High Wind in Texas, April 1, 2005

Name: High Wind in Texas, April 1, 2005
Start: 2005-04-01T00:00
End: 2005-04-01T08:30
Location: Texas

April 1, 2005 · NWS MAF · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 high wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 1

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Mar 31, 9:31 PM CST, 2 hours 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 31, 9:31 PM CST, 2 hours 29 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
931 PM CST THU MAR 31 2005

.UPDATE...
ADDITIONAL UPDATES NOT PLANNED ATTM. AXIS OF STRONGEST 3 HR SFC
PRESSURE RISES / +6.5MB/3HR / NOW ORIENTED FROM THE UPPER TRANS
PECOS NORTHEAST TO NEAR LUBBOCK. STRONG WINDS ARE CURRENTLY OBSERVED
SHIFTING SOUTH WITH ADVISORY CRITERIA SPEEDS NOW MET FROM THE
NORTHERN PERMIAN BASIN ACROSS THE TRANS PECOS. WINDS OVER THE
SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO PLAINS ARE DECREASING AS BEST PRESSURE RISES
SHIFT SOUTH. THIS TREND IS DEPICTED IN CURRENT GRIDS.

&&

.MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NM...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THURSDAY UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY
      FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES...CENTRAL LEA COUNTY...EDDY COUNTY
      PLAINS...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY...NORTHERN LEA
      COUNTY...AND SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY.
TX...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THURSDAY UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY
      FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES...ANDREWS...BIG BEND AREA...
      BORDEN...CRANE...DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA...DAWSON...
      ECTOR...GAINES...GLASSCOCK...HOWARD...LOVING...MARFA
      PLATEAU...MARTIN...MIDLAND...MITCHELL...PECOS...PRESIDIO
      VALLEY...REAGAN...REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS...
      SCURRY...TERRELL...UPTON...VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54
      CORRIDOR...WARD...AND WINKLER.
      HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THURSDAY UNTIL 6 AM CST
      FRIDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONE...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS.

&&

20/10

Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 31, 6:10 PM CST, 5 hours 50 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
610 PM CST THU MAR 31 2005

NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075-
079>082-258-020002-
ANDREWS-BIG BEND AREA-BORDEN-CENTRAL LEA COUNTY-CRANE-
DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA-DAWSON-ECTOR-EDDY COUNTY PLAINS-GAINES-
GLASSCOCK-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-
HOWARD-LOVING-MARFA PLATEAU-MARTIN-MIDLAND-MITCHELL-
NORTHERN LEA COUNTY-PECOS-PRESIDIO VALLEY-REAGAN-
REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-SCURRY-SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY-
TERRELL-UPTON-VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR-WARD-WINKLER-
610 PM CST THU MAR 31 2005 (510 PM MST THU MAR 31 2005)

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEASTERN
NEW MEXICO.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS UNTIL
5 AM MST FRIDAY MORNING...AND A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE
REST OF THE AREA UNTIL 6 AM CST (5 AM MST).  NORTHEAST WINDS OF 30
TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH AT GUADALUPE PASS WILL INCREASE TO
40 TO 50 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH POSSIBLE BY 8 PM MST.  NORTH
TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45
MPH POSSIBLE OVER THE PLAINS AREAS.  THESE WINDS WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...GRADUALLY DECREASING TO 15 TO 20 MPH
AROUND SUNRISE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WATCHES...WARNINGS...ADVISORIES...
AND STATEMENTS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN
MIDLAND CAN BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET AT (LOWER CASE)
HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MIDLAND

Event by event

1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

High Wind, Davis / Apache Mountains Area

When: April 1, 12:00 AM CST to 8:30 AM CST
Where: Davis / Apache Mountains Area forecast zone
Measured: 65 kt (75 mph) measured gust
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

A strong cold front swept south across west Texas during the evening of March 31st. As this front encountered the higher terrain in southwestern Texas, severe winds were recorded in the Davis Mountains, beginning during the late evening of the 31st and persisting into the early hours of April 1st. Peak winds at the McDonald Observatory reached 77 MPH atop Mount Locke just before midnight CST. Gusts in excess of 70 MPH persisted for more than four hours, well into the early hours of the 1st.

What these are

High Wind: Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Texas in 2005 Every state in 2005 This day in weather history Warnings in Texas, April 2005

Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5445491.