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High Wind Watch 2, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

January 6, 2026Culberson County, Texas; Eddy County, New Mexico

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this high wind watch at Jan 6, 2026, 12:06 PM CST for Culberson County, Texas; Eddy County, New Mexico. It took effect at Jan 8, 2026, 12:00 AM CST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 6, 2026, 12:06 PM CST (18:06 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 8, 2026, 12:00 AM CST
Expired
Jan 7, 2026, 2:53 AM CST
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 18:07 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 6, 11:53 AM CST, 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 6, 11:53 AM CST, 13 minutes before
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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.