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High Wind Watch 16, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

April 19, 2018Eddy County, New Mexico

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this high wind watch at Apr 19, 2018, 2:33 AM MDT for Eddy County, New Mexico. It took effect at Apr 20, 2018, 12:00 PM MDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 19, 2018, 2:33 AM MDT (08:33 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 20, 2018, 12:00 PM MDT
Expired
Apr 19, 2018, 1:08 PM MDT
In force
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

County Eddy County, NM

The radar

The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 183 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:32 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 high wind 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 high wind watch went out at Apr 18, 11:15 PM MDT, 3 hours 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 18, 11:15 PM MDT, 3 hours 18 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 19, 1:08 PM MDTHigh Wind WarningMAF32 hr
Apr 19, 1:08 PM MDTWind AdvisoryMAFAndrews, Crane, Dawson, Ector, Gaines, Glasscock and 8 more30 hr
Apr 19, 1:49 PM MDTRed Flag WarningMAF30 hr

Nearby

High Wind Watches in New Mexico, 2018High Wind Watches in Texas, 2018Every high wind watch in 2018

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.