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High Wind Warning 33, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

December 2, 2016

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this high wind warning at Dec 2, 2016, 2:50 PM CST. It took effect at Dec 3, 2016, 12:00 AM CST. It was in force for 14 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 2, 2016, 2:50 PM CST (20:50 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 3, 2016, 12:00 AM CST
Expired
Dec 3, 2016, 2:13 PM CST
In force
14 hr
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

The text

As transmitted.

770 
WWUS74 KMAF 022050
NPWMAF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
250 PM CST FRI DEC 2 2016

...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE
SATURDAY NIGHT FOR GUADALUPE PASS...

.A COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS THIS EVENING
WILL BRING INCREASING NORTHEAST WINDS TO THE GUADALUPE PASS THIS
EVENING. THESE WINDS THROUGH THE PASS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME
STRONG BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT CONTINUING THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT.

TXZ258-030500-
/O.UPG.KMAF.HW.A.0023.161203T0600Z-161204T1200Z/
/O.NEW.KMAF.HW.W.0033.161203T0600Z-161204T1200Z/
GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP...PINE SPRINGS
150 PM MST FRI DEC 2 2016

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 AM
MST SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A HIGH
WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 AM
MST SUNDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

* TIMING...FROM LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT.

* WINDS...NORTHEAST 35 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 60 MPH.

* IMPACTS...WINDS WILL BE PARTICULARLY HAZARDOUS AT HIGHER 
  ELEVATIONS WHERE THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE LIKELY TO OCCUR. BE 
  ESPECIALLY CAREFUL DRIVING IN THESE MOUNTAINOUS AREAS. ABRUPT 
  CHANGES IN WIND OCCURS WHEN ROUNDING SHARP TURNS OR PASSING 
  OBSTACLES TO THE WIND RESULTING IN LOSS OF CONTROL OF 
  VEHICLES. PEOPLE DRIVING HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD STRONGLY 
  CONSIDER POSTPONING TRAVEL THROUGH GUADALUPE PASS UNTIL THE 
  WINDS SUBSIDE. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED
OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS
OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE.

&&

$$

05
2 follow-up statements
860 
WWUS74 KMAF 030935
NPWMAF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
335 AM CST SAT DEC 3 2016

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON
FOR GUADALUPE PASS...

.STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE
TO AFFECT GUADALUPE PASS THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. HIGHEST
GUSTS WILL BE INTERMITTENT...THOUGH STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON BEFORE DECREASING THIS EVENING.

TXZ258-032200-
/O.EXT.KMAF.HW.W.0033.000000T0000Z-161204T0000Z/
GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP...PINE SPRINGS
235 AM MST SAT DEC 3 2016

...HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS
AFTERNOON...

* TIMING...THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON.

* WINDS...NORTHEAST 35 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 60 MPH.

* IMPACTS...WINDS WILL BE PARTICULARLY HAZARDOUS AT HIGHER 
  ELEVATIONS WHERE THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE LIKELY TO OCCUR. BE 
  ESPECIALLY CAREFUL DRIVING IN THESE MOUNTAINOUS AREAS. ABRUPT 
  CHANGES IN WIND OCCURS WHEN ROUNDING SHARP TURNS OR PASSING 
  OBSTACLES TO THE WIND RESULTING IN LOSS OF CONTROL OF 
  VEHICLES. PEOPLE DRIVING HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD STRONGLY 
  CONSIDER POSTPONING TRAVEL THROUGH GUADALUPE PASS UNTIL THE 
  WINDS SUBSIDE. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED
OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS
OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE.

&&

$$
655 
WWUS74 KMAF 032013
NPWMAF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
213 PM CST SAT DEC 3 2016


TXZ258-032115-
/O.CAN.KMAF.HW.W.0033.000000T0000Z-161204T0000Z/
GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP...PINE SPRINGS
113 PM MST SAT DEC 3 2016

...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS CANCELLED THE
HIGH WIND WARNING. 

NORTHEAST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH THROUGH GUADALUPE PASS THIS
AFTERNOON ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH BY LATE AFTERNOON.  THEREFORE,
THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.  

$$

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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.