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Winter Storm Watch 4, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

December 24, 201518 counties in Texas; Eddy County, Lea County, New Mexico

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this winter storm watch at Dec 24, 2015, 4:33 AM CST for 18 counties in Texas; Eddy County, Lea County, New Mexico. It took effect at Dec 26, 2015, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 24, 2015, 4:33 AM CST (10:33 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 26, 2015, 6:00 PM CST
Expired
Dec 25, 2015, 1:43 PM CST
In force
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

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, Upton County, TX, Ward County, TX, Winkler County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 17 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this winter storm watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm watch went out at Dec 23, 10:50 PM CST, 5 hours 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 23, 10:50 PM CST, 5 hours 43 minutes before
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Nearby

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.