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High Wind Watch 12, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

April 25, 2015Eddy County, New Mexico

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this high wind watch at Apr 25, 2015, 3:20 AM MDT for Eddy County, New Mexico. It took effect at Apr 26, 2015, 12:00 PM MDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 25, 2015, 3:20 AM MDT (09:20 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 26, 2015, 12:00 PM MDT
Expired
Apr 25, 2015, 1:07 PM MDT
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 09:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this high wind 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 high wind watch went out at Apr 25, 3:06 AM MDT, 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 25, 3:06 AM MDT, 14 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 25, 3:17 AM MDT, 3 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
417 AM CDT SAT APR 25 2015

NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075-
079>082-258-260930-
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-
417 AM CDT SAT APR 25 2015 /317 AM MDT SAT APR 25 2015/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEW
MEXICO...SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND WEST TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

MORE WINDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TODAY, ESPECIALLY IN THE GUADALUPE
MOUNTAINS.  THE GUSTY WESTERLY WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH NEAR NORMAL
TEMPERATURES AND DRY AIR TO PRODUCE NEAR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER
CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.  LOCATIONS ALONG AND WEST
OF A LAMESA TO KERMIT TO ALPINE LINE WILL BE MOST SUSCEPTIBLE TO
THESE CONDITIONS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

STRONG WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS SUNDAY,
THEREFORE A HIGH WIND WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FROM SUNDAY MORNING
UNTIL SUNDAY EVENING. GUSTY WESTERLY WINDS OF AT LEAST 20 TO 30 MPH
AND GUSTS NEAR 45 MPH COULD ALSO AFFECT THE SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO
PLAINS, UPPER TRANS PECOS, VAN HORN AREA, MARFA PLATEAU, AND DAVIS
MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT PLAINS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.

NEAR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN ALL OF
THE ABOVE LOCATIONS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING, IN ADDITION TO
THE BIG BEND REGION AND PRESIDIO VALLEY DUE TO DRY, WINDY
CONDITIONS.

.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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 25, 1:07 PM MDTHigh Wind WarningMAF31 hr

Nearby

High Wind Watches in New Mexico, 2015High Wind Watches in Texas, 2015Every high wind watch in 2015

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.