Texas, 2005High Wind in Texas, March 31, 2005
March 31, 2005 · NWS MAF · 1 event in 1 county or zone
1 high wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
- 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, 29 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 31, 9:31 PM CST, 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.
&&
20/10Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 31, 6:10 PM CST, 3 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
High Wind, Davis / Apache Mountains Area
- When
- March 31, 10:00 PM CST to 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Davis / Apache Mountains Area forecast zone
- Measured
- 67 kt (77 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
A strong cold front swept south across west Texas during the evening of the 31st. As the front encountered the higher terrain in southwestern Texas, severe winds were recorded in the Davis Mountains. Winds at the McDonald Observatory reached 77 MPH atop Mount Locke. Gusts in excess of 70 MPH persisted for more than four hours into the early part of April 1st. Severe wind gusts also were recorded on Mount Fowlkes.
- 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.
- Flash Flood in Alabama, March 31, 20051 death · 1 event
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Georgia, March 31, 2005$1.1 million · 1.75 in hail · 23 events
- Damaging Wind in Texas, March 31, 20053 injured · $700,000 · 70 kt wind · 1 event
- Strong Wind in Alabama, March 31, 20053 injured · $40,000 · 1 event
- Flash Flood in Alabama, March 31, 2005$80,000 · 1 event
- Flash Flooding in Florida, March 31, 2005$75,000 · 2 events
- Hail in Mississippi, March 31, 2005$45,000 · 1.75 in hail · 9 events
- Lightning Strike in Alabama, March 31, 2005$65,000 · 1 event
- Damaging Wind and Strong Wind in Indiana, March 31, 2005$60,000 · 54 kt wind · 2 events
- High Wind in California, March 31, 2005$50,000 · 54 kt wind · 3 events
- Flash Flood in Florida, March 31, 2005$40,000 · 1 event
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Georgia, March 31, 2005$25,000 · 1.75 in hail · 6 events
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: 5440923.