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Winter Storm Watch 4, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

October 25, 202023 counties in Texas; Eddy County, Lea County, New Mexico

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this winter storm watch at Oct 25, 2020, 2:14 PM CDT for 23 counties in Texas; Eddy County, Lea County, New Mexico. It took effect at Oct 26, 2020, 7:00 PM CDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 25, 2020, 2:14 PM CDT (19:14 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 26, 2020, 7:00 PM CDT
Expired
Oct 26, 2020, 3:37 AM CDT
In force
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
All 25 counties

Eddy County, NM, Lea County, NM, Andrews County, TX, Borden County, TX, Brewster County, TX, Crane County, TX, Culberson County, TX, Dawson County, TX, Ector County, TX, Gaines County, TX, Glasscock County, TX, Howard County, TX, Jeff Davis County, TX, Loving County, TX, Martin County, TX, Midland County, TX, Mitchell County, TX, Pecos County, TX, Presidio County, TX, Reagan County, TX, Reeves County, TX, Scurry County, TX, Upton County, TX, Ward County, TX, Winkler County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:19 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 winter storm 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 winter storm watch went out at Oct 25, 11:55 AM CDT, 2 hours 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 25, 11:55 AM CDT, 2 hours 19 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 25, 3:11 PM CDTFreeze WatchMAFAndrews, Borden, Brewster, Crane, Culberson, Dawson and 17 more12 hr
Oct 25, 3:11 PM CDTHigh Wind WatchMAFCulberson12 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Watches in Texas, 2020Winter Storm Watches in New Mexico, 2020Every winter storm 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.