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High Wind Watch 16, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this high wind watch at Mar 16, 2025, 2:28 AM CDT for 14 counties in Texas; Eddy County, Lea County, New Mexico. It took effect at Mar 18, 2025, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 16, 2025, 2:28 AM CDT (07:28 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 18, 2025, 7:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 17, 2025, 2:27 PM CDT
- 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, Ector County, TX, Gaines County, TX, Jeff Davis County, TX, Loving County, TX, Martin County, TX, Midland County, TX, Presidio County, TX, Reeves County, TX, Ward County, TX, Winkler County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 98 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 16, 12:24 AM CDT, 2 hours 4 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 16, 12:24 AM CDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 16, 1:17 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | MAF | Andrews, Borden, Brewster, Crane, Culberson, Dawson and 18 more | 37 hr |
| Mar 16, 1:17 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | MAF | Andrews, Borden, Crane, Culberson, Dawson, Ector and 11 more | 33 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.