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Winter Storm Watch 2, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

January 8, 2013Eddy County, New Mexico

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this winter storm watch at Jan 8, 2013, 4:59 AM MST for Eddy County, New Mexico. It took effect at Jan 8, 2013, 11:00 PM MST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 8, 2013, 4:59 AM MST (11:59 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 8, 2013, 11:00 PM MST
Expired: Jan 8, 2013, 12:55 PM MST
In force
Issued by: NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

County Eddy County, NM

The radar

The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 183 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this winter storm watch 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 watch went out at Jan 7, 10:47 PM MST, 6 hours 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 7, 10:47 PM MST, 6 hours 12 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 7, 12:31 PM MST, 16 hours 28 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 8, 12:55 PM MST	Winter Storm Warning	MAF		34 hr
Jan 8, 12:55 PM MST	Winter Weather Advisory	MAF		34 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Watches in New Mexico, 2013 Winter Storm Watches in Texas, 2013 Every winter storm watch 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.