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High Wind Warning 12, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

February 20, 2014

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this high wind warning at Feb 20, 2014, 7:16 AM CST. It was in force for 5 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 20, 2014, 7:16 AM CST (13:16 UTC)
Expired
Feb 20, 2014, 12:00 PM CST
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

The text

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

934 
WWUS74 KMAF 201316
NPWMAF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
716 AM CST THU FEB 20 2014

...HIGH WIND WARNING FOR DAVIS MOUNTAINS ABOVE 6000 FT...

.A STRONG UPPER TROUGH SWINGING ACROSS NEW MEXICO AND TEXAS TODAY
HAS RESULTED IN HIGH WINDS ACROSS THE UPPER ELEVATIONS OF THE
DAVIS MOUNTAINS. THESE HIGH WINDS WILL DECREASE BY MIDDAY TODAY.

TXZ074-201800-
/O.NEW.KMAF.HW.W.0012.140220T1316Z-140220T1800Z/
DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALPINE...FORT DAVIS
716 AM CST THU FEB 20 2014

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A HIGH
WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. 

* EVENT...HIGH WIND.

* TIMING...THIS MORNING.

* WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 70 MPH.

* IMPACTS...MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION WHILE
  DRIVING IN THE HIGH WIND WARNING AREA. BE ALERT TO SUDDEN GUSTS
  OF WIND THAT MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

&&

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 20, 4:15 AM CSTRed Flag WarningMAFAndrews, Crane, Ector, Gaines, Glasscock, Loving and 8 more14 hr

Nearby

High Wind Warnings in Texas, 2014Every high wind warning in 2014

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.