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High Wind Watch 5, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

February 1, 202416 counties in Texas; Eddy County, Lea County, New Mexico

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this high wind watch at Feb 1, 2024, 1:27 AM CST for 16 counties in Texas; Eddy County, Lea County, New Mexico. It took effect at Feb 2, 2024, 9:00 AM CST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 1, 2024, 1:27 AM CST (07:27 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 2, 2024, 9:00 AM CST
Expired
Feb 2, 2024, 4:05 AM CST
In force
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

Counties Eddy County, NM, Lea County, NM, Andrews County, TX, Brewster County, TX, Crane County, TX, Culberson County, TX, Ector County, TX, Gaines County, TX, Jeff Davis County, TX, Loving County, TX, Midland County, TX, Pecos County, TX, Presidio County, TX, Reeves County, TX, Terrell County, TX, Upton County, TX, Ward County, TX, Winkler County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:27 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 Jan 31, 10:48 PM CST, 2 hours 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 31, 10:48 PM CST, 2 hours 39 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 1, 1:33 PM CSTHigh Wind WarningMAFBrewster, Culberson, Jeff Davis, Loving, Pecos, Presidio and 4 more67 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.