An upper level trough of low pressure located over the Four Corners Region of the southwest United States resulted in high winds over the Guadalupe and Davis Mountains of southwest Texas.
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The episode as NWS MAF wrote it up.
An upper level trough of low pressure located over the Four Corners Region of the southwest United States resulted in high winds over the Guadalupe and Davis Mountains of southwest Texas.
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 Jan 7, 10:24 AM MST, 2 hours 24 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1124 AM CST MON JAN 7 2008
.AVIATION...
VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL AT ALL TERMINALS THROUGH THE FORECAST
CYCLE. GUSTY SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS WILL AFFECT ALL TAF SITES THIS
AFTERNOON AS 25 TO 30 KNOT WINDS MIX DOWN FROM JUST ABOVE THE
SURFACE. WINDS SHOULD DIMINISH BY EARLY EVENING AS NOCTURNAL COOLING
COMMENCES. PACIFIC COLD FRONT WILL PUSH SOUTH INTO THE TERMINALS
AFTER 12Z TUESDAY WITH A WIND SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST.
&&
.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.
TX...HIGH WIND WARNING FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES...DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS
AREA.
HIGH WIND WARNING FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 11 PM MST THIS
EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS.
&&
12HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 410 AM CST MON JAN 7 2008 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-081015- 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- 410 AM CST MON JAN 7 2008 /310 AM MST MON JAN 7 2008/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND WEST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT STRONG WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL LIKELY INCREASE TO 40 TO 50 MPH...WITH A FEW GUSTS OVER 70 MPH...ACROSS THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS FROM THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING. WESTERLY WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH...AND GUSTS TO AROUND 65 MPH...WILL AFFECT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON. A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR BOTH MOUNTAIN RANGES TODAY. WINDY CONDITIONS MAY ALSO SPREAD ACROSS THE ADJACENT SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON. SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS MAY RISE TO AROUND 30 MPH AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON. DRY FUELS ACROSS WEST TEXAS TODAY...ALONG WITH WEST WINDS GENERALLY IN THE 15 TO 20 MPH RANGE...WILL PROMOTE RAPID GROWTH AND SPREAD OF ANY FIRES THAT START. RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION WITH ANY OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES CONDUCIVE TO STARTING FIRES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY ANOTHER FAST MOVING UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM COULD RESULT IN STRONG WEST WINDS OVER THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS...AND THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS...ON WEDNESDAY. WIND SPEEDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH AND GUSTS NEAR 65 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN BOTH MOUNTAIN RANGES. .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 wind gusts occurred at Guadalupe Pass on Monday afternoon. Additional high winds were observed late Monday into the early morning hours on Tuesday.
High winds were reported at McDonald Observatory during the afternoon on Monday, January 7.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 79026, 79030.