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High Wind Watch 5, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

February 5, 2020Culberson County, Texas; Eddy County, New Mexico

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this high wind watch at Feb 5, 2020, 2:25 PM CST for Culberson County, Texas; Eddy County, New Mexico. It took effect at Feb 6, 2020, 1:00 PM CST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 5, 2020, 2:25 PM CST (20:25 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 6, 2020, 1:00 PM CST
Expired
Feb 6, 2020, 4:08 AM CST
In force
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

Counties Eddy County, NM, Culberson County, TX

The radar

The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 203 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:24 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 Feb 5, 11:46 AM CST, 2 hours 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 5, 11:46 AM CST, 2 hours 39 minutes before
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Nearby

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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.