Alert archive / Texas / Winter Storm Warnings in 2015
Winter Storm Warning 8, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this winter storm warning at Dec 25, 2015, 1:43 PM CST for 16 counties in Texas. It took effect at Dec 26, 2015, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for 33 hr. 26 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 25, 2015, 1:43 PM CST (19:43 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 26, 2015, 6:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Dec 28, 2015, 3:28 AM CST
- In force
- 33 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Counties Borden County, TX, Crane County, TX, Dawson County, TX, Ector 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, 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 19:48 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 27, 10:30 AM CST | SNOW 4 | Monahans, TX | |
| Dec 27, 12:00 PM CST | SNOW 1.1 | Midland International A, TX | SNOWFALL IN THE LAST 6 HOURS |
| Dec 27, 12:27 PM CST | SNOW 6 | Monahans, TX | FROM FACEBOOK |
| Dec 27, 2:11 PM CST | SNOW 4.3 | 4 Ene Odessa, TX | |
| Dec 27, 2:22 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 4 | Midland, TX | MEASUREMENT TAKEN AT NEELY AND TARELTON |
| Dec 27, 3:30 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 4.5 | Greenwood, TX | |
| Dec 27, 3:30 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 7.2 | Midland, TX | APPROX 1 MILE SOUTH OF I-20 NEAR W LOOP 250 |
| Dec 27, 3:47 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 4.2 | 3 Wsw Midland, TX | |
| Dec 27, 3:58 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 3 | Big Spring, TX | SOUTHEAST SIDE OF TOWN |
| Dec 27, 4:22 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 7.7 | Monahans, TX | |
| Dec 27, 4:29 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Midland, TX | |
| Dec 27, 4:50 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | Kermit, TX | MULTIPLE MEASUREMENTS BETWEEN 7 AND 8.5 INCHES |
| Dec 27, 5:20 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 7.5 | Midland, TX | MEASURED NEAR CR 1150 AND HWY 80 |
| Dec 27, 5:29 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Big Lake, TX | ESTIMATED SNOW AND ICE COMBINED. STILL CURRENTLY SNOWING. |
| Dec 27, 5:30 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 5.2 | Odessa, TX | |
| Dec 27, 6:00 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 3 | Fort Stockton, TX | |
| Dec 27, 6:19 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | Midland, TX | MEASURED IN SW MIDLAND NEAR MIDLAND ROCKHOUNDS STADIUM |
| Dec 27, 6:34 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 4 | Snyder, TX | |
| Dec 27, 6:38 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 7.5 | Crane, TX | |
| Dec 27, 6:40 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Midland, TX | MEASURED AT CR 154 AND 1788 |
| Dec 27, 7:20 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | Midland, TX | MEASURED NEAR LEE HIGH SCHOOL |
| Dec 27, 7:20 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | Midland, TX | |
| Dec 27, 7:44 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 7.5 | Greenwood, TX | DRIFTS UP TO 2 FEET |
| Dec 27, 9:30 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 5.5 | Lamesa, TX | SNOW MEASURED ON TOP OF ESTIMATED 0.5 INCH ICE/SLEET |
| Dec 27, 10:15 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | Odessa, TX | NEAR SCHLEMEYER FIELD |
| Dec 28, 12:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 7.6 | Midland International A, TX | 24 HOUR SNOW TOTAL AND STORM TOTAL SO FAR. UP TO 3 FOOT DRIFTS MEASURED AROUND THE OFFICE. |
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 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 12 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
- 1644 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 244 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 387 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
671 WWUS44 KMAF 251943 WSWMAF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 143 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2015 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...THE NORTHWEST PERMIAN BASIN...AND THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH EARLY MONDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF WEST TEXAS SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH EARLY MONDAY... .A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL TRACK ACROSS THE REGION THIS WEEKEND BRINGING VERY COLD TEMPERATURES AND HEAVY SNOW. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL BLOW THROUGH THE AREA DURING THE DAY SATURDAY WITH TEMPERATURES FALLING BELOW FREEZING AFTER SUNSET. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE AREA SATURDAY INITIALLY AS RAIN AND TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW SATURDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE SUNDAY. HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA. STRONG WIND WILL MAKE FOR VERY COLD WIND CHILLS AND ALSO CREATE LOW VISIBILITIES DUE TO BLOWING SNOW. TRAVEL ACROSS WEST TEXAS OR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO LATE SATURDAY THROUGH EARLY MONDAY IS DISCOURAGED. NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045-050-258-260345- /O.UPG.KMAF.BZ.A.0001.151227T0000Z-151228T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMAF.BZ.W.0001.151227T0000Z-151228T1200Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-EDDY COUNTY PLAINS- NORTHERN LEA COUNTY-CENTRAL LEA COUNTY-SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY-GAINES- ANDREWS-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...ARTESIA...CARLSBAD... CARLSBAD CAVERNS NP...TATUM...HOBBS...LOVINGTON...EUNICE...JAL... SEMINOLE...ANDREWS...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP...PINE SPRINGS 143 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2015 /1243 PM MST FRI DEC 25 2015/ ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ SATURDAY TO 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ SATURDAY TO 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ MONDAY. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH EARLY MONDAY. * WINDS AND VISIBILITY...NORTHERLY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS NEAR 55 MPH. STRONGER WINDS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH GUADALUPE PASS. VISIBILITIES FROM FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW COULD DROP TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...WIDESPREAD 6 TO 12 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. SNOW DRIFTS GREATER THAN 5 FEET ARE POSSIBLE. * WIND CHILLS...THE COMBINATION OF STRONG NORTH WINDS AND BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILLS NEAR ZERO DEGREES AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS AND COULD BECOME IMPOSSIBLE IN THESE CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ TXZ046>048-051>053-057>063-067>070-074-075-079-080-260345- /O.UPG.KMAF.WS.A.0004.151227T0000Z-151228T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMAF.WS.W.0008.151227T0000Z-151228T1200Z/ DAWSON-BORDEN-SCURRY-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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAMESA...GAIL...SNYDER...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...PRESIDIO...MARFA 143 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM SATURDAY TO 6 AM CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM SATURDAY TO 6 AM CST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH EARLY MONDAY. * WINDS AND VISIBILITY...NORTHERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS NEAR 50 MPH. VISIBILITIES FROM FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW COULD DROP TO NEAR ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS GENERALLY 3 TO 6 INCHES... EXCEPT ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES FOR THE NORTHEAST PERMIAN BASIN. SNOW DRIFTS OF 1 TO 3 FEET POSSIBLE. * WIND CHILLS...THE COMBINATION OF STRONG NORTH WINDS AND BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILLS OF 0 TO 10 DEGREES AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY AS ROADS BECOME ICY AND BLOWING SNOW REDUCES VISIBILITIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF 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. && $$
5 follow-up statements
978 WWUS44 KMAF 260921 WSWMAF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 321 AM CST SAT DEC 26 2015 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...THE NORTHERN PERMIAN BASIN...AND THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH EARLY MONDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF WEST TEXAS SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH EARLY MONDAY... .A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL TRACK ACROSS THE REGION THIS WEEKEND BRINGING VERY COLD TEMPERATURES AND HEAVY SNOW. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL BLOW THROUGH THE AREA DURING THE DAY SATURDAY WITH TEMPERATURES FALLING BELOW FREEZING AFTER SUNSET. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE AREA SATURDAY INITIALLY AS RAIN AND TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW SATURDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE SUNDAY. HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA. STRONG WIND WILL MAKE FOR VERY COLD WIND CHILLS AND ALSO CREATE LOW VISIBILITIES DUE TO BLOWING SNOW. TRAVEL ACROSS WEST TEXAS OR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO LATE SATURDAY THROUGH EARLY MONDAY IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. TXZ046-047-051-262200- /O.UPG.KMAF.WS.W.0008.151227T0000Z-151228T1200Z/ /O.EXA.KMAF.BZ.W.0001.151227T0000Z-151228T1200Z/ DAWSON-BORDEN-MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAMESA...GAIL...STANTON 321 AM CST SAT DEC 26 2015 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST MONDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH EARLY MONDAY. * WINDS AND VISIBILITY...NORTHERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS NEAR 50 MPH. VISIBILITIES FROM FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW COULD DROP TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS GENERALLY 8 TO 14 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. SNOW DRIFTS GREATER THAN 5 FEET ARE POSSIBLE. * WIND CHILLS...THE COMBINATION OF STRONG NORTH WINDS AND BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILLS NEAR 0 DEGREES AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS AND COULD BECOME IMPOSSIBLE IN THESE CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045-050-258-262200- /O.CON.KMAF.BZ.W.0001.151227T0000Z-151228T1200Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-EDDY COUNTY PLAINS- NORTHERN LEA COUNTY-CENTRAL LEA COUNTY-SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY-GAINES- ANDREWS-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...ARTESIA...CARLSBAD... CARLSBAD CAVERNS NP...TATUM...HOBBS...LOVINGTON...EUNICE...JAL... SEMINOLE...ANDREWS...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP...PINE SPRINGS 321 AM CST SAT DEC 26 2015 /221 AM MST SAT DEC 26 2015/ ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ MONDAY... * TIMING...SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH EARLY MONDAY. * WINDS AND VISIBILITY...NORTHERLY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS NEAR 55 MPH. STRONGER WINDS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH GUADALUPE PASS. VISIBILITIES FROM FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW COULD DROP TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...WIDESPREAD 8 TO 14 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. SNOW DRIFTS GREATER THAN 5 FEET ARE POSSIBLE. * WIND CHILLS...THE COMBINATION OF STRONG NORTH WINDS AND BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILLS NEAR ZERO DEGREES AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS AND COULD BECOME IMPOSSIBLE IN THESE CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ TXZ048-052-053-057>063-067>070-074-075-079-080-262200- /O.CON.KMAF.WS.W.0008.151227T0000Z-151228T1200Z/ SCURRY-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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SNYDER...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...PRESIDIO...MARFA 321 AM CST SAT DEC 26 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST MONDAY... * TIMING...SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH EARLY MONDAY. * WINDS AND VISIBILITY...NORTHERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS NEAR 50 MPH. VISIBILITIES FROM FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW COULD DROP TO NEAR ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...WIDESPREAD SNOW ACCUMULATIONS 4 TO 8 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. SNOW DRIFTS UP TO 3 FEET POSSIBLE. * WIND CHILLS...THE COMBINATION OF STRONG NORTH WINDS AND BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILLS OF 0 TO 10 DEGREES AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY AS ROADS BECOME ICY AND BLOWING SNOW REDUCES VISIBILITIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY 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. && STROBIN $$
199 WWUS44 KMAF 261932 WSWMAF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 132 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2015 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...THE NORTHERN PERMIAN BASIN...AND THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH EARLY MONDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF WEST TEXAS SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH EARLY MONDAY... .A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL TRACK ACROSS THE REGION TODAY AND SUNDAY BRINGING VERY COLD TEMPERATURES AND HEAVY SNOW. A STRONG COLD FRONT IS MOVING THROUGH THE AREA TODAY WITH TEMPERATURES FALLING BELOW FREEZING AFTER SUNSET. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE AREA THIS EVENING INITIALLY AS RAIN AND TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW OVERNIGHT. HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA ESPECIALLY SUNDAY. STRONG WIND WILL MAKE FOR VERY COLD WIND CHILLS AND ALSO CREATE LOW VISIBILITIES DUE TO BLOWING SNOW. SNOW DRIFTS ARE EXPECTED. TRAVEL ACROSS WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO LATE SATURDAY THROUGH EARLY MONDAY IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>047-050-051-258-271100- /O.CON.KMAF.BZ.W.0001.151227T0000Z-151228T1200Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-EDDY COUNTY PLAINS- NORTHERN LEA COUNTY-CENTRAL LEA COUNTY-SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY-GAINES- DAWSON-BORDEN-ANDREWS-MARTIN-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...ARTESIA...CARLSBAD... CARLSBAD CAVERNS NP...TATUM...HOBBS...LOVINGTON...EUNICE...JAL... SEMINOLE...LAMESA...GAIL...ANDREWS...STANTON... GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP...PINE SPRINGS 132 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2015 /1232 PM MST SAT DEC 26 2015/ ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ MONDAY... * TIMING...THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY MONDAY. * WINDS AND VISIBILITY...NORTHERLY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS NEAR 55 MPH. STRONGER WINDS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH GUADALUPE PASS. VISIBILITIES FROM FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW COULD DROP TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...WIDESPREAD 8 TO 14 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. SNOW DRIFTS GREATER THAN 5 FEET ARE POSSIBLE. * WIND CHILLS...THE COMBINATION OF STRONG NORTH WINDS AND BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILLS NEAR ZERO DEGREES AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS AND COULD BECOME IMPOSSIBLE IN THESE CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ TXZ048-052-053-057>063-067>070-074-075-079-080-271100- /O.CON.KMAF.WS.W.0008.151227T0000Z-151228T1200Z/ SCURRY-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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SNYDER...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...PRESIDIO...MARFA 132 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST MONDAY... * TIMING...THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY MONDAY. * WINDS AND VISIBILITY...NORTHERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS NEAR 50 MPH. VISIBILITIES FROM FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW COULD DROP TO NEAR ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...WIDESPREAD SNOW ACCUMULATIONS 4 TO 8 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. SNOW DRIFTS UP TO 3 FEET POSSIBLE. * WIND CHILLS...THE COMBINATION OF STRONG NORTH WINDS AND BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILLS OF 0 TO 10 DEGREES AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY AS ROADS BECOME ICY AND BLOWING SNOW REDUCES VISIBILITIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY 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. && $$
655 WWUS44 KMAF 271059 WSWMAF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 459 AM CST SUN DEC 27 2015 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...THE NORTHERN PERMIAN BASIN...AND THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH EARLY MONDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF WEST TEXAS SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH EARLY MONDAY... .A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL TRACK ACROSS THE REGION TODAY BRINGING VERY COLD TEMPERATURES AND SNOW. HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA. STRONG WIND WILL MAKE FOR VERY COLD WIND CHILLS AND ALSO CREATE LOW VISIBILITIES DUE TO BLOWING SNOW. TRAVEL ACROSS WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO THROUGH EARLY MONDAY IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>047-050-051-258-280015- /O.CON.KMAF.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-151228T1200Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-EDDY COUNTY PLAINS- NORTHERN LEA COUNTY-CENTRAL LEA COUNTY-SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY-GAINES- DAWSON-BORDEN-ANDREWS-MARTIN-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...ARTESIA...CARLSBAD... CARLSBAD CAVERNS NP...TATUM...HOBBS...LOVINGTON...EUNICE...JAL... SEMINOLE...LAMESA...GAIL...ANDREWS...STANTON... GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP...PINE SPRINGS 459 AM CST SUN DEC 27 2015 /359 AM MST SUN DEC 27 2015/ ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ MONDAY... * TIMING...THROUGH EARLY MONDAY. * WINDS AND VISIBILITY...NORTHERLY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS NEAR 55 MPH. STRONGER WINDS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH GUADALUPE PASS. VISIBILITIES FROM FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW COULD DROP TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. SNOW DRIFTS GREATER THAN 5 FEET ARE POSSIBLE. * WIND CHILLS...THE COMBINATION OF STRONG NORTH WINDS AND BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILLS NEAR ZERO DEGREES AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL REMAIN EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS AND COULD BECOME IMPOSSIBLE IN THESE CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ TXZ048-052-053-057>063-067>070-074-075-079-080-280015- /O.CON.KMAF.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-151228T1200Z/ SCURRY-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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SNYDER...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...PRESIDIO...MARFA 459 AM CST SUN DEC 27 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY... * TIMING...THROUGH EARLY MONDAY. * WINDS AND VISIBILITY...NORTHERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS NEAR 50 MPH. VISIBILITIES FROM FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW COULD DROP TO NEAR ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS 4 TO 8 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. SNOW DRIFTS UP TO 3 FEET POSSIBLE. * WIND CHILLS...THE COMBINATION OF STRONG NORTH WINDS AND BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILLS OF 0 TO 10 DEGREES AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY AS ROADS BECOME ICY AND BLOWING SNOW REDUCES VISIBILITIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY 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. && $$ STROBIN
333 WWUS44 KMAF 271939 WSWMAF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 139 PM CST SUN DEC 27 2015 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO... THE NORTHERN PERMIAN BASIN...AND THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS THROUGH EARLY MONDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF WEST TEXAS THROUGH EARLY MONDAY... .A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT BRINGING VERY COLD TEMPERATURES AND SNOW TO THE AREA. ADDITIONAL SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT. A STRONG WIND WILL MAKE FOR VERY COLD WIND CHILLS AND MAY CREATE LOW VISIBILITIES DUE TO BLOWING SNOW. TRAVEL ACROSS WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO THROUGH EARLY MONDAY IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. TXZ079-080-272045- /O.CAN.KMAF.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-151228T1200Z/ PRESIDIO VALLEY-MARFA PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRESIDIO...MARFA 139 PM CST SUN DEC 27 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. LITTLE ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED ACROSS PRESIDIO COUNTY. $$ NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>047-050-051-258-281100- /O.CON.KMAF.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-151228T1200Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-EDDY COUNTY PLAINS- NORTHERN LEA COUNTY-CENTRAL LEA COUNTY-SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY-GAINES- DAWSON-BORDEN-ANDREWS-MARTIN-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...ARTESIA...CARLSBAD... CARLSBAD CAVERNS NP...TATUM...HOBBS...LOVINGTON...EUNICE...JAL... SEMINOLE...LAMESA...GAIL...ANDREWS...STANTON... GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP...PINE SPRINGS 139 PM CST SUN DEC 27 2015 /1239 PM MST SUN DEC 27 2015/ ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ MONDAY... * TIMING...THROUGH EARLY MONDAY. * WINDS AND VISIBILITY...NORTHERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS NEAR 50 MPH. STRONGER WINDS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH GUADALUPE PASS. REDUCED VISIBILITIES FROM FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES. SNOW DRIFTS UP TO 5 FEET ARE POSSIBLE. * WIND CHILLS...THE COMBINATION OF STRONG NORTH WINDS AND BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILLS NEAR ZERO DEGREES AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL REMAIN EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ TXZ048-052-053-057>063-067>070-074-075-281100- /O.CON.KMAF.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-151228T1200Z/ SCURRY-HOWARD-MITCHELL-VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR- REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-LOVING-WINKLER-ECTOR-MIDLAND- GLASSCOCK-WARD-CRANE-UPTON-REAGAN-DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA- PECOS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SNYDER...BIG SPRING...COLORADO CITY... VAN HORN...PECOS...MENTONE...RED BLUFF LAKE...KERMIT...ODESSA... MIDLAND...GARDEN CITY...MONAHANS...CRANE...MCCAMEY...RANKIN... BIG LAKE...ALPINE...FORT DAVIS...FORT STOCKTON 139 PM CST SUN DEC 27 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY... * TIMING...THROUGH EARLY MONDAY. * WINDS AND VISIBILITY...NORTHERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS NEAR 45 MPH. REDUCED VISIBILITIES FROM FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS 2 TO 4 INCHES. SNOW DRIFTS UP TO 3 FEET POSSIBLE. * WIND CHILLS...THE COMBINATION OF STRONG NORTH WINDS AND BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILLS OF 0 TO 10 DEGREES AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE VERY HAZARDOUS AS ROADS ARE ICY AND BLOWING SNOW REDUCES VISIBILITIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$
409 WWUS44 KMAF 280928 WSWMAF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 328 AM CST MON DEC 28 2015 ...BLIZZARD WARNINGS AND WINTER STORM WARNINGS HAVE BEEN CANCELLED... .THE STORM SYSTEM THAT PRODUCED THE HISTORIC WINTER WEATHER HAS MOVED INTO NORTHEAST TEXAS. ANY RESIDUAL SNOW FLURRIES WILL END BY SUNRISE. NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>047-050-051-258-281030- /O.CAN.KMAF.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-151228T1200Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-EDDY COUNTY PLAINS- NORTHERN LEA COUNTY-CENTRAL LEA COUNTY-SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY-GAINES- DAWSON-BORDEN-ANDREWS-MARTIN-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...ARTESIA...CARLSBAD... CARLSBAD CAVERNS NP...TATUM...HOBBS...LOVINGTON...EUNICE...JAL... SEMINOLE...LAMESA...GAIL...ANDREWS...STANTON... GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP...PINE SPRINGS 328 AM CST MON DEC 28 2015 /228 AM MST MON DEC 28 2015/ ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS CANCELLED THE BLIZZARD WARNING. SNOW HAS TAPERED OFF TO A FEW SNOW FLURRIES AND SHOULD END BY SUNRISE. THEREFORE...THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER...ROADS WILL REMAIN EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS THROUGH AT LEAST THE MORNING HOURS. $$ TXZ048-052-053-057>063-067>070-074-075-281030- /O.CAN.KMAF.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-151228T1200Z/ SCURRY-HOWARD-MITCHELL-VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR- REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-LOVING-WINKLER-ECTOR-MIDLAND- GLASSCOCK-WARD-CRANE-UPTON-REAGAN-DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA- PECOS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SNYDER...BIG SPRING...COLORADO CITY... VAN HORN...PECOS...MENTONE...RED BLUFF LAKE...KERMIT...ODESSA... MIDLAND...GARDEN CITY...MONAHANS...CRANE...MCCAMEY...RANKIN... BIG LAKE...ALPINE...FORT DAVIS...FORT STOCKTON 328 AM CST MON DEC 28 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. SNOW HAS TAPERED OFF TO A FEW SNOW FLURRIES AND SHOULD END BY SUNRISE. THEREFORE...THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER...ROADS WILL REMAIN EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS THROUGH AT LEAST THE MORNING HOURS. $$ STROBIN
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 25, 11:14 AM CST, 2 hours 29 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 25, 11:14 AM CST, 2 hours 29 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
1114 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2015
.AVIATION...
18Z TAF issuance.
The main aviation concern for the next 24 hours is low cigs
affecting MAF and potentially INK Saturday morning. Otherwise, VFR
conditions will persist at all terminals through today. Currently
have increasing southerly winds and may see gusts up to 20kt through
the afternoon. Wind speeds will diminish by this evening. A strong
cold front will arrive at CNM and HOB at the end of this TAF period
so went ahead and introduced the wind shift attm. Will continue
mention of MVFR cigs at MAF late tonight through Saturday morning
but models indicate potentially lower ceiling heights. In addition,
low cigs may need to be added at INK in future issuances.
&&
PREV DISCUSSION... /issued 450 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2015/
.Major winter storm to affect Southeast New Mexico and West
Texas this weekend...
DISCUSSION...As of 4:30 AM CST Christmas Day...It won't feel like
winter today...BUT...an abrupt change is just around the corner.
It will be mild and dry this Christmas with southwest flow aloft
ahead of a deepening trof. Water vapor imagery is showing a deep
trof centered over the Rockies. Comparing the GOES High Density
Winds with model forecasts there is little initial difference
between the GFS and ECMWF.
As the trof continues to deepen and move slowly east a cutoff low
will develop over the triple point of SW New Mexico/SE Arizona/
Northern Mexico Saturday. An arctic front will drop south during
the day Saturday accompanied by strong gusty north winds and
falling temps. High temps on Saturday will be in the
morning...especially over the northern half of the CWA. There
could be a few showers/thunderstorms in the east...with rain
moving into the western CWA.
As the upper low tracks east roughly along Interstate 10 and with
arctic air entrenched over most of the CWA rain will rapidly
change over to snow Saturday evening and become locally heavy at
times into Sunday. With a strong LLJ and deepening sfc
cyclogenesis winds will become strong and gusty. Even though it is
not in the forecast it would not be surprising to even have
thundersnow late Sat night as timeheight x-sections do indc
strong omega and some potential instability. Due to the strong
winds and locally heavy snow have upgraded the Winter Storm Watch
to a Blizzard Watch for SE NM...NW Permian Basin...and the
Guadalupe Mtns. Whiteout conditions are likely at times with snow
drifts greater than 5 feet possible. Have added Pecos County to
the Winter Storm Watch.
Snowfall amounts will be tricky. H7 temps will drop to -13C to
-15C which is good for dendritic growth. On the other hand...
initial mild ground temps will inhibit snow accumulations at the
start of the snowfall. As of now would expect 6-12 inches with
locally higher amounts in the Blizzard Watch area...and 3-6 inches
with locally heavier amounts in the Winter Storm Watch area.
Very cold nights and cold days are expected through most of next
week.
Travel will become extremely hazardous Saturday night and Sunday
as whiteout conditions are possible. Travel should be avoided
unless it is an emergency. With the expected snow and strong
winds pets should be kept indoors.
Strobin
.MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NM...Blizzard Watch from Saturday afternoon through late Sunday night
FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES... Central Lea County...Eddy County
Plains...Guadalupe Mountains NP/Lincoln NF/LNZ...Guadalupe
Mountains of Eddy County...Northern Lea County...Southeast
Plains/BLM Roswell/LNZ...Southern Lea County.
TX...Winter Storm Watch from Saturday evening through late Sunday
night FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES... Borden...Crane...
Davis/Apache Mountains Area...Dawson...Ector...Glasscock...
Howard...Loving...Marfa Plateau...Martin...Midland...
Mitchell...Pecos...Presidio Valley...Reagan...Reeves County
and Upper Trans Pecos...Scurry...Upton...Van Horn and
Highway 54 Corridor...Ward...Winkler.
Blizzard Watch from Saturday evening through late Sunday night
FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES... Andrews...Gaines...Guadalupe
Mountains.
&&
27Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 25, 1:40 PM CST, 3 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 140 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2015 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-261945- 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- 140 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2015 /1240 PM MST FRI DEC 25 2015/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND WEST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT THE REGION LATE THIS CHRISTMAS WEEKEND...WITH SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW POSSIBLE. THIS COULD SERIOUSLY IMPACT TRAVEL CONDITIONS ACROSS THE REGION DUE TO SLICK ROADS AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. HIGH WIND WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS EARLY SUNDAY. A BLIZZARD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS...SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND THE NORTHWEST PERMIAN BASIN SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF WEST TEXAS FOR THE SAME TIME PERIOD. WIND CHILLS NEAR ZERO CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED BEHIND THE FRONT MUCH OF SUNDAY. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO THE LATEST FORECASTS...ESPECIALLY IF TRAVELING LATE THIS HOLIDAY WEEKEND. .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 25, 4:01 AM CST | Blizzard Watch | MAF | Andrews, Gaines | 10 hr |
| Dec 25, 1:43 PM CST | Blizzard Warning | MAF | Andrews, Borden, Dawson, Gaines, Martin | 62 hr |
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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.