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High Wind Watch 14, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

March 12, 2025Culberson County, Texas; Eddy County, New Mexico

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this high wind watch at Mar 12, 2025, 1:56 AM CDT for Culberson County, Texas; Eddy County, New Mexico. It took effect at Mar 13, 2025, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 12, 2025, 1:56 AM CDT (06:56 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 13, 2025, 12:00 PM CDT
Expired
Mar 12, 2025, 2:22 PM CDT
In force
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

Counties Eddy County, NM, Culberson County, TX

The radar

The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 203 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:59 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 Mar 11, 11:53 PM CDT, 2 hours 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 11, 11:53 PM CDT, 2 hours 3 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 12, 1:33 PM CDTDust Storm WarningMAFBrewster, Jeff Davis, Presidio57 min
Mar 12, 1:36 PM CDTDust Storm WarningMAFPecos, Reeves54 min
Mar 12, 2:22 PM CDTBlowing Dust AdvisoryMAFAndrews, Borden, Brewster, Crane, Culberson, Dawson and 18 more5 hr
Mar 12, 2:22 PM CDTHigh Wind WarningMAFCulberson10 hr
Mar 12, 2:41 PM CDTFire Weather WatchMAFAndrews, Brewster, Culberson, Gaines, Jeff Davis, Loving and 4 more12 hr
Mar 12, 2:41 PM CDTFire Weather WatchMAFAndrews, Borden, Brewster, Crane, Culberson, Dawson and 18 more23 hr
Mar 12, 3:22 PM CDTDust Storm WarningMAFGlasscock, Reagan53 min

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.