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High Wind Watch 16, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

April 13, 20244 counties in Texas; Eddy County, New Mexico

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this high wind watch at Apr 13, 2024, 1:10 PM CDT for 4 counties in Texas; Eddy County, New Mexico. It took effect at Apr 15, 2024, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 13, 2024, 1:10 PM CDT (18:10 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 15, 2024, 1:00 PM CDT
Expired
Apr 14, 2024, 1:40 PM CDT
In force
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

Counties Eddy County, NM, Brewster County, TX, Culberson County, TX, Jeff Davis County, TX, Presidio County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 215 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:08 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 Apr 13, 11:45 AM CDT, 1 hour 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 13, 11:45 AM CDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 13, 2:17 PM CDTFire Weather WatchMAFAndrews, Brewster, Culberson, Gaines, Jeff Davis, Loving and 5 more12 hr

Nearby

High Wind Watches in Texas, 2024High Wind Watches in New Mexico, 2024Every high wind watch in 2024

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.