Strong winds in the mid levels of the atmosphere, in advance of an upper level storm system, moved across portions of west Texas. This resulted in high winds across the Guadalupe and Davis Mountains.
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.
The episode as NWS MAF wrote it up.
Strong winds in the mid levels of the atmosphere, in advance of an upper level storm system, moved across portions of west Texas. This resulted in high winds across the Guadalupe and Davis Mountains.
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 Dec 27, 11:38 AM CST, 27 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1138 AM CST THU DEC 27 2007
.AVIATION...
AN UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM TRACKING ACROSS NORTHERN NEW MEXICO
WILL HELP PRODUCE WINDY CONDITIONS ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA THIS AFTERNOON.
WHILE VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO PREVAIL...BLOWING DUST MAY AT
TIMES RESULT IN TEMPORARY MVFR VISIBILITY CONDITIONS. SURFACE
WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE DURING THE LATE MORNING OR EARLY
AFTERNOON AND BECOME WESTERLY ACROSS THE AREA.
&&
.MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NM...HIGH WIND WARNING FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 11 PM MST THIS
EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF
EDDY COUNTY.
WIND ADVISORY FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON
FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES...CENTRAL LEA COUNTY...NORTHERN LEA
COUNTY...SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY.
HIGH WIND WARNING FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM MST THIS
AFTERNOON FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES...EDDY COUNTY PLAINS.
TX...RED FLAG WARNING FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM CST THIS
EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES...BIG BEND AREA...
DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA...LOVING...MARFA PLATEAU...
PECOS...PRESIDIO VALLEY...REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS
PECOS...VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR...WARD...WINKLER.
HIGH WIND WARNING FROM 11 AM CST /10 AM MST/ THIS MORNING TO
MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/ TONIGHT FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES...
DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS.
WIND ADVISORY FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON
FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES...MARFA PLATEAU.
HIGH WIND WARNING FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES...REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER
TRANS PECOS...VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR.
&&
03HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 454 AM CST THU DEC 27 2007 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-281100- GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-EDDY COUNTY PLAINS- NORTHERN LEA COUNTY-CENTRAL LEA COUNTY-SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY-GAINES- DAWSON-BORDEN-SCURRY-ANDREWS-MARTIN-HOWARD-MITCHELL- VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR- REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-LOVING-WINKLER-ECTOR-MIDLAND- GLASSCOCK-WARD-CRANE-UPTON-REAGAN-DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA- PECOS-PRESIDIO VALLEY-MARFA PLATEAU-BIG BEND AREA-TERRELL- GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- 454 AM CST THU DEC 27 2007 /354 AM MST THU DEC 27 2007/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND WEST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT STRONG WESTERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TODAY ACROSS THE WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO MOUNTAINS AND PLAINS. SUSTAINED WINDSPEEDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN BOTH THE GUADALUPE AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS. EXPECT WINDS GUSTS TO NEAR 85 MPH IN THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS AND GUSTS TO NEAR 75 MPH IN THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS. EXPECT THIS WINDS TO SPREAD INTO THE PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON. WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT TODAY FOR THE DAVIS AND GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS...AND WILL BE IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON FOR EDDY COUNTY AND A WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR LEA COUNTY ALSO FOR THIS AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION TO THE STRONG WINDS...DRY CONDITIONS WILL INCREASE THE FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS TODAY. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES ACROSS THE UPPER TRANS PECOS...THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS...THE MARFA AND STOCKTON PLATEAUS...AND THE BIG BEND REGION WILL BE AT OR BELOW 15 PERCENT. A RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THESE LOCATIONS FOR STRONG WINDS...DRY CONDITIONS...AND HIGH FIRE DANGER. .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://WEATHER.GOV/MIDLAND 13
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Wind equipment at McDonald Observatory reported at peak wind of 71 mph at 9 pm CST, Thursday evening.
The ASOS at Guadalupe Pass reported a 78 mph gust Thursday afternoon.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2007Every state in 2007This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, December 2007
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: 72757, 72752.