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High Wind Warning 35, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

December 8, 2016

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this high wind warning at Dec 8, 2016, 9:34 AM CST. It was in force for 2 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 8, 2016, 9:34 AM CST (15:34 UTC)
Expired
Dec 8, 2016, 12:00 PM CST
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

The text

As transmitted.

486 
WWUS74 KMAF 081534
NPWMAF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
934 AM CST THU DEC 8 2016

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FOR GUADALUPE PASS THROUGH THIS
MORNING...

...HARD FREEZE WARNING FOR THE FIRST FREEZE AND HARD FREEZE OF
THE SEASON IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR THE SOUTHERN PERMIAN BASIN...
LOWER TRANS PECOS AND RIO GRANDE VALLEY...

.A COLD FRONT PUSHED THROUGH OVERNIGHT BRINGING WITH IT VERY COLD
TEMPERATURES AND STRONG WINDS. THIS FRONT IS CONTRIBUTING TO HIGH
WINDS THROUGH GUADALUPE PASS THIS MORNING. EVEN COLDER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THURSDAY NIGHT WHEN FREEZING TEMPERATURES
REACH THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS SEASON.

TXZ258-081800-
/O.NEW.KMAF.HW.W.0035.161208T1534Z-161208T1800Z/
GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP...PINE SPRINGS
834 AM MST THU DEC 8 2016

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THIS MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A HIGH
WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THIS MORNING. 

* TIMING...UNTIL 11 AM MST.

* WINDS...40 TO 50 MPH.

* IMPACTS...THESE WINDS COULD MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT FOR 
  MOTORISTS DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SUCH AS CAMPERS... 
  VANS AND TRACTOR TRAILERS. AIRCRAFT MAY ENCOUNTER SEVERE 
  TURBULENCE IF FLYING OVER THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS. 

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.

&&

$$

TXZ067>070-075-079-081-082-082345-
/O.CON.KMAF.HZ.W.0003.161209T0300Z-161209T1500Z/
WARD-CRANE-UPTON-REAGAN-PECOS-PRESIDIO VALLEY-BIG BEND AREA-
TERRELL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONAHANS...CRANE...MCCAMEY...RANKIN...
BIG LAKE...FORT STOCKTON...PRESIDIO...BIG BEND NP...MARATHON...
DRYDEN...SANDERSON
934 AM CST THU DEC 8 2016

...HARD FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING
TO 9 AM CST FRIDAY...

* TEMPERATURE...21 TO 32 DEGREES.

* IMPACTS...THOSE WITH COLD-SENSITIVE PLANTS OR ANIMALS...OR 
  OTHER CONCERNS RELATED TO FREEZING TEMPERATURES...SHOULD 
  PREPARE NOW FOR THIS FREEZE. MAKE SURE HEATERS ARE IN PROPER 
  WORKING ORDER. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HARD FREEZE WARNING MEANS WIDESPREAD TEMPERATURES AT OR BELOW
28 DEGREES ARE EXPECTED WITH SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES EXPECTED
FOR SEVERAL HOURS. TO PREVENT FREEZING AND POSSIBLE BURSTING OF
OUTDOOR WATER PIPES...THEY SHOULD BE WRAPPED...DRAINED OR ALLOWED
TO DRIP SLOWLY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL ALSO KILL CROPS AND OTHER
SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

&&

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 8, 5:19 AM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryMAFAndrews, Crane, Ector, Glasscock, Howard, Loving and 8 more7 hr
Dec 8, 5:26 AM CSTHard Freeze WarningMAFCrane, Pecos, Reagan, Terrell, Upton, Ward28 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.