A strong upper trough moved across portions of Arizona into the region. Accompanying this trough was a 120 knot upper level jet with 40 knot winds near the low levels of the atmosphere.
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The episode as NWS MAF wrote it up.
A strong upper trough moved across portions of Arizona into the region. Accompanying this trough was a 120 knot upper level jet with 40 knot winds near the low levels of the atmosphere. As a result, a deep surface low developed over southeastern Colorado and the Texas Panhandle resulting in a very tight pressure gradient and strong surface winds. The winds also resulted in restricted visibilities of less than 1/4 mile for some locations.
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 10, 9:20 AM MST, 40 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1020 AM CST TUE FEB 10 2009
.UPDATE...
SEE DISCUSSION BELOW.
&&
.DISCUSSION...
QUICK UPDATE TO TWEAK GRIDS. CURRENT TEMPERATURES ARE RUNNING
MUCH ABOVE PROJECTED GUIDANCE HIGHS...ALBIET WARMING WILL
SLOW DOWN WITH APPROACH OF DECENT HEIGHT FALLS...BUT SOME
DOWNSLOPE AND SUN SHOULD COMPENSATE. ALSO DELAYED THE BLOWING DUST
AND SLIGHT CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION WEATHER GRID TO THIS AFTERNOON
BASED ON CURRENT TRENDS. INCREASED CLOUD COVER ACROSS THE NORTHERN
HALF OF THE AREA AS WELL WITH COLDER TEMPERATURES ALOFT MOVING IN
THIS AFTERNOON.
UPDATED PRODUCTS TO BE SENT SHORTLY.
12
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
BIG SPRING TX 67 35 65 37 / 0 0 0 0
CARLSBAD NM 59 31 63 33 / 20 0 0 0
DRYDEN TX 72 39 70 43 / 0 0 0 0
FORT STOCKTON TX 70 37 68 42 / 0 0 0 0
GUADALUPE PASS TX 52 27 57 38 / 20 0 0 0
HOBBS NM 59 31 62 33 / 10 0 0 0
MARFA TX 62 23 61 28 / 10 0 0 0
MIDLAND INTL AIRPORT TX 68 33 64 35 / 0 0 0 0
ODESSA TX 64 34 64 36 / 0 0 0 0
WINK TX 67 34 67 35 / 0 0 0 0
&&
.MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NM...BLOWING DUST ADVISORY UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING FOR THE
FOLLOWING ZONES... CENTRAL LEA COUNTY...EDDY COUNTY
PLAINS...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY...NORTHERN LEA
COUNTY...SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY.
HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES... CENTRAL LEA COUNTY...EDDY COUNTY PLAINS...NORTHERN
LEA COUNTY...SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY.
HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES... GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY.
TX...BLOWING DUST ADVISORY UNTIL 9 PM CST /8 PM MST/ THIS EVENING FOR
THE FOLLOWING ZONES... ANDREWS...BIG BEND AREA...BORDEN...
CRANE...DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA...DAWSON...ECTOR...
GAINES...GLASSCOCK...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS...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...WINKLER.
RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES... BIG BEND AREA...CRANE...DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS
AREA...ECTOR...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...WINKLER.
WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES... PRESIDIO VALLEY...TERRELL.
HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES... ANDREWS...BIG BEND AREA...BORDEN...CRANE...
DAWSON...ECTOR...GAINES...GLASSCOCK...HOWARD...LOVING...
MARTIN...MIDLAND...MITCHELL...PECOS...REAGAN...REEVES
COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS...SCURRY...UPTON...WARD...
WINKLER.
HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/ TONIGHT FOR THE
FOLLOWING ZONES... DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA...GUADALUPE
MOUNTAINS.
HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES... MARFA PLATEAU...VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR.
&&HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 336 AM CST TUE FEB 10 2009 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-110945- 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- 336 AM CST TUE FEB 10 2009 /236 AM MST TUE FEB 10 2009/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND WEST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION TODAY PRODUCING VERY STRONG WINDS ACROSS MUCH OF WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO. SUSTAINED WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 60 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS MUCH OF THE SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS PLAINS. ACROSS THE GUADALUPE AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS OF WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 50 TO 60 MPH...WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 85 MPH ARE LIKELY. STRONG WINDS IN COMBINATION WITH CONTINUED DRY CONDITIONS WILL CREATE PERIODS OF BLOWING DUST AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES WITH VALUES FREQUENTLY FALLING BELOW 1 MILE. ALL TRAVELING OR WORKING OUTSIDE TODAY SHOULD EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION AS WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE WILL SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACT NORMAL OUTSIDE ACTIVITIES. ADDITIONALLY...ALL TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY THOSE UTILIZING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION AS MANEUVERING OF VEHICLES WILL BECOME DIFFICULT. VERY STRONG WINDS IN COMBINATION WITH CONTINUED DRY CONDITIONS WILL CREATE CRITICAL AND VERY DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS THE REGION TODAY. WITH FUEL CONDITIONS REMAINING VERY DRY AND CURRED...ANY FIRES THAT START WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR RAPID SPREAD. A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT ALONG AND SOUTH OF A SNYDER...TO WINK...TO VAN HORN LINE THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY 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
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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