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High Wind Watch 25, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

October 31, 2020Culberson County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this high wind watch at Oct 31, 2020, 2:40 AM CDT for Culberson County, Texas. It took effect at Nov 1, 2020, 1:00 AM CDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 31, 2020, 2:40 AM CDT (07:40 UTC)
In effect from: Nov 1, 2020, 1:00 AM CDT
Expired: Oct 31, 2020, 1:26 PM CDT
In force
Issued by: NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

County Culberson County, TX

The radar

The El Paso radar (KEPZ), 212 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:42 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 Oct 31, 12:46 AM CDT, 1 hour 54 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 31, 12:46 AM CDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 30, 2:25 PM CDT, 12 hours 15 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
Oct 31, 1:26 PM CDT	High Wind Warning	MAF	Culberson	24 hr

Nearby

High Wind Watches in Texas, 2020 Every high wind watch in 2020

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.