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High Wind Watch 3, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

January 15, 20254 counties in Texas; Eddy County, New Mexico

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this high wind watch at Jan 15, 2025, 8:14 PM CST for 4 counties in Texas; Eddy County, New Mexico. It took effect at Jan 17, 2025, 9:00 AM CST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 15, 2025, 8:14 PM CST (02:14 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 17, 2025, 9:00 AM CST
Expired
Jan 16, 2025, 12:32 PM CST
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 02:14 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 Jan 15, 5:06 PM CST, 3 hours 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 15, 5:06 PM CST, 3 hours 8 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 16, 12:32 PM CSTHigh Wind WarningMAFBrewster, Culberson, Jeff Davis, Loving, Presidio, Reeves and 2 more33 hr
Jan 16, 12:32 PM CSTWind AdvisoryMAFAndrews, Borden, Brewster, Crane, Culberson, Dawson and 16 more33 hr

Nearby

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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.