY THIS EVENING LIFT WILL INCREASE MORE SUBSTANTIALLY WITH WINTRY WEATHER BECOMING MORE LIKELY...THUS A WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED. SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND THE NORTHWEST AND NORTH PERMIAN BASIN LOOK TO RECEIVE 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET. AREAS TO THE SOUTH WILL SEE FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE OVER ONE QUARTER INCH POSSIBLE. THOSE PLANNING TRAVEL THIS WEEKEND SHOULD MAKE CONTINGENCY PLANS WITH WINTRY WEATHER OVER THE AREA FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME. OTHER AREAS OF TEXAS AND NEW MEXICO ARE EXPERIENCING SIMILAR WINTER WEATHER. NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-059>063-258-232330- /O.UPG.KMAF.WS.A.0003.131124T0000Z-131125T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMAF.WS.W.0003.131124T0000Z-131125T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMAF.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-131124T0000Z/ 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-LOVING- WINKLER-ECTOR-MIDLAND-GLASSCOCK-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...MENTONE...RED BLUFF LAKE...KERMIT... ODESSA...MIDLAND...GARDEN CITY...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP... PINE SPRINGS 532 AM CST SAT NOV 23 2013 /432 AM MST SAT NOV 23 2013/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ MONDAY... * EVENT...THROUGH SATURDAY...SLEET...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN/DRIZZLE. SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY...SNOW...SLEET/FREEZING RAIN. * TIMING...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE TODAY. HEAVIER PRECIPITATION WILL MOVE IN TONIGHT AND SUNDAY WITH MORE SIGNIFICANT ICE AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS DUE TO ICE ACCUMULATIONS ON ROADS INCLUDING BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. STAIRWAYS...WALKWAYS AND WINDOWS MAY ALSO BECOME ICY. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 4 INCHES. * TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS...LESS THEN A QUARTER INCH THROUGH TODAY. ICE AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF A QUARTER INCH OR MORE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR ICE AND SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE AND SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ TXZ057-058-067>070-074-075-080>082-232330- /O.NEW.KMAF.WS.W.0003.131124T0000Z-131125T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMAF.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-131124T0000Z/ VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR- REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-WARD-CRANE-UPTON-REAGAN- DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA-PECOS-MARFA PLATEAU-BIG BEND AREA- TERRELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VAN HORN...PECOS...MONAHANS...CRANE... MCCAMEY...RANKIN...BIG LAKE...ALPINE...FORT DAVIS... FORT STOCKTON...MARFA...BIG BEND NP...MARATHON...SANDERSON 532 AM CST SAT NOV 23 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST MONDAY... * EVENT...THROUGH SATURDAY SLEET...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN/DRIZZLE. SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. * TIMING...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE TODAY. HEAVIER PRECIPITATION WILL MOVE IN TONIGHT AND SUNDAY WITH MORE SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS DUE TO ICE ACCUMULATIONS ON ROADS INCLUDING BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. STAIRWAYS...WALKWAYS AND WINDOWS MAY ALSO BECOME ICY. * TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS...LESS THEN A QUARTER INCH THROUGH TODAY. ICE AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF A QUARTER INCH OR MORE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN OR LIGHT FREEING DRIZZLE MAY CAUSE OUTDOOR WORK ISSUES AND TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET MEANS THAT A WINTER STORM SYSTEM IS IMPACTING THE AREA WITH SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE. TRAVEL IS LIKELY TO BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. && $$ HLUCHAN
4 follow-up statements
594 WWUS44 KMAF 232007 WSWMAF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 207 PM CST SAT NOV 23 2013 ...A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY CONTINUES FOR LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE PERMIAN BASIN...SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...AND MUCH OF SOUTHWEST TEXAS... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR A WINTRY MIX INCLUDING SNOW FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...THE PERMIAN BASIN...AND MUCH OF SOUTHWEST TEXAS... .SHALLOW COLD ARCTIC AIR CONTINUES TO HUG THE AREA AND WITH AN UPPER LOW TO WEST THE COLD AIR IS BEING BE OVER-RUN BY WARMER MORE MOIST AIR A FEW THOUSAND FEET ABOVE THE GROUND. THE RESULT IS FAIRLY WIDESPREAD LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE. ALSO ISOLATED STORMS COULD BE EMBEDDED WITHIN THE PRECIPITATION RESULTING IN SLEET. ICE ACCUMULATIONS HAVE BEEN MAINLY ON EXPOSED AND ELEVATED SURFACES...INCLUDING BRIDGES...AND OVERPASSES...BUT ON WALKWAYS TOO. THESE GENERAL CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. THIS EVENING LIFT WILL INCREASE WITH WINTRY WEATHER BECOMING MORE LIKELY AND A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT. SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND THE NORTHWEST AND NORTH PERMIAN BASIN LOOK TO RECEIVE 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET. AREAS TO THE SOUTH WILL SEE A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND POSSIBLY SOME SNOW. ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE TO AROUND ONE QUARTER INCH ARE POSSIBLE ALONG WITH SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS TO NEAR 1 INCH. THOSE PLANNING TRAVEL THIS WEEKEND SHOULD MAKE CONTINGENCY PLANS WITH WINTRY WEATHER OVER THE AREA FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME. OTHER AREAS OF TEXAS AND NEW MEXICO ARE EXPERIENCING SIMILAR WINTER WEATHER. NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 080>082-258-241115- /O.CON.KMAF.WS.W.0003.131124T0000Z-131125T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMAF.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-131124T0000Z/ 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-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...MARFA...BIG BEND NP...MARATHON... SANDERSON...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP...PINE SPRINGS 207 PM CST SAT NOV 23 2013 /107 PM MST SAT NOV 23 2013/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ MONDAY... * EVENT...THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON SLEET...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN/DRIZZLE. TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY...SLEET...SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN. * TIMING...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE TODAY. HEAVIER PRECIPITATION WILL MOVE IN TONIGHT AND SUNDAY WITH MORE SIGNIFICANT ICE AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS DUE TO ICE AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ON ROADS INCLUDING BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. STAIRWAYS...WALKWAYS AND WINDOWS MAY ALSO BECOME ICY. * TOTAL ICE...SNOW...SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO AROUND A QUARTER INCH OF ICE THROUGH SUNDAY. SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN OR LIGHT FREEING DRIZZLE MAY CAUSE OUTDOOR WORK ISSUES AND TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET MEANS THAT A WINTER STORM SYSTEM IS IMPACTING THE AREA WITH SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE. TRAVEL IS LIKELY TO BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. && $$
680 WWUS44 KMAF 240059 WSWMAF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 659 PM CST SAT NOV 23 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR A WINTRY MIX INCLUDING SNOW THROUGH MONDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...THE PERMIAN BASIN...AND MUCH OF SOUTHWEST TEXAS... .SHALLOW COLD ARCTIC AIR CONTINUES TO HUG THE AREA AND WITH AN UPPER LOW TO WEST THE COLD AIR IS BEING BE OVER-RUN BY WARMER MORE MOIST AIR A FEW THOUSAND FEET ABOVE THE GROUND. THE RESULT IS FAIRLY WIDESPREAD LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET. ICE ACCUMULATIONS HAVE BEEN MAINLY ON EXPOSED AND ELEVATED SURFACES...INCLUDING BRIDGES...AND OVERPASSES...BUT ALSO ON WALKWAYS TOO. THIS EVENING LIFT WILL INCREASE WITH SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND THE NORTHWEST AND NORTH PERMIAN BASIN LOOKING TO RECEIVE 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET. AREAS TO THE SOUTH WILL SEE A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND POSSIBLY SOME SNOW. ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE TO AROUND ONE QUARTER INCH ARE POSSIBLE ALONG WITH SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS TO NEAR 1 INCH. THOSE PLANNING TRAVEL THIS WEEKEND SHOULD MAKE CONTINGENCY PLANS WITH WINTRY WEATHER OVER THE AREA FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME. OTHER AREAS OF TEXAS AND NEW MEXICO ARE EXPERIENCING SIMILAR WINTER WEATHER. NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 080>082-258-241200- /O.CON.KMAF.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-131125T1200Z/ 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-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...MARFA...BIG BEND NP...MARATHON... SANDERSON...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP...PINE SPRINGS 659 PM CST SAT NOV 23 2013 /559 PM MST SAT NOV 23 2013/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ MONDAY... * EVENT...SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW. * TIMING...LIGHT TO MODERATE FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET THIS EVENING WILL TRANSITION TO MORE OF A SLEET AND SNOW MIX BY SUNRISE SUNDAY MORNING NORTH OF I-20. SOUTH OF I-20 SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL BE THE DOMINANT PRECIPITATION TYPE. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS DUE TO ICE AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ON ROADS INCLUDING BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. STAIRWAYS...WALKWAYS AND WINDOWS MAY ALSO BECOME ICY. * TOTAL ICE...SNOW...SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO AROUND A QUARTER INCH OF ICE THROUGH SUNDAY. SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN OR LIGHT FREEING DRIZZLE MAY CAUSE OUTDOOR WORK ISSUES AND TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET MEANS THAT A WINTER STORM SYSTEM IS IMPACTING THE AREA WITH SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE. TRAVEL IS LIKELY TO BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. && $$
527 WWUS44 KMAF 241017 WSWMAF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 417 AM CST SUN NOV 24 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR A WINTRY MIX TODAY THROUGH MONDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND MOST OF WEST TEXAS... .SHALLOW COLD ARCTIC AIR CONTINUES TO HUG THE AREA AND WITH AN UPPER LOW TO THE WEST THE COLD AIR WILL CONTINUE TO BE OVER-RUN BY WARMER AND MOIST AIR A FEW THOUSAND FEET ABOVE THE GROUND. THE RESULT WILL BE WIDESPREAD LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET. FOR SOME AREAS THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW... MAINLY FOR NEW MEXICO AND THE NORTHER PERMIAN BASIN. ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE WITH UP TO 3 INCHES FOR THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE TO AROUND ONE QUARTER INCH ARE POSSIBLE ALONG WITH SLEET ACCUMULATIONS TO NEAR 1 INCH. THOSE CONSIDERING TRAVEL ACROSS THE REGION TODAY SHOULD MAKE CONTINGENCY PLANS TO DEAL WITH THIS WINTRY WEATHER. NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 080>082-258-242200- /O.CON.KMAF.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-131125T1200Z/ 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-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...MARFA...BIG BEND NP...MARATHON... SANDERSON...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP...PINE SPRINGS 417 AM CST SUN NOV 24 2013 /317 AM MST SUN NOV 24 2013/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ MONDAY... * EVENT...SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET... AND SNOW. * TIMING...TODAY AND TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS DUE TO ICE AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ON ROADS INCLUDING BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. STAIRWAYS...WALKWAYS AND WINDOWS MAY ALSO BECOME ICY. * FREEZING RAIN ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A QUARTER INCH OF ICE. SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN OR LIGHT FREEING DRIZZLE MAY CAUSE OUTDOOR WORK ISSUES AND TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET MEANS THAT A WINTER STORM SYSTEM IS IMPACTING THE AREA WITH SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE. TRAVEL IS LIKELY TO BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. && $$
919 WWUS44 KMAF 242013 WSWMAF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 213 PM CST SUN NOV 24 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS UNTIL MONDAY MORNING EXCEPT ALONG THE RIO GRANDE... .PERIODS OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND FREEZING DRIZZLE...MIXING WITH LIGHT SNOW AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS THROUGH TONIGHT AHEAD OF A LARGE...SLOW MOVING...UPPER LEVEL LOW. PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS WILL BE LIGHT... BUT TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN BELOW FREEZING WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS RESULTING IN CONTINUED HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS THROUGH MUCH OF MONDAY MORNING. NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 080>082-258-251200- /O.CAN.KMAF.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-131125T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMAF.WW.Y.0005.131124T2013Z-131125T1500Z/ 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-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...MARFA...BIG BEND NP...MARATHON... SANDERSON...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP...PINE SPRINGS 213 PM CST SUN NOV 24 2013 /113 PM MST SUN NOV 24 2013/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST /8 AM MST/ MONDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS EXCEPT ALONG THE RIO GRANDE...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST /8 AM MST/ MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * EVENT...LIGHT ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN...FREEZING DRIZZLE AND LIGHT SNOW. * TIMING...TODAY AND TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS DUE TO ICE AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ON ROADS INCLUDING BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. STAIRWAYS...WALKWAYS AND WINDOWS MAY ALSO BECOME ICY. * LIGHT ADDITIONAL FREEZING RAIN AND LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS LESS THAN AN INCH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN OR LIGHT FREEING DRIZZLE MAY CAUSE OUTDOOR WORK ISSUES AND TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm warning 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 winter storm warning went out at Nov 23, 4:58 AM CST, 34 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 23, 4:58 AM CST, 34 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
458 AM CST Sat Nov 23 2013
.DISCUSSION...
...Light wintry mix continues today before more significant ice and
snow arrive tonight and Sunday...
Light freezing rain and freezing drizzle continue across the area
this morning as the Arctic airmass in place continues to be over-
run by warmer air aloft. 00Z MAF sounding shows a pronounced warm
layer about 6 kft thick with +7C at 750mb. Fcst soundings show
this warm nose aloft changing very little today. For this reason
will continue with freezing rain/freezing drizzle as the main
precip type across the area today. A few locations may rise above
freezing this afternoon and switch to light rain mainly along the
Rio Grande. Even though PoPs will remain high today, only expect light
accumulations of rain and freezing rain. As was the case
yesterday, bridges and overpasses will be the main icing concern.
With that said will keep the Winter Weather Advisory going until 6
PM CST this evening. High winds will also continue at GDP so have
kept the High wind warning going until tomorrow morning.
Lift will increase tonight ahead of the large upper storm system
that has been sitting to our west over the last few days. This will
help precipitation increase in coverage and intensity across most of
the area. The warm layer aloft will continue to erode as the upper
low moves closer and cold air deepens. Forecast soundings suggest
freezing rain will begin to mix and change over to sleet and snow
this evening across the Guadalupe Mountains and SE NM. The warm nose
will stay more pronounced over the rest of the area so expecting a
mix of freezing rain and sleet. After midnight, the column will cool
enough to allow mainly snow across SE NM with freezing rain and
sleet elsewhere. Sleet and snow then look to be the main precip
types on Sunday with freezing rain being confined south of the I-10
corridor. Models bring in the highest QPF across the west between
24/00Z and 24/06Z, then spreading east Sunday morning. Precip
amounts will depend greatly on the p-type with several inches of
sleet and snow possible roughly along and north of the I-20 corridor
and a quarter inch or more of freezing rain south of this. This
forecast will continue to be refined as we get closer to tonight.
Given the possibility of significant ice and snow accumulations will
upgrade the Winter storm watch to a warning and expand it south to
include all areas except the Presidio Valley. The warning will begin
this evening at 6 PM CST and run through Monday morning. Precip will
begin to taper off Monday as the upper low moves overhead and
moisture is shunted east.
Upper ridging will build in behind this system by midweek with
temperatures warming toward normal. As of now, Wednesday and
Thanksgiving Day look cool, but dry.
Hluchan
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
ANDREWS TX 30 23 29 21 / 60 70 70 60
BIG SPRING TX 32 27 30 25 / 60 70 70 70
CARLSBAD NM 34 26 32 22 / 60 70 70 60
DRYDEN TX 37 32 35 31 / 60 70 60 70
FORT STOCKTON TX 32 24 32 25 / 60 70 60 70
GUADALUPE PASS TX 28 17 29 23 / 60 60 60 60
HOBBS NM 30 22 28 19 / 60 70 70 60
MARFA TX 33 27 34 24 / 60 60 60 60
MIDLAND INTL AIRPORT TX 32 25 29 22 / 60 70 60 70
ODESSA TX 31 24 28 22 / 60 70 60 60
WINK TX 34 28 31 25 / 60 70 60 60
&&
.MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NM...FREEZE WARNING until 8 AM MST this morning FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES... Eddy County Plains...Guadalupe Mountains of Eddy
County.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY until 5 PM MST this afternoon FOR THE
FOLLOWING ZONES... Central Lea County...Eddy County
Plains...Guadalupe Mountains of Eddy County...Northern Lea
County...Southern Lea County.
WINTER STORM WARNING from 5 PM this afternoon to 5 AM MST Monday
FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES... Central Lea County...Eddy County
Plains...Guadalupe Mountains of Eddy County...Northern Lea
County...Southern Lea County.
TX...FREEZE WARNING until 9 AM CST /8 AM MST/ this morning FOR THE
FOLLOWING ZONES... Big Bend Area...Davis/Apache Mountains
Area...Guadalupe Mountains...Marfa Plateau...Pecos...
Presidio Valley...Reeves County and Upper Trans Pecos...
Terrell...Van Horn and Highway 54 Corridor.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY until 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ this evening
FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES... Andrews...Big Bend Area...
Borden...Crane...Davis/Apache Mountains Area...Dawson...
Ector...Gaines...Glasscock...Guadalupe Mountains...Howard...
Loving...Marfa Plateau...Martin...Midland...Mitchell...
Pecos...Reagan...Reeves County and Upper Trans Pecos...
Scurry...Terrell...Upton...Van Horn and Highway 54
Corridor...Ward...Winkler.
WINTER STORM WARNING from 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ this evening to 6
AM CST /5 AM MST/ Monday FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES...
Andrews...Big Bend Area...Borden...Crane...Davis/Apache
Mountains Area...Dawson...Ector...Gaines...Glasscock...
Guadalupe Mountains...Howard...Loving...Marfa Plateau...
Martin...Midland...Mitchell...Pecos...Reagan...Reeves
County and Upper Trans Pecos...Scurry...Terrell...Upton...
Van Horn and Highway 54 Corridor...Ward...Winkler.
HIGH WIND WARNING until 5 AM MST Sunday FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES... Guadalupe Mountains.
&&
72/29Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 23, 4:32 AM CST, 1 hour before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 432 AM CST SAT NOV 23 2013 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-241045- 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- 432 AM CST SAT NOV 23 2013 /332 AM MST SAT NOV 23 2013/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND WEST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A WINTRY MIX OF FREEZING DRIZZLE... FREEZING RAIN... SLEET... AND SOME SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS ACROSS THE AREA. A FREEZE WARNING FOR A HARD FREEZE REMAINS IN EFFECT THIS MORNING ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE PECOS RIVER. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT TODAY FOR NEARLY ALL OF WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR ALL OF WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO EXCEPT THE PRESIDIO VALLEY. A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT TODAY AND TONIGHT FOR THE GUADALUPE PASS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT FOR NEARLY ALL OF WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO. .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
Nearby
Winter Storm Warnings in Texas, 2013Winter Storm Warnings in New Mexico, 2013Every winter storm warning in 2013
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.