High Wind, Guadalupe Mountains of Culberson County
- When
- February 17, 11:51 AM MST to 1:51 PM MST
- Where
- Guadalupe Mountains of Culberson County forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- ASOS
High Wind in Texas, February 17, 2011
Increased westerly flow aloft over the region resulted in high winds in the Guadalupe Mountains.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS MAF wrote it up.
Increased westerly flow aloft over the region resulted in high winds in the Guadalupe Mountains.
What forecasters said that day
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 17, 10:10 AM MST, 1 hour 41 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 17, 10:10 AM MST, 1 hour 41 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1110 AM CST THU FEB 17 2011
.DISCUSSION...
SEE AVIATION DISCUSSION BELOW.
&&
.AVIATION...
OTHER THAN GUSTY SW-W SFC FLOW AT THE BEGINNING OF THE FCST
PD...NO MAJOR AVIATION CONCERNS...AS ALL TERMINALS VFR. A WEAK
COLD FRONT WILL COME INTO THE AREA FRIDAY MORNING.
&&
.MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NM...RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES... GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP/LINCOLN NF/LNZ...SOUTHEAST
PLAINS/BLM ROSWELL/LNZ.
HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE
FOLLOWING ZONES... GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY.
TX...RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING FOR THE
FOLLOWING ZONES... ANDREWS...BORDEN...CRANE...DAVIS/APACHE
MOUNTAINS AREA...DAWSON...ECTOR...GAINES...GLASSCOCK...
GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS...HOWARD...LOVING...MARFA PLATEAU...
MARTIN...MIDLAND...MITCHELL...PECOS...REAGAN...REEVES
COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS...SCURRY...UPTON...VAN HORN
AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR...WARD...WINKLER.
HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE
FOLLOWING ZONES... GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS.
&&
44Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 17, 11:00 AM MST, 51 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 1200 PM CST THU FEB 17 2011 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-172100- 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- 1200 PM CST THU FEB 17 2011 /1100 AM MST THU FEB 17 2011/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND WEST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL EXIST THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS MUCH OF WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO. A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT. STRONG WESTERLY WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON. A HIGH WIND WARNING WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY ON SUNDAY...THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR HIGH IMPACT FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR MUCH OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS. WELL ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY WELL BELOW 15 PERCENT WILL PREVAIL THROUGH SUNDAY. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 25 TO 30 MPH THROUGHOUT THE DAY. .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
Event by event
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- High Wind
- Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Dense Fog in Wisconsin, February 17, 2011
- Winter Weather in Connecticut, February 17, 2011
- Flooding in Iowa, February 17 to 26, 2011
- Flooding in Nebraska, February 17 to 25, 2011
- Blizzard and Winter Storm in Colorado, February 17, 2011
- Winter Storm in Montana, February 17, 2011
- Blizzard in North Dakota, February 17, 2011
- Strong Wind in South Dakota, February 17, 2011
- Dense Fog in Michigan, February 17 to 18, 2011
- High Surf in Hawaii, February 17, 2011
- Winter Storm in California, February 17 to 19, 2011
- High Wind in Nebraska, February 17, 2011
More
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Sources
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: 280450.