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High Wind Watch 3, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

February 15, 2026Culberson County, Texas; Eddy County, New Mexico

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this high wind watch at Feb 15, 2026, 10:26 AM CST for Culberson County, Texas; Eddy County, New Mexico. It took effect at Feb 17, 2026, 8:00 AM CST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 15, 2026, 10:26 AM CST (16:26 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 17, 2026, 8:00 AM CST
Expired: Feb 16, 2026, 12:46 PM 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 16:30 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 Feb 15, 5:42 AM CST, 4 hours 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 15, 5:42 AM CST, 4 hours 44 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 15, 12:02 PM CST	Fire Weather Watch	MAF	Gaines	33 hr

Nearby

High Wind Watches in Texas, 2026 High Wind Watches in New Mexico, 2026 Every high wind watch in 2026

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.