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Winter Storm Warning 4, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this winter storm warning at Dec 30, 2014, 4:26 AM CST for 19 counties in Texas; Eddy County, Lea County, New Mexico. It took effect at Dec 30, 2014, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for 4 days. 38 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
- Dec 30, 2014, 4:26 AM CST (10:26 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 30, 2014, 6:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Jan 3, 2015, 6:00 AM CST
- In force
- 4 days
- 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 10:30 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 31, 7:59 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | Midland International A, TX | A QUARTER INCH OF ICE ON EXPOSED SURFACES WITH UP TO A HALF INCH OF ICE ON NORTH-FACING SURFACES FROM PERSISTENT LIGHT FREEZING RAIN |
| Jan 1, 7:56 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.1 | Rankin, TX | PRECIPITATION WAS A MIX OF FREEZING DRIZZLE, LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND A LITTLE SNOW. ROADS ARE ICY. |
| Jan 1, 8:00 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.2 | Big Lake, TX | PRECIPITATION WAS A MIX OF FREEZING DRIZZLE, LIGHT FREEZING RAIN, AND A LITTLE SNOW AND SLEET. ROADS ARE ICY. |
| Jan 1, 8:06 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | Fort Stockton, TX | PRECIPITATION WAS A MIX OF FREEZING DRIZZLE, FREEZING RAIN, SLEET AND SNOW. ROADS ARE ICY. |
| Jan 1, 8:21 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | Midland International A, TX | PRECIPITATION WAS A MIX OF FREEZING DRIZZLE, FREEZING RAIN, SNOW AND SLEET. ROADS ARE ICY. |
| Jan 1, 8:24 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Sanderson, TX | ROADS ARE ICY. |
| Jan 1, 8:27 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.5 | Garden City, TX | PRECIPITATION WAS A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET TO A DEPTH OF 0.25 TO 0.50 INCH. ROADS ARE ICY. |
| Jan 1, 8:30 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Big Spring, TX | PRECIPITATION WAS A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN, SLEET AND SNOW. ICE ACCUMULATIONS VARIED. ROADS ARE ICY. |
| Jan 1, 8:42 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Monahans, TX | NO ESTIMATE GIVEN, HOWEVER ROADS ARE ICY FROM A MIX OF FREEZING DRIZZLE, LIGHT FREEZING RAIN, SLEET AND SNOW. |
| Jan 1, 8:45 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.1 | Kermit, TX | PRECIPITATION WAS A MIX OF FREEZING DRIZZLE, LIGHT FREEZING RAIN, AND A LITTLE SLEET AND SNOW. ROADS ARE ICY. |
| Jan 1, 8:49 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.1 | Stanton, TX | PRECIPITATION WAS A MIX OF FREEZING DRIZZLE, LIGHT FREEZING RAIN, AND A LITTLE SNOW AND SLEET. ROADS ARE ICY. |
| Jan 1, 8:57 AM CST | SLEET 2 | Colorado City, TX | A THIN LAYER OF ICE WAS COVERED BY 2 INCHES OF SLEET. THEY HAD A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN, SLEET AND A LITTLE SNOW. ROADS ARE ICY. |
| Jan 1, 9:03 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.1 | Snyder, TX | PRECIPITATION WAS A MIX OF FREEZING DRIZZLE, LIGHT FREEZING RAIN, BUT VERY LITTLE SLEET AND SNOW. |
| Jan 1, 9:08 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.1 | Gail, TX | PRECIPITATION WAS A MIX OF FREEZING DRIZZLE, LIGHT FREEZING RAIN, BUT VERY LITTLE SLEET OR SNOW. ROADS ARE ICY. |
| Jan 1, 9:11 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.1 | Seminole, TX | PRECIPITATION WAS A MIX OF FREEZING DRIZZLE, LIGHT FREEZING RAIN, AND A LITTLE SLEET AND SNOW. |
| Jan 1, 9:14 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.1 | Andrews, TX | PRECIPITATION WAS A MIX OF FREEZING DRIZZLE, LIGHT FREEZING RAIN, BUT VERY LITTLE SLEET AND SNOW. ROADS ARE ICY. |
| Jan 1, 9:17 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | Odessa, TX | PRECIPITATION WAS A MIX OF FREEZING DRIZZLE, LIGHT FREEZING RAIN, SLEET AND SNOW. ROADS ARE ICY. |
| Jan 2, 6:55 AM CST | SLEET 0.5 | Midland International A, TX | 0.50 INCH OF SLEET ON TOP OF SLUSHY ICE |
| Jan 2, 8:44 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.1 | Snyder, TX | PRECIPITATION WAS A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN WITH A LITTLE SLEET. |
| Jan 2, 8:46 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.1 | Colorado City, TX | PRECIPITATION WAS A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET. BOTH EAST AND WEST BOUND LANES OF I-20 WERE ICY. |
| Jan 2, 8:54 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.1 | Lamesa, TX | PRECIPITATION WAS FREEZING RAIN WITH ICE ACCUMULATION |
| Jan 2, 8:56 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.1 | Big Spring, TX | PRECIPITATION WAS SLEET MIXED WITH FREEZING RAIN. |
| Jan 2, 9:00 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.5 | Queen, NM | PRECIPITATION HAS BEEN LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE AND FOG WITH ICE ACCUMULATION ABOVE 6000 FEET BETWEEN A HALF INCH TO AN INCH. |
| Jan 2, 9:02 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.1 | Stanton, TX | PRECIPITATION WAS A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET |
| Jan 2, 9:05 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.1 | Andrews, TX | PRECIPITATION WAS A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET. |
| Jan 2, 9:09 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.1 | Big Lake, TX | ICE ACCUMULATION IS AT A TENTH OF AN INCH AND ROADS ARE STILL ICY. |
| Jan 2, 9:12 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.2 | Rankin, TX | PRECIPITATION WAS FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET. ROADS BETWEEN CRANE AND RANKIN WERE ICY. |
| Jan 2, 9:21 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.1 | Crane, TX | A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION ON ELEVATED SURFACES WITH LITTLE ICE ON THE ROADWAYS. |
| Jan 2, 2:00 PM CST | ICE STORM | Midland, TX | POWER OUTAGES REPORTED IN MIDLAND DUE TO POWER LINES DOWNED BY ICE ACCUMULATION. OVER 4000 OUTAGES BETWEEN MIDLAND AND ODESSA. |
| Jan 2, 2:00 PM CST | ICE STORM | Odessa, TX | POWER OUTAGES REPORTED IN ODESSA DUE TO POWER LINES DOWNED BY ICE ACCUMULATION. OVER 4000 OUTAGES BETWEEN MIDLAND AND ODESSA. |
| Jan 2, 2:00 PM CST | ICE STORM | Seminole, TX | POWER OUTAGE TO MORE THAN 1000 METERS IN SEMINOLE AREA DUE TO POWER LINES DOWNED BY ICE ACCUMULATION. |
| Jan 2, 2:00 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Artesia, NM | AN INCH OF SNOW FALLEN IN LAST HOUR. ROADS EXTREMELY ICY. |
| Jan 2, 4:00 PM CST | ICE STORM 6 | 3 N Midland, TX | NUMEROUS 3-6 INCH LIMBS DOWNED BY ICE ON EMPLOYEE/S PROPERTY. NEIGHBOR/S PROPERTIES HAD 3-8 INCH LIMBS DOWNED...INCLUDING MOST OF TWO LIVE OAK TREES AND A PINE TREE. |
| Jan 2, 8:30 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 4 | Carlsbad, NM | |
| Jan 2, 8:30 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 4 | Queen, NM | |
| Jan 2, 8:30 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 4 | Seven Rivers, NM | |
| Jan 2, 8:30 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 5.5 | Artesia, NM | 5 TO 5.5 INCHES OF SNOW IN ARTESIA. |
| Jan 2, 8:30 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6.5 | 6 N Artesia, NM |
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, 10.4 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2457 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 190 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
940 WWUS44 KMAF 301026 WSWMAF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 426 AM CST TUE DEC 30 2014 ...A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL AREAS EXCEPT THE PRESIDIO VALLEY FOR A WINTRY MIX THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... .IN THE WAKE OF THE ARCTIC FRONT LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING AND PERSIST THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO DROP BELOW FREEZING THIS MORNING...AND REMAIN BELOW FREEZING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. IT IS EXPECTED THAT ROADWAYS...BRIDGES...OVERPASSES...SIDEWALKS...AND STAIRWAYS WILL ACCUMULATE ICE. THE WINTRY PRECIPITATION IS IS EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS TO NEAR .15 INCHES POSSIBLE. WITH THE EXPECTED FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL BECOME EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS. FREEZING FOG WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES ALONG THE EAST SLOPES OF THE MOUNTAINS. ADDITIONALLY...IN THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND VERY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL LEAD TO DANGEROUS WIND CHILL READINGS AS LOW AS 10 BELOW ZERO TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. RESIDENTS THAT ARE PLANNING TRAVEL SHOULD CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST BEFORE TRAVELING. WINTER WEATHER WILL BE POSSIBLE IN SURROUNDING AREAS TOO. NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 080>082-258-310000- /O.UPG.KMAF.WS.A.0001.141231T0000Z-150101T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMAF.WS.W.0004.141230T1200Z-150101T0000Z/ 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 426 AM CST TUE DEC 30 2014 /326 AM MST TUE DEC 30 2014/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * EVENT...WINTRY MIX OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET. * TIMING...TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...ICY ROADS...AND LOW VISIBILITY. WINDS WILL PUSH WIND CHILL READINGS INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS ACROSS THE PERMIAN BASIN WEDNESDAY MORNING AND BELOW ZERO IN PARTS OF THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO .15 INCHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. TRAVEL IS LIKELY TO BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. && $$ STROBIN
12 follow-up statements
054 WWUS44 KMAF 302050 WSWMAF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 250 PM CST TUE DEC 30 2014 ...A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL AREAS EXCEPT THE PRESIDIO VALLEY FOR A WINTRY MIX THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... .IN THE WAKE OF AN ARCTIC FRONT THAT MOVED THROUGH THIS MORNING LIGHT FREEZING RAIN HAS DEVELOPED AND WILL PERSIST INTO WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES HAVE FALLEN BELOW FREEZING...AND WILL REMAIN THERE THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. IT IS EXPECTED THAT ROADWAYS...BRIDGES...OVERPASSES...SIDEWALKS... AND STAIRWAYS WILL ACCUMULATE ICE. THE WINTRY PRECIPITATION IS IS EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 0.20 INCHES POSSIBLE. WITH THE EXPECTED FREEZING RAIN DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL BECOME EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS...ESPECIALLY DURING THE UPCOMING HOLIDAY. FREEZING FOG WILL ALSO REDUCE VISIBILITIES ALONG THE EAST SLOPES OF THE MOUNTAINS. ADDITIONALLY...ELEVATED WINDS AND VERY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL LEAD TO VERY COLD WIND CHILLS TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. READINGS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND THE PERMIAN BASIN AND MAY FALL AS LOW AS 5 BELOW ZERO TONIGHT IN THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS. RESIDENTS THAT ARE PLANNING TRAVEL SHOULD CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST BEFORE TRAVELING. WINTER WEATHER WILL BE POSSIBLE IN SURROUNDING AREAS TOO. NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 080>082-258-310500- /O.CON.KMAF.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-150101T0000Z/ 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 250 PM CST TUE DEC 30 2014 /150 PM MST TUE DEC 30 2014/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ WEDNESDAY... * EVENT...WINTRY MIX OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET. * TIMING...NOW THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...ICY ROADS...AND LOW VISIBILITY. WINDS WILL PUSH WIND CHILL READINGS INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS ACROSS THE PERMIAN BASIN WEDNESDAY MORNING AND BELOW ZERO IN PARTS OF THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO 0.20 INCHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL... KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. TRAVEL IS LIKELY TO BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. && $$
219 WWUS44 KMAF 310453 WSWMAF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 1053 PM CST TUE DEC 30 2014 ...A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL AREAS EXCEPT THE PRESIDIO VALLEY FOR A WINTRY MIX THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... .LIGHT FREEZING FOG AND DRIZZLE CAN BE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT OVER MUCH OF SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS. ROAD SURFACES... ESPECIALLY BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES...REMAIN ICED OVER. OTHER EXPOSED SURFACES...INCLUDING SIDEWALKS AND EXPOSED STAIRWAYS... WILL ALSO REMAIN ICED OVER AS TEMPERATURES REMAIN BELOW THE FREEZING MARK. ALTHOUGH ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL LIKELY REMAIN AT OR BELOW A TENTH OF AN INCH...ANY ICING ON ROAD SURFACES WILL RESULT IN TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. MANY ROADS...BRIDGES... AND OVERPASSES ARE CLOSED AND TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. FREEZING FOG WILL BE MOST LIKELY ALONG EAST-FACING SLOPES OF THE MOUNTAINS OVERNIGHT. VISIBILITIES AT TIMES BELOW A QUARTER OF A MILE ARE POSSIBLE. LASTLY...TEMPERATURES IN THE TEENS AND TWENTIES OVERNIGHT... COMBINED WITH NORTHEAST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH...WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILL READINGS WILL RANGE FROM TEN ABOVE TO FIVE BELOW ZERO TONIGHT. NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 080>082-258-311300- /O.CON.KMAF.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-150101T0000Z/ 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 1053 PM CST TUE DEC 30 2014 /953 PM MST TUE DEC 30 2014/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ WEDNESDAY... * EVENT...WINTRY MIX OF LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE AND FREEZING FOG. * TIMING...NOW THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...ICY ROADS...AND LOW VISIBILITY. WINDS WILL PUSH WIND CHILL READINGS INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS ACROSS THE PERMIAN BASIN WEDNESDAY MORNING AND BELOW ZERO IN PARTS OF THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO 0.10 INCHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT FREEZING DRIZZLE AND FOG ARE LIKELY. TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. IT MAY TAKE AWHILE FOR RESCUE VEHICLES TO REACH YOU... SO CONSIDER THIS WHEN MAKING TRAVEL PLANS ACROSS WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. && $$ 70
840 WWUS44 KMAF 311018 WSWMAF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 418 AM CST WED DEC 31 2014 ...A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL AREAS EXCEPT THE PRESIDIO VALLEY FOR A WINTRY MIX THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... .LIGHT FREEZING FOG AND DRIZZLE CAN BE EXPECTED TODAY OVER MUCH OF SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS. ROAD SURFACES... ESPECIALLY BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES...REMAIN ICED OVER. OTHER EXPOSED SURFACES...INCLUDING SIDEWALKS AND EXPOSED STAIRWAYS... WILL ALSO REMAIN ICED OVER AS TEMPERATURES REMAIN BELOW FREEZING. ALTHOUGH ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL LIKELY REMAIN LIGHT... ANY EXTRA ICING ON ROAD SURFACES WILL RESULT IN TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. MANY ROADS...BRIDGES... AND OVERPASSES ARE CLOSED AND TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. FREEZING FOG WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH VISIBILITIES OF 1 TO 3 MILES. WIND CHILL READINGS WILL RANGE FROM FIFTEEN ABOVE TO FIVE BELOW ZERO THIS MORNING. NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 080>082-258-010000- /O.CON.KMAF.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-150101T0000Z/ 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 418 AM CST WED DEC 31 2014 /318 AM MST WED DEC 31 2014/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING... * EVENT...WINTRY MIX OF LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE... FREEZING FOG... LIGHT FREEZING RAIN... SLEET... AND LIGHT SNOW. * TIMING...NOW THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...MOST LOCATIONS WILL RECEIVE LESS THAN 0.10 OF AN INCH WITH A FEW LOCATIONS UP TO 0.20 OF AN INCH. * IMPACTS...VERY ICY ROADS...SIDEWALKS...AND OTHER EXPOSED SURFACES. DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ACROSS THE AREA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT FREEZING DRIZZLE AND FOG ARE LIKELY. TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. IT MAY TAKE AWHILE FOR RESCUE VEHICLES TO REACH YOU... SO CONSIDER THIS WHEN MAKING TRAVEL PLANS ACROSS WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. && $$
691 WWUS44 KMAF 311645 AAA WSWMAF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 1045 AM CST WED DEC 31 2014 ...A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL AREAS EXCEPT THE PRESIDIO VALLEY FOR A WINTRY MIX THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... .LIGHT FREEZING FOG AND DRIZZLE CAN BE EXPECTED TODAY OVER MUCH OF WEST TEXAS WITH SOME SNOW IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO. ROAD SURFACES... ESPECIALLY BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES...REMAIN ICED OVER. OTHER EXPOSED SURFACES...INCLUDING SIDEWALKS AND EXPOSED STAIRWAYS... WILL ALSO REMAIN ICED OVER AS TEMPERATURES REMAIN BELOW FREEZING. ALTHOUGH ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL LIKELY REMAIN LIGHT... THERE MAY BE A TOTAL OF 2 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS. ANY EXTRA ICING ON ROAD SURFACES WILL RESULT IN TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. MANY ROADS...BRIDGES... AND OVERPASSES ARE CLOSED AND TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. FREEZING FOG WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH VISIBILITIES OF 1 TO 3 MILES. WIND CHILL READINGS WILL RANGE FROM FIFTEEN ABOVE TO FIVE BELOW ZERO THIS MORNING. NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 080>082-258-010000- /O.CON.KMAF.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-150101T0000Z/ 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 1045 AM CST WED DEC 31 2014 /945 AM MST WED DEC 31 2014/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING... * EVENT...WINTRY MIX OF LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE...FREEZING FOG... LIGHT FREEZING RAIN... SLEET... AND SNOW. * TIMING...NOW THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...MOST LOCATIONS WILL RECEIVE LESS THAN 0.10 OF AN INCH WITH A FEW LOCATIONS UP TO 0.20 OF AN INCH. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 INCHES IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS. * IMPACTS...VERY ICY AND SNOW PACKED ROADS...SIDEWALKS...AND OTHER EXPOSED SURFACES. DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ACROSS THE AREA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT FREEZING DRIZZLE AND FOG ARE LIKELY. TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. IT MAY TAKE AWHILE FOR RESCUE VEHICLES TO REACH YOU... SO CONSIDER THIS WHEN MAKING TRAVEL PLANS ACROSS WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. && $$
524 WWUS44 KMAF 312038 WSWMAF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 238 PM CST WED DEC 31 2014 ...A WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL NOON CST THURSDAY FOR MOST AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF I-20 FOR ACCUMULATING ICE... ...A WINTER STORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR AREAS NORTH OF I-20 UNTIL 6 PM CST/5 PM MST... ...A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR AREAS NORTH OF I-20 UNTIL NOON CST/11 AM MST FOR A WINTRY MIX... .LIGHT FREEZING FOG AND DRIZZLE HAVE CONTINUED TODAY OVER MUCH OF WEST TEXAS WITH SOME SNOW IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND THE PERMIAN BASIN. ROAD SURFACES... ESPECIALLY BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES...REMAIN ICED OVER. OTHER EXPOSED SURFACES...INCLUDING SIDEWALKS AND EXPOSED STAIRWAYS... WILL ALSO REMAIN ICED OVER AS TEMPERATURES REMAIN BELOW FREEZING. ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF 0.1" TO 0.25" ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS MOST OF THE PERMIAN BASIN AND LOWER TRANS PECOS WITH UP TO 0.40" OF ICE POSSIBLE ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM COLORADO CITY TO RANKIN. THIS MAY RESULT IN POWER OUTAGES AND WORSEN ROAD CONDITIONS. MANY ROADS...BRIDGES... AND OVERPASSES WILL REMAIN ICY THROUGH NEW YEARS DAY AND TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. FREEZING FOG WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH VISIBILITIES OF 1 TO 3 MILES. TXZ048-051>053-058-061>063-067>070-074-075-080>082-011100- /O.EXT.KMAF.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-150101T1800Z/ SCURRY-MARTIN-HOWARD-MITCHELL-REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS- ECTOR-MIDLAND-GLASSCOCK-WARD-CRANE-UPTON-REAGAN- DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA-PECOS-MARFA PLATEAU-BIG BEND AREA- TERRELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SNYDER...STANTON...BIG SPRING... COLORADO CITY...PECOS...ODESSA...MIDLAND...GARDEN CITY... MONAHANS...CRANE...MCCAMEY...RANKIN...BIG LAKE...ALPINE... FORT DAVIS...FORT STOCKTON...MARFA...BIG BEND NP...MARATHON... SANDERSON 238 PM CST WED DEC 31 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST THURSDAY... * EVENT...WINTRY MIX OF FREEZING DRIZZLE...FREEZING FOG...FREEZING RAIN... SLEET... AND SNOW. * TIMING...NOW THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...MOST LOCATIONS WILL RECEIVE 0.10 OF AN INCH TO 0.20 OF AN INCH WITH A FEW LOCATIONS UP TO 0.40 OF AN INCH. * IMPACTS...VERY ICY AND SNOW PACKED ROADS...SIDEWALKS...AND OTHER EXPOSED SURFACES. DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ACROSS THE AREA. POWER OUTAGES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WHERE THE HEAVIEST FREEZING RAIN FALLS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT FREEZING DRIZZLE AND FOG ARE LIKELY. TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. IT MAY TAKE AWHILE FOR RESCUE VEHICLES TO REACH YOU... SO CONSIDER THIS WHEN MAKING TRAVEL PLANS ACROSS WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. && $$ NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>047-050-057-059-060-258-011100- /O.NEW.KMAF.WW.Y.0010.150101T0000Z-150101T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMAF.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-150101T0000Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-EDDY COUNTY PLAINS- NORTHERN LEA COUNTY-CENTRAL LEA COUNTY-SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY-GAINES- DAWSON-BORDEN-ANDREWS-VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR-LOVING- WINKLER-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...ARTESIA...CARLSBAD... CARLSBAD CAVERNS NP...TATUM...HOBBS...LOVINGTON...EUNICE...JAL... SEMINOLE...LAMESA...GAIL...ANDREWS...VAN HORN...MENTONE... RED BLUFF LAKE...KERMIT...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP...PINE SPRINGS 238 PM CST WED DEC 31 2014 /138 PM MST WED DEC 31 2014/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING TO NOON CST /11 AM MST/ THURSDAY... * EVENT...WINTRY MIX OF FREEZING DRIZZLE...FREEZING FOG... LIGHT FREEZING RAIN... SLEET... AND SNOW. * TIMING...NOW THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION LESS THAN 0.10 OF AN INCH. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION LESS THAN 1 INCH. * IMPACTS...VERY ICY AND SNOW PACKED ROADS...SIDEWALKS...AND OTHER EXPOSED SURFACES. DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ACROSS THE AREA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT FREEZING DRIZZLE AND FOG ARE LIKELY. TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. IT MAY TAKE AWHILE FOR RESCUE VEHICLES TO REACH YOU... SO CONSIDER THIS WHEN MAKING TRAVEL PLANS ACROSS WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
033 WWUS44 KMAF 010020 WSWMAF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 620 PM CST WED DEC 31 2014 ...A WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL NOON CST THURSDAY FOR MOST AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF I-20 FOR ACCUMULATING ICE... ...A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR AREAS NORTH OF I- 20 UNTIL NOON CST/11 AM MST FOR A WINTRY MIX... .LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET...ALONG WITH FREEZING FOG AND DRIZZLE...WILL CONTINUE OVER WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO OVERNIGHT. STAY OFF THE ROADS AND AT HOME TONIGHT UNLESS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY. DOZENS OF ACCIDENTS...ALONG WITH TWO KNOWN FATALITIES AND NUMEROUS INJURIES...HAVE OCCURRED SINCE TUESDAY. PLEASE DON'T MAKE A BAD SITUATION WORSE. RING IN THE NEW YEAR SAFE AND SOUND. SOUTH OF I-20...A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET APPEAR LIKELY OVERNIGHT...RESULTING IN SIGNIFICANT ICING OF ROAD SURFACES... BRIDGES...AND OVERPASSES. OTHER EXPOSED SURFACES...INCLUDING SIDEWALKS AND STAIRWAYS...ARE ALSO EXPECTED TO ICE OVER. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF 0.2 INCHES ARE LIKELY...WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 0.40 OF AN INCH POSSIBLE. THIS WILL RESULT IN NOT ONLY TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS BUT ALSO DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. TRAVEL WILL BE NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TONIGHT. NORTH OF I-20...PATCHY LIGHT FREEZING FOG...LIGHT SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN...SNOW AND FREEZING DRIZZLE ARE FORECAST FOR THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. ACCORDING TO TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION NEARLY ALL ROADS NORTH OF I-20 ARE ICED OVER AND EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS. MANY BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES ARE CLOSED TO TRAFFIC. MOTORISTS ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO RECONSIDER TRAVEL PLANS TONIGHT...AS CONSIDERABLE BLACK ICE REMAINS ON ROAD SURFACES. ALONG WITH VISIBILITIES DOWN TO BELOW A MILE AT TIMES...TRAVEL WILL BE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT. NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>047-050-057-059-060-258-010830- /O.EXP.KMAF.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-150101T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMAF.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-150101T1800Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-EDDY COUNTY PLAINS- NORTHERN LEA COUNTY-CENTRAL LEA COUNTY-SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY-GAINES- DAWSON-BORDEN-ANDREWS-VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR-LOVING- WINKLER-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...ARTESIA...CARLSBAD... CARLSBAD CAVERNS NP...TATUM...HOBBS...LOVINGTON...EUNICE...JAL... SEMINOLE...LAMESA...GAIL...ANDREWS...VAN HORN...MENTONE... RED BLUFF LAKE...KERMIT...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP...PINE SPRINGS 620 PM CST WED DEC 31 2014 /520 PM MST WED DEC 31 2014/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST /11 AM MST/ THURSDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING HAS EXPIRED... * EVENT...WINTRY MIX OF FREEZING DRIZZLE...FREEZING FOG... LIGHT FREEZING RAIN... SLEET... AND SNOW. * TIMING...NOW THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION LESS THAN 0.10 OF AN INCH. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION LESS THAN 1 INCH. * IMPACTS...VERY ICY AND SNOW PACKED ROADS...SIDEWALKS...AND OTHER EXPOSED SURFACES. DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ACROSS THE AREA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT FREEZING DRIZZLE AND FOG ARE LIKELY. TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. IT MAY TAKE AWHILE FOR RESCUE VEHICLES TO REACH YOU... SO CONSIDER THIS WHEN MAKING TRAVEL PLANS ACROSS WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. && $$ TXZ048-051>053-058-061>063-067>070-074-075-080>082-010830- /O.CON.KMAF.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-150101T1800Z/ SCURRY-MARTIN-HOWARD-MITCHELL-REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS- ECTOR-MIDLAND-GLASSCOCK-WARD-CRANE-UPTON-REAGAN- DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA-PECOS-MARFA PLATEAU-BIG BEND AREA- TERRELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SNYDER...STANTON...BIG SPRING... COLORADO CITY...PECOS...ODESSA...MIDLAND...GARDEN CITY... MONAHANS...CRANE...MCCAMEY...RANKIN...BIG LAKE...ALPINE... FORT DAVIS...FORT STOCKTON...MARFA...BIG BEND NP...MARATHON... SANDERSON 620 PM CST WED DEC 31 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST THURSDAY... * EVENT...WINTRY MIX OF FREEZING DRIZZLE...FREEZING FOG... FREEZING RAIN... SLEET... AND SNOW. * TIMING...NOW THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...MOST LOCATIONS WILL RECEIVE 0.10 OF AN INCH TO 0.20 OF AN INCH WITH A FEW LOCATIONS UP TO 0.40 OF AN INCH. * IMPACTS...VERY ICY AND SNOW PACKED ROADS...SIDEWALKS...AND OTHER EXPOSED SURFACES. DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ACROSS THE AREA. POWER OUTAGES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WHERE THE HEAVIEST FREEZING RAIN FALLS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT FREEZING DRIZZLE AND FOG ARE LIKELY. TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. IT MAY TAKE AWHILE FOR RESCUE VEHICLES TO REACH YOU... SO CONSIDER THIS WHEN MAKING TRAVEL PLANS ACROSS WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. && $$ 70
256 WWUS44 KMAF 011023 WSWMAF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 423 AM CST THU JAN 1 2015 ...A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3PM CST/2PM MST TODAY FOR AREAS GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF I-20... ...A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT 3PM CST/2PM MST FOR AREAS NORTH OF I-20... .A VERY COLD AIRMASS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE TODAY WITH ADDITIONAL LIGHT PRECIPITATION EXPECTED. THIS PRECIPITATION WILL BE A COMBINATION OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN... FREEZING DRIZZLE... SLEET... AND FREEZING FOG. ANY ADDITIONAL PRECIPITATION WILL ONLY ADD TO ONGOING TRAVEL PROBLEMS. MOST PRECIPITATION SHOULD FALL BEFORE NOON... BUT ICY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON. BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WILL REMAIN MOST AT RISK. MUCH OF THE AREA WILL ONLY WARM TO AROUND FREEZING THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE FALLING BACK BELOW FREEZING TONIGHT. AN EXTENSION OF THIS WARNING AND ADVISORY IS POSSIBLE. TXZ048-051>053-058-061>063-067>070-074-075-080>082-012100- /O.EXT.KMAF.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-150101T2100Z/ SCURRY-MARTIN-HOWARD-MITCHELL-REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS- ECTOR-MIDLAND-GLASSCOCK-WARD-CRANE-UPTON-REAGAN- DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA-PECOS-MARFA PLATEAU-BIG BEND AREA- TERRELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SNYDER...STANTON...BIG SPRING... COLORADO CITY...PECOS...ODESSA...MIDLAND...GARDEN CITY... MONAHANS...CRANE...MCCAMEY...RANKIN...BIG LAKE...ALPINE... FORT DAVIS...FORT STOCKTON...MARFA...BIG BEND NP...MARATHON... SANDERSON 423 AM CST THU JAN 1 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... * EVENT...WINTRY MIX OF FREEZING DRIZZLE...FREEZING FOG... FREEZING RAIN... AND SLEET. * TIMING...NOW THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...MOST LOCATIONS WILL RECEIVE UP TO 0.10 OF AN INCH WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS AS HIGH AS 0.20 OF AN INCH. * IMPACTS...VERY ICY AND SNOW PACKED ROADS...SIDEWALKS...AND OTHER EXPOSED SURFACES. DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ACROSS THE AREA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT FREEZING PRECIPITATION AND FOG ARE LIKELY. TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. IT MAY TAKE AWHILE FOR RESCUE VEHICLES TO REACH YOU... SO CONSIDER THIS WHEN MAKING TRAVEL PLANS ACROSS WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. && $$ NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>047-050-057-059-060-258-012100- /O.EXT.KMAF.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-150101T2100Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-EDDY COUNTY PLAINS- NORTHERN LEA COUNTY-CENTRAL LEA COUNTY-SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY-GAINES- DAWSON-BORDEN-ANDREWS-VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR-LOVING- WINKLER-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...ARTESIA...CARLSBAD... CARLSBAD CAVERNS NP...TATUM...HOBBS...LOVINGTON...EUNICE...JAL... SEMINOLE...LAMESA...GAIL...ANDREWS...VAN HORN...MENTONE... RED BLUFF LAKE...KERMIT...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP...PINE SPRINGS 423 AM CST THU JAN 1 2015 /323 AM MST THU JAN 1 2015/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST /2 PM MST/ THIS AFTERNOON... * EVENT...WINTRY MIX OF FREEZING DRIZZLE...FREEZING FOG... LIGHT FREEZING RAIN... AND SLEET. * TIMING...NOW THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION LESS THAN 0.10 OF AN INCH. * IMPACTS...VERY ICY AND SNOW PACKED ROADS...SIDEWALKS...AND OTHER EXPOSED SURFACES. DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ACROSS THE AREA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT A WINTRY MIX OF FREEZING PRECIPITATION IS POSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. IT MAY TAKE AWHILE FOR RESCUE VEHICLES TO REACH YOU... SO CONSIDER THIS WHEN MAKING TRAVEL PLANS ACROSS WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. && $$
677 WWUS44 KMAF 012102 WSWMAF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 302 PM CST THU JAN 1 2015 ...A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12PM CST FRIDAY FOR AREAS GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF I-20... ...A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12PM CST/11AM MST FRIDAY FOR AREAS NORTH OF I-20... .A VERY COLD AIRMASS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE TONIGHT WITH ADDITIONAL LIGHT PRECIPITATION EXPECTED THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. THIS PRECIPITATION WILL BE A COMBINATION OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN... SLEET... AND SNOW IN SOME AREAS. ANY ADDITIONAL PRECIPITATION WILL ONLY ADD TO ONGOING TRAVEL PROBLEMS. HIGHEST CHANCES FOR ADDITIONAL ICE IS OVER THE EASTERN PERMIAN BASIN. TEMPERATURES WILL BEGIN TO WARM SOMEWHAT FRIDAY... BUT ICY CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON. AN EXTENSION OF THIS WARNING AND ADVISORY IS POSSIBLE. TXZ048-051>053-058-061>063-067>070-074-075-080>082-021000- /O.EXT.KMAF.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-150102T1800Z/ SCURRY-MARTIN-HOWARD-MITCHELL-REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS- ECTOR-MIDLAND-GLASSCOCK-WARD-CRANE-UPTON-REAGAN- DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA-PECOS-MARFA PLATEAU-BIG BEND AREA- TERRELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SNYDER...STANTON...BIG SPRING... COLORADO CITY...PECOS...ODESSA...MIDLAND...GARDEN CITY... MONAHANS...CRANE...MCCAMEY...RANKIN...BIG LAKE...ALPINE... FORT DAVIS...FORT STOCKTON...MARFA...BIG BEND NP...MARATHON... SANDERSON 302 PM CST THU JAN 1 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY... * EVENT...WINTRY MIX OF FREEZING RAIN... AND SLEET. * TIMING...NOW THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...HIGHEST ACCUMULATIONS OF 0.10-0.20 INCHES EXPECTED OVER THE EASTERN PERMIAN BASIN. LOWER AMOUNTS ELSEWHERE HOWEVER LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...VERY ICY AND SNOW PACKED ROADS...SIDEWALKS...AND OTHER EXPOSED SURFACES. DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ACROSS THE AREA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT FREEZING PRECIPITATION AND FOG ARE LIKELY. TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. IT MAY TAKE AWHILE FOR RESCUE VEHICLES TO REACH YOU... SO CONSIDER THIS WHEN MAKING TRAVEL PLANS ACROSS WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. && $$ NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>047-050-057-059-060-258-021000- /O.EXT.KMAF.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-150102T1800Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-EDDY COUNTY PLAINS- NORTHERN LEA COUNTY-CENTRAL LEA COUNTY-SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY-GAINES- DAWSON-BORDEN-ANDREWS-VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR-LOVING- WINKLER-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...ARTESIA...CARLSBAD... CARLSBAD CAVERNS NP...TATUM...HOBBS...LOVINGTON...EUNICE...JAL... SEMINOLE...LAMESA...GAIL...ANDREWS...VAN HORN...MENTONE... RED BLUFF LAKE...KERMIT...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP...PINE SPRINGS 302 PM CST THU JAN 1 2015 /202 PM MST THU JAN 1 2015/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST /11 AM MST/ FRIDAY... * EVENT...WINTRY MIX OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN... SLEET AND SNOW. * TIMING...NOW THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...LESS THAN 0.05 INCHES. * IMPACTS...VERY ICY AND SNOW PACKED ROADS...SIDEWALKS...AND OTHER EXPOSED SURFACES. DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ACROSS THE AREA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT A WINTRY MIX OF FREEZING PRECIPITATION IS POSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. IT MAY TAKE AWHILE FOR RESCUE VEHICLES TO REACH YOU... SO CONSIDER THIS WHEN MAKING TRAVEL PLANS ACROSS WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. && $$
397 WWUS44 KMAF 020314 WSWMAF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 914 PM CST THU JAN 1 2015 ...A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST /5 AM MST SATURDAY FOR WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO EXCEPT FOR THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY... .A VERY COLD AIRMASS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. MORE SIGNIFICANT FREEZING RAIN...POSSIBLY MIXED WITH SLEET...WILL DEVELOP OVER THE AREA AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES MIGHT BRIEFLY GO ABOVE FREEZING EARLY FRIDAY AFTERNOON...BUT WILL DROP BELOW FREEZING BY LATE AFTERNOON. THE PRECIPITATION WILL POSSIBLY CHANGE TO ALL SNOW FRIDAY EVENING BEFORE ENDING LATE FRIDAY NIGHT. ANY ADDITIONAL PRECIPITATION WILL ONLY ADD TO ONGOING TRAVEL PROBLEMS. NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>047-050-057-059-060-258-021200- /O.UPG.KMAF.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-150102T1800Z/ /O.EXB.KMAF.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-150103T1200Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-EDDY COUNTY PLAINS- NORTHERN LEA COUNTY-CENTRAL LEA COUNTY-SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY-GAINES- DAWSON-BORDEN-ANDREWS-VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR-LOVING- WINKLER-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...ARTESIA...CARLSBAD... CARLSBAD CAVERNS NP...TATUM...HOBBS...LOVINGTON...EUNICE...JAL... SEMINOLE...LAMESA...GAIL...ANDREWS...VAN HORN...MENTONE... RED BLUFF LAKE...KERMIT...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP...PINE SPRINGS 914 PM CST THU JAN 1 2015 /814 PM MST THU JAN 1 2015/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR MAINLY FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ SATURDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * EVENT...WINTRY MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET. SNOW POSSIBLE FRIDAY NIGHT. * TIMING...NOW THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO 0.20 INCHES. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE FRIDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...VERY ICY AND SNOW PACKED ROADS...SIDEWALKS...AND OTHER EXPOSED SURFACES. EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ACROSS THE AREA. SOME ROADS COULD BECOME IMPASSABLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ARE FORECAST THAT WILL CONTINUE MAKE TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. SOME ROADS MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ TXZ048-051>053-058-061>063-067>070-074-075-080>082-021200- /O.EXT.KMAF.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-150103T1200Z/ SCURRY-MARTIN-HOWARD-MITCHELL-REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS- ECTOR-MIDLAND-GLASSCOCK-WARD-CRANE-UPTON-REAGAN- DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA-PECOS-MARFA PLATEAU-BIG BEND AREA- TERRELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SNYDER...STANTON...BIG SPRING... COLORADO CITY...PECOS...ODESSA...MIDLAND...GARDEN CITY... MONAHANS...CRANE...MCCAMEY...RANKIN...BIG LAKE...ALPINE... FORT DAVIS...FORT STOCKTON...MARFA...BIG BEND NP...MARATHON... SANDERSON 914 PM CST THU JAN 1 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY... * EVENT...WINTRY MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...AND SLEET. SNOW POSSIBLE FRIDAY NIGHT. * TIMING...NOW THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...HIGHEST ACCUMULATIONS OF 0.25-0.50 INCHES EXPECTED OVER THE EASTERN PERMIAN BASIN. LOWER AMOUNTS ELSEWHERE HOWEVER LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO 1 INCH POSSIBLE FRIDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...VERY ICY AND SNOW PACKED ROADS...SIDEWALKS...AND OTHER EXPOSED SURFACES. EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ACROSS THE AREA. SOME ROADS COULD BECOME IMPASSABLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ARE FORECAST THAT WILL CONTINUE MAKE TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. SOME ROADS MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ STROBIN
113 WWUS44 KMAF 021016 WSWMAF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 416 AM CST FRI JAN 2 2015 ...A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST /5 AM MST SATURDAY FOR WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO EXCEPT FOR THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY... .POTENTIAL FOR A SIGNIFICANT ICE EVENT TODAY. WITH SUB FREEZING TEMPERATURES OVER MOST OF THE REGION THIS MORNING ANY ADDITIONAL PRECIPITATION WILL ONLY ADD TO ONGOING TRAVEL PROBLEMS. HEAVIER FREEZING RAIN...POSSIBLY MIXED WITH SLEET OR SNOW... WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA TODAY AND TONIGHT. TEMPERATURES GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A VAN HORN TO FORT STOCKTON LINE WILL REMAIN BELOW FREEZING ALL DAY. EXPECT TO SEE SNOW DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO DURING THE AFTERNOON OR EVENING SPREADING INTO SURROUNDING AREAS. NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 080>082-258-022200- /O.CON.KMAF.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-150103T1200Z/ 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 416 AM CST FRI JAN 2 2015 /316 AM MST FRI JAN 2 2015/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ SATURDAY... * EVENT...WINTRY MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW. * TIMING...TODAY AND TONIGHT. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...HIGHEST ACCUMULATIONS OF 0.25 INCH OR MORE EXPECTED OVER THE EASTERN PERMIAN BASIN. WIDESPREAD ACCUMULATIONS OF A TENTH TO A QUARTER INCH. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 2 INCHES ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO WITH UP TO 1 INCH ELSEWHERE. * IMPACTS...VERY ICY AND SNOW PACKED ROADS...SIDEWALKS...AND OTHER EXPOSED SURFACES. EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ACROSS THE AREA. SOME ROADS COULD BECOME IMPASSABLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ARE FORECAST THAT WILL CONTINUE MAKE TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. SOME ROADS MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$
707 WWUS44 KMAF 022044 WSWMAF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 244 PM CST FRI JAN 2 2015 ...A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST /5 AM MST SATURDAY FOR WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO EXCEPT FOR THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY... .THE POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT AS A POTENT UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM MOVES OVER THE REGION. WITH NEAR TO BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES OVER MOST OF THE REGION TODAY AND TONIGHT...ANY ADDITIONAL PRECIPITATION WILL ONLY ADD TO ONGOING TRAVEL PROBLEMS. FREEZING RAIN WILL AFFECT THE EASTERN PERMIAN BASIN...PERHAPS WITH A LITTLE SNOW AND SLEET MIXED IN. BUT SNOWFALL OF 3 TO 5 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS...WITH 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW ACROSS THE UPPER TRANS PECOS AND NORTHERN PERMIAN BASIN. NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 080>082-258-031200- /O.CON.KMAF.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-150103T1200Z/ 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 244 PM CST FRI JAN 2 2015 /144 PM MST FRI JAN 2 2015/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ SATURDAY... * EVENT...WINTRY MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...HIGHEST ACCUMULATIONS OF 0.25 INCH EXPECTED OVER THE EASTERN PERMIAN BASIN. WIDESPREAD ACCUMULATIONS OF A TENTH TO A QUARTER INCH. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 5 INCHES ACROSS THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...WITH 1 TO 3 INCHES IN THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS...UPPER TRANS PECOS AND NORTHERN PERMIAN BASIN. * IMPACTS...VERY ICY AND SNOW PACKED ROADS...SIDEWALKS...AND OTHER EXPOSED SURFACES. EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ACROSS THE AREA. SOME ROADS COULD BECOME IMPASSABLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ARE FORECAST THAT WILL CONTINUE MAKE TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. SOME ROADS MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$
819 WWUS44 KMAF 030513 AAA WSWMAF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 1113 PM CST FRI JAN 2 2015 ...A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST /5 AM MST SATURDAY FOR WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO EXCEPT FOR THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY... .THE POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS HAS DECREASED...HOWEVER WITH UPPER LOW STILL NEAR AREA AND TEMPERATURES NEAR TO BELOW FREEZING...ANY ADDITIONAL PRECIPITATION WILL ONLY ADD TO ONGOING TRAVEL PROBLEMS. THERE STILL MAY BE SOME FREEZING FOG AND SNOW SHOWERS BUT ADDITIONAL SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE AND SNOW ARE NOT EXPECTED. THE WARNING WILL LIKELY BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 6 AM CST/ 5 AM MST. NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 080>082-258-031200- /O.CON.KMAF.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-150103T1200Z/ 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 1113 PM CST FRI JAN 2 2015 /1013 PM MST FRI JAN 2 2015/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ SATURDAY... * EVENT...WINTRY MIX OF SLEET AND SNOW. * TIMING...REST OF TONIGHT. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...NEW ACCUMULATIONS LESS THAN .05 INCHES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...LESS THAN 1 INCH. * IMPACTS...ICY AND SNOW PACKED ROADS...SIDEWALKS...AND OTHER EXPOSED SURFACES. EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ACROSS THE AREA. SOME ROADS COULD STILL BE IMPASSABLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ARE FORECAST THAT WILL CONTINUE MAKE TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. SOME ROADS MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$
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 Dec 29, 10:43 PM CST, 5 hours 43 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 29, 10:43 PM CST, 5 hours 43 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1043 PM CST Mon Dec 29 2014
.DISCUSSION...
The latest Aviation Discussion is included below.
&&
.AVIATION...
VFR conditions will prevail initially at all terminals, but flight
conditions will deteriorate behind an arctic cold front late
tonight. Expect IFR ceilings to develop and persist into the
afternoon. Also think fog will lower visibility into the MVFR
range at most terminals. Have also included a mix of -FZDZPL at
KHOB by 30/14Z, and -RAPL at KMAF by 30/17Z. Ceilings may rise a
little during the afternoon, perhaps to MVFR, but will lower again
after 31/00Z. Did not address this in the current forecast
considering it is in the last 6 hours of the period. In addition,
freezing or frozen precipitation will be possible at all airports
after sunset.
&&
.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 513 PM CST Mon Dec 29 2014/
DISCUSSION...
The latest Aviation Discussion is included below.
AVIATION...
VFR conditions will prevail through the evening, however an arctic
cold front will move south through the area beginning with KHOB and
KMAF around 30/07 to 30/08Z. Gusty northerly winds behind the front
will be followed by IFR ceilings at most terminals, and perhaps MVFR
visibility in fog. Think these lower ceilings may last through the
day Tuesday.
PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 225 PM CST Mon Dec 29 2014/
DISCUSSION...
5-7mb/3hr isallobaric high associated with Arctic airmass will be in
the EC NM plains around 03Z/Tue and into SE NM by 09Z/Tue. This
supports the initial wind shift arriving across the NW-NE CWFA btwn
01Z-02Z and to near/just s of I-20 before 06Z. Post-frontal low
clouds will develop quickly as warmer air over-rides the initially
shallow cold airmass. In fact isentropic lift will increase thru a
layer btwn I285-300 into Tues night/Wed AM. Lift is evident and
persistent in said layers as seen in OMEGA fields along the
isentropic surfaces. Moisture profile above the lift is rather dry
and even though there is some lift in the 7h-5h layer thru 00Z/Thur
its not very impressive and we're doubtful that any top/down phase
change will be occur thru 00Z Thur. This makes the precip type/phase
easier and GFS/NAM12 both suggest FZDZ/FG are most likely. In
general with an Arctic airmass the dwpnts usually decrease with time
and this is seen the soundings, so this will tend to mitigate the
opportunity for ice accums, especially across the nrn CWFA after 18Z
Wed. Wed looks to be the coldest day, lows in the teens and lower
20s Wed AM and highs 25-30 Wed PM. There looks to be a lull in
precip potential 21Z/Wed-06Z/Thur. Around 06Z/Thur the GFS/NAM12
are suggesting that minor shrtwv trofs will start to track across
the area (typical in modestly long fetch of sw mid level flow).
One such shrtwv trof may result in SHSN across the cntrl/e PB Thur
AM followed by a more definitive shrtwv trof Thur PM, which too
could result in a narrow band of SHSN/RA across PB. For now we
will issue a Winter Weather Watch from 00Z/Wed-00Z/Thur for a mix,
but mostly FZDZ/FG and total ice accums to near .15", including
all areas except for the far s. There's concern for the e slopes
of mtns to be embedded within low vsbys assocd with FZFG/DZ,
including the I-10/20 split and even I-10 e thru FST. This WSW will
be more "impact based" considering increased travel in/around New
Yrs Eve/Day verses the strict defined criteria and this being the
first real potential for ice on roads this winter for our CWFA. A
NPW high wind watch will also be issued for GDP Pass Tue night/Wed
AM. An additional WSW may be needed Thur AM-PM. A tight thermal
gradient will make it hard to determine phase change delineation
line. The srn branch of the split flow is slow to move and the
upper low will still be near the area Fri. Precip will again be
possible Fri PM, but mostly liquid. Upper low will move e Sat with
cold front following in its wake.
&&
.MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NM...WINTER STORM WATCH from Tuesday afternoon through Wednesday
afternoon FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES... Central Lea County...
Eddy County Plains...Guadalupe Mountains of Eddy County...
Northern Lea County...Southern Lea County.
TX...WINTER STORM WATCH from Tuesday evening through Wednesday
afternoon 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 WATCH from Tuesday afternoon through Wednesday morning
FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES... Guadalupe Mountains.
&&
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 345 AM CST TUE DEC 30 2014 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-310945- 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- 345 AM CST TUE DEC 30 2014 /245 AM MST TUE DEC 30 2014/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND WEST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT VERY COLD AIR WILL COMBINE WITH FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET TO PRODUCE EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ACROSS WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE REGION. A NORTHEAST WIND OF 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH CAN EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT THROUGH THE GUADALUPE PASS. A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT. TRAVELERS SHOULD AVOID TRAVELING U.S. 62/180 THROUGH THE GUADALUPE PASS AS THE COMBINATION OF HIGH WIND AND WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL MAKE THIS ROAD NEARLY IMPASSABLE. WIND CHILL READINGS IN THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS WILL ALSO APPROACH -10 DEGREES TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THESE DANGEROUS WINTER TRAVEL CONDITIONS OF OCCASIONAL SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AND MAY BE EXTENDED THROUGH NEW YEARS DAY. .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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 30, 3:52 AM CST | High Wind Warning | MAF | 32 hr |
Nearby
Winter Storm Warnings in Texas, 2014Winter Storm Warnings in New Mexico, 2014Every winter storm 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.