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Freeze Warning 2, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

October 24, 201912 counties in Texas; Lea County, New Mexico

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this freeze warning at Oct 24, 2019, 3:26 AM CDT for 12 counties in Texas; Lea County, New Mexico. It took effect at Oct 25, 2019, 1:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 8 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
Oct 24, 2019, 3:26 AM CDT (08:26 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 25, 2019, 1:00 AM CDT
Expired
Oct 25, 2019, 9:00 AM CDT
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

Counties Lea County, NM, Andrews County, TX, Borden County, TX, Brewster County, TX, Culberson County, TX, Dawson County, TX, Jeff Davis County, TX, Loving County, TX, Martin County, TX, Presidio County, TX, Reeves County, TX, Ward County, TX, Winkler County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this freeze warning 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 freeze warning went out at Oct 23, 6:24 PM CDT, 9 hours 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 23, 6:24 PM CDT, 9 hours 2 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 23, 2:59 PM CDT, 12 hours 27 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
259 PM CDT Wed Oct 23 2019

NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-059>063-067>070-075-082-
270>282-242000-
Guadalupe Mountains of Eddy County-Eddy County Plains-
Northern Lea County-Central Lea County-Southern Lea County-Gaines-
Dawson-Borden-Scurry-Andrews-Martin-Howard-Mitchell-Loving-Winkler-
Ector-Midland-Glasscock-Ward-Crane-Upton-Reagan-Pecos-Terrell-
Guadalupe Mountains Above 7000 Feet-Guadalupe and Delaware Mountains-
Van Horn and Highway 54 Corridor-Eastern Culberson County-
Reeves County Plains-Chinati Mountains-Marfa Plateau-Davis Mountains-
Davis Mountains Foothills-Central Brewster County-Chisos Basin-
Presidio Valley-Lower Brewster County-
259 PM CDT Wed Oct 23 2019 /159 PM MDT Wed Oct 23 2019/

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of southeast New
Mexico, southwest Texas, and western Texas.

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday

Strong winds will be possible through Guadalupe Pass Thursday.  A
High Wind Warning is in effect.

Very cold temperatures are expected Thursday night behind a strong
cold front. A freeze/hard freeze is possible across the higher
terrain, southeast New Mexico, and the northwest Permian Basin. A
Freeze Watch is in effect.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not anticipated.

This product, along with other watches, warnings, advisories,
and statements issued by the National Weather Service Office in
Midland, can be found on the internet at...
https://weather.gov/midland

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 24, 3:26 AM CDTHard Freeze WarningMAFBrewster, Culberson, Gaines, Jeff Davis, Presidio, Reeves30 hr

Nearby

Freeze Warnings in Texas, 2019Freeze Warnings in New Mexico, 2019Every freeze warning in 2019

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.