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High Wind Watch 11, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

March 3, 202524 counties in Texas; Lea County, New Mexico

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this high wind watch at Mar 3, 2025, 1:29 AM CST for 24 counties in Texas; Lea County, New Mexico. It took effect at Mar 4, 2025, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 3, 2025, 1:29 AM CST (07:29 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 4, 2025, 6:00 AM CST
Expired
Mar 3, 2025, 2:00 PM CST
In force
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
All 25 counties

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, Terrell County, TX, Upton County, TX, Ward County, TX, Winkler County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 44 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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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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 Mar 2, 11:00 PM CST, 2 hours 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 2, 11:00 PM CST, 2 hours 29 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 3, 2:17 AM CSTFire Weather WatchMAFAndrews, Borden, Brewster, Crane, Culberson, Dawson and 18 more11 hr
Mar 3, 2:17 AM CSTRed Flag WarningMAFAndrews, Borden, Brewster, Crane, Culberson, Dawson and 13 more18 hr
Mar 3, 12:54 PM CSTRed Flag WarningMAFAndrews, Borden, Brewster, Crane, Culberson, Dawson and 18 more30 hr
Mar 3, 1:05 PM CSTBlowing Dust AdvisoryMAFBrewster, Culberson, Jeff Davis, Loving, Reeves7 hr
Mar 3, 5:28 PM CSTDust Storm WarningMAFEddy2 hr

Nearby

High Wind Watches in Texas, 2025High Wind Watches in New Mexico, 2025Every high wind watch in 2025

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.