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High Wind Watch 11, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

February 21, 202310 counties in Texas; Eddy County, Lea County, New Mexico

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this high wind watch at Feb 21, 2023, 3:02 AM CST for 10 counties in Texas; Eddy County, Lea County, New Mexico. It took effect at Feb 21, 2023, 9:00 PM CST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 21, 2023, 3:02 AM CST (09:02 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 21, 2023, 9:00 PM CST
Expired
Feb 21, 2023, 2:34 PM CST
In force
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

Counties Eddy County, NM, Lea County, NM, Andrews County, TX, Brewster County, TX, Culberson County, TX, Dawson County, TX, Gaines County, TX, Jeff Davis County, TX, Loving County, TX, Presidio County, TX, Reeves County, TX, Winkler County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:01 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 20, 10:30 PM CST, 4 hours 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 20, 10:30 PM CST, 4 hours 32 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 21, 2:38 AM CSTFire Weather WatchMAFAndrews, Borden, Brewster, Crane, Culberson, Dawson and 18 more12 hr
Feb 21, 2:34 PM CSTWind AdvisoryMAFBorden, Brewster, Crane, Culberson, Ector, Glasscock and 12 more30 hr
Feb 21, 3:18 PM CSTRed Flag WarningMAFAndrews, Borden, Brewster, Crane, Culberson, Dawson and 18 more29 hr

Nearby

High Wind Watches in Texas, 2023High Wind Watches in New Mexico, 2023Every high wind watch 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.