Strong mid-level zonal flow led to strong westerly winds across the area. Sporadic high winds occurred through Guadalupe Pass on both February 21st and 22nd.
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 mid-level zonal flow led to strong westerly winds across the area. Sporadic high winds occurred through Guadalupe Pass on both February 21st and 22nd.
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 20, 11:33 PM CST, 3 hours 42 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 1133 PM CST SAT FEB 20 2010 .DISCUSSION... PLEASE SEE THE 06Z AVIATION DISCUSSION BELOW. && .AVIATION... MAINLY VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED AT THE TERMINALS FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS. A FAST MOVING UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM ACROSS NEW MEXICO WILL RAPIDLY MOVE EAST TONIGHT AND SUNDAY AND RESULT IN LOW LEVEL WIND SHEAR AT KINK AND KMAF THROUGH 15Z SUNDAY. IN ADDITION A BROKEN CLOUD DECK FROM 7 TO 10 THOUSAND FEET WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE TERMINALS FROM 06Z TO 10Z. WINDS AT THE SURFACE WILL INCREASE BY 15Z-17Z SUNDAY OUT OF THE WEST NEAR 15 KT WITH GUSTS OVER 25 KT. && .MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NM...NONE. TX...NONE. && 78
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 211 PM CST SAT FEB 20 2010 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-212015- 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- 211 PM CST SAT FEB 20 2010 /111 PM MST SAT FEB 20 2010/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND WEST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM THE SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS EASTWARD ACROSS THE TRANS PECOS AND PERMIAN BASIN TONIGHT. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HAIL AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL. WESTERLY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH AND A FEW GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL AFFECT THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY WESTERLY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH AND A FEW GUSTS TO 55 MPH WILL AFFECT THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS SUNDAY...BUT MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON. MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES AND A CHANCE OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION IS POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...THE UPPER TRANS PECOS AND THE PERMIAN BASIN MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. LOCATIONS GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 20 COULD SEE 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW. .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
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 114 AM CST SUN FEB 21 2010 TXZ051-210745- MARTIN- 114 AM CST SUN FEB 21 2010 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MARTIN COUNTY THROUGH 140 AM CST... AT 110 AM CST...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM NEAR BUFORD...TO TARZAN...TO FM 1212 ACROSS SOUTHWEST MARTIN COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AROUND 40 MPH. BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL...WIND GUSTS NEAR 55 MPH...AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IN ADDITION TO STRONG WINDS... DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER... YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. SEEK SAFE SHELTER NOW. &&
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 145 AM CST SUN FEB 21 2010 TXZ051-052-210815- HOWARD-MARTIN- 145 AM CST SUN FEB 21 2010 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS EAST CENTRAL MARTIN COUNTY AND WEST CENTRAL HOWARD COUNTY THROUGH 210 AM CST... AT 140 AM CST...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS EXTREME EAST CENTRAL MARTIN COUNTY AND INTO WEST CENTRAL HOWARD COUNTY ALONG SH 176 AND FM 846. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AROUND 45 MPH. WIND GUSTS NEAR 50 MPH AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IN ADDITION TO HAIL AND STRONG WINDS...DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. SEEK SAFE SHELTER NOW. &&
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Gusts of 75 and 65 mph occurred at McDonald Observatory at 410 and 635 LST respectively.
Aside from the one gust to 59 mph at 1351 LST on February 22nd, sustained winds of 40 to 46 mph occurred through Guadalupe Pass for several hours on both February 21st and 22nd.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2010Every state in 2010This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, February 2010
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: 211573, 211571.