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Winter Storm Watch 1, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

December 5, 2017Pecos County, Texas; Eddy County, New Mexico

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this winter storm watch at Dec 5, 2017, 4:49 AM CST for Pecos County, Texas; Eddy County, New Mexico. It took effect at Dec 6, 2017, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 5, 2017, 4:49 AM CST (10:49 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 6, 2017, 6:00 AM CST
Expired: Dec 5, 2017, 3:12 PM CST
In force
Issued by: NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

Counties Eddy County, NM, Pecos County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:46 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 4, 10:49 PM CST, 6 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 4, 10:49 PM CST, 6 hours before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 4, 1:35 PM CST, 15 hours 14 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 5, 3:12 PM CST	Winter Storm Warning	MAF		54 hr
Dec 5, 3:12 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	MAF	Pecos	54 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Watches in Texas, 2017 Winter Storm Watches in New Mexico, 2017 Every winter storm watch in 2017

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.