High Wind, Guadalupe Mountains of Culberson County
- When
- March 25, 11:51 AM MST to 3:51 PM MST
- Where
- Guadalupe Mountains of Culberson County forecast zone
- Measured
- 36 kt (41 mph) measured sustained
- Reported by
- ASOS
High Wind in Texas, March 25, 2011
An upper trough moving over New Mexico resulted in strong winds over portions of 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.
An upper trough moving over New Mexico resulted in strong winds over portions of 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 Mar 25, 9:39 AM MST, 2 hours 12 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 25, 9:39 AM MST, 2 hours 12 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1139 AM CDT FRI MAR 25 2011
.DISCUSSION...
SEE AVIATION DISCUSSION BELOW.
&&
.AVIATION...
LEESIDE TROUGH DEVELOPMENT CONTINUES TO MAINTAIN GUSTY SW SFC FLOW
ALL TERMINALS. WINDS SHOULD VEER TO W-NW NR 12Z SATURDAY AS A WEAK
FRONT MOVES IN...BUT LITTLE MORE THAN A WIND SHIFT AT THAT.
&&
.MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NM...HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES... GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY.
RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES... GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP/LINCOLN NF/LNZ...SOUTHEAST
PLAINS/BLM ROSWELL/LNZ.
TX...HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES... GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS.
RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR THE
FOLLOWING ZONES... DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA...GUADALUPE
MOUNTAINS...LOVING...REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS...
VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR...WARD...WINKLER.
&&
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INGRHAHazardous weather outlook, Mar 25, 11:07 AM MST, 44 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 107 PM CDT FRI MAR 25 2011 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-261815- 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- 107 PM CDT FRI MAR 25 2011 /1207 PM MDT FRI MAR 25 2011/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND WEST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS WILL LEAD TO CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS TODAY ACROSS THE GUADALUPE...DAVIS...AND APACHE MOUNTAINS...THE SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS...THE VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR...REEVES COUNTY AND THE UPPER TRANS PECOS...AND FAR WESTERN PERMIAN BASIN. A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. STRONG...SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS TODAY. A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY 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 44
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
- Lightning Strike in Missouri, March 25, 2011
- Drought in Texas, March 25 to 31, 2011
- Hail in Oklahoma, March 25 to 26, 2011
- Winter Weather in Colorado, March 25 to 26, 2011
- Heavy Snow in Montana, March 25 to 27, 2011
- Heavy Snow in California, March 25 to 26, 2011
- Winter Weather in Montana, March 25 to 28, 2011
- Heavy Snow in South Dakota, March 25 to 26, 2011
- Wildfire in Georgia, March 25 to 29, 2011
- Wildfire in Georgia, March 25, 2011
- Hail in Arkansas, March 25, 2011
More
Every storm in Texas in 2011Every state in 2011This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, March 2011
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: 283436.