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High Wind Watch 35, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

December 29, 2020Culberson County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this high wind watch at Dec 29, 2020, 4:00 AM CST for Culberson County, Texas. It took effect at Dec 30, 2020, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 29, 2020, 4:00 AM CST (10:00 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 30, 2020, 6:00 AM CST
Expired: Dec 29, 2020, 2:31 PM CST
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 09:58 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 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 Dec 29, 3:59 AM CST, 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 29, 3:59 AM CST, 1 minute before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 29, 3:05 AM CST, 55 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
305 AM CST Tue Dec 29 2020

NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-059>063-067>070-075-082-
270>282-300915-
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-
305 AM CST Tue Dec 29 2020 /205 AM MST Tue Dec 29 2020/

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

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday

A High Wind Watch is in effect for Guadalupe Pass Wednesday.

A Winter Storm Watch is in effect for most of West Texas from
Wednesday afternoon through Thursday evening.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not anticipated.

Please relay any information about observed severe weather to the
NWS while following all local, state and CDC guidelines.

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

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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 29, 4:00 AM CST	Winter Storm Watch	MAF	Andrews, Borden, Brewster, Crane, Culberson, Dawson and 16 more	25 hr
Dec 29, 2:31 PM CST	High Wind Warning	MAF	Culberson	30 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.