A strong upper level low pressure system located over southern New Mexico helped to bring high winds to the Davis and Guadalupe Mountains.
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The episode as NWS MAF wrote it up.
A strong upper level low pressure system located over southern New Mexico helped to bring high winds to the Davis and Guadalupe 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 Feb 16, 2:24 PM CST, 1 hour 11 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
224 PM CST SAT FEB 16 2008
.DISCUSSION...
UPPER LEVEL LOW THAT WAS SO WOEFULLY INADEQUATE ON PRECIPITATION
FOR OUR CWA NOW MOVING ACROSS THE TRANS PECOS AND PUSHING ALL
SHOWER ACTIVITY EAST OF THE AREA. THAT SHOULD PRETTY WELL DO IT
FOR RAIN CHANCES THIS FORECAST PERIOD AS WE GO INTO ANOTHER WARM
AND DRY SPELL NEXT WEEK. FIRST THOUGH WARMER TEMPERATURES TOMORROW
WILL BE TEMPERED SOMEWHAT ON MONDAY AS A MINOR S/W TROUGH DIGS
INTO THE BASE OF A LARGE UPPER LOW OVER THE GREAT LAKES...SENDING
A BRIEF SHOT OF COOL AIR INTO THE PB. THE COOL AIR WILL NOT LAST
LONG AS OUR OLD FRIEND ZONAL FLOW RETURNS TUESDAY AND REMAINS
THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. WEAK TROUGHS MOVING THROUGH THE FLOW
WILL PASS WELL TO THE NORTH OF THE AREA...AND WHILE THEY MAY BRING
SOME MOISTURE...THERE IS VIRTUALLY NO WAY WE WILL SEE PRECIP
ESPECIALLY SINCE THIS LATEST BEST CHANCE DELIVERED SO LITTLE.
.FIRE WEATHER...
PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS ACROSS WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO
OVER THE LAST 24 HOURS HAVE GENERALLY BEEN VERY LIGHT. SLIGHTLY
HIGHER TOTALS OCCURRED ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE GUADALUPE
MOUNTAINS...AND ACROSS THE WESTERN LOW ROLLING PLAINS INCLUDING THE
EASTERN PORTIONS OF MITCHELL AND SCURRY COUNTIES.
TEMPERATURES WILL GENERALLY REMAIN NEAR NORMAL ON SUNDAY AS
DRY...WESTERLY WINDS REMAINS IN PLACE. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE
THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT BRINGING A SHIFT TO NORTHERLY WINDS AND COOLER
TEMPERATURES ON SUNDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL WARM DURING THE MIDDLE
PART OF THE UPCOMING WEEK...WITH WESTERLY WINDS INCREASING OVER THE
GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
BIG SPRING TX 35 61 33 57 / 10 0 0 0
CARLSBAD NM 36 63 31 60 / 0 0 0 0
DRYDEN TX 40 73 38 60 / 0 0 0 0
FORT STOCKTON TX 37 72 34 58 / 0 0 0 0
GUADALUPE PASS TX 33 60 27 60 / 0 0 0 0
HOBBS NM 33 63 27 58 / 10 0 0 0
MARFA TX 28 64 26 62 / 0 0 0 0
MIDLAND INTL AIRPORT TX 33 63 28 57 / 10 0 0 0
ODESSA TX 33 63 30 57 / 10 0 0 0
WINK TX 36 69 31 63 / 10 0 0 0
&&
.MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NM...HIGH WIND WARNING FROM 12 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM MST THIS
EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF
EDDY COUNTY.
TX...HIGH WIND WARNING FROM 12 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM MST THIS
EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS.
&&
10HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 159 PM CST SAT FEB 16 2008 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-172000- 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- 159 PM CST SAT FEB 16 2008 /1259 PM MST SAT FEB 16 2008/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND WEST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT STRONG WESTERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING ACROSS THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS. A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY 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
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High winds up to 74 mph occurred during the afternoon and into the evening hours and continued through most of the night in the Davis Mountains.
High winds were experienced in the Guadulupe Mountains starting during the afternoon and lasting until the early morning hours.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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