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Freeze Warning 1, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

October 29, 202320 counties in Texas; Eddy County, Lea County, New Mexico

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this freeze warning at Oct 29, 2023, 7:31 AM CDT for 20 counties in Texas; Eddy County, Lea County, New Mexico. It was in force for 29 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 29, 2023, 7:31 AM CDT (12:31 UTC)
Expired
Oct 30, 2023, 1:00 PM CDT
In force
29 hr
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
All 22 counties

Eddy County, NM, Lea County, NM, Andrews County, TX, Borden County, TX, Brewster County, TX, Culberson County, TX, Dawson County, TX, Ector County, TX, Gaines County, TX, Glasscock County, TX, Howard County, TX, Jeff Davis 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, Winkler County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:35 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 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 29, 4:45 AM CDT, 2 hours 46 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 29, 4:45 AM CDT, 2 hours 46 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 28, 8:32 PM CDTDense Fog AdvisoryMAFAndrews, Borden, Dawson, Ector, Gaines, Howard and 4 more12 hr

Nearby

Freeze Warnings in Texas, 2023Freeze Warnings in New Mexico, 2023Every freeze warning in 2023

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.