The passage of a strong cold front resulted in high winds through Guadalupe Pass.
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The episode as NWS MAF wrote it up.
The passage of a strong cold front resulted in high winds through Guadalupe Pass.
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 Apr 23, 4:55 AM MST, 56 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 655 AM CDT MON APR 23 2012 .DISCUSSION... SEE 12Z AVIATION DISCUSSION BELOW. && .AVIATION... VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AT AREA TAF SITES THROUGH THE NEXT 24 HOURS. THE LATEST RADAR DATA SHOWS A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE FAR WESTERN PERMIAN BASIN...SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS AND TRANS PECOS REGION. WE HAVE INCLUDED A TEMPO GROUP FOR -SHRA AT KINK THROUGH 15Z. OTHERWISE... GUSTY EAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING...THEN TRANSITION TO THE SOUTHEAST BY LATE AFTERNOON. && .MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NM...NONE. TX...NONE. && 06
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 404 AM CDT MON APR 23 2012 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-240915- 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- 404 AM CDT MON APR 23 2012 /304 AM MDT MON APR 23 2012/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND WEST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED TODAY ACROSS THE DAVIS AND GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS AS WELL AS THE ADJACENT PLAINS OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO. THE MAIN CONCERN WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR DRY LIGHTNING STRIKES AND GUSTY WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED AGAIN ACROSS THE DAVIS AND GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS AS WELL AS THE PLAINS OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO ON TUESDAY. THE MAIN CONCERN WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR DRY LIGHTNING STRIKES AND GUSTY WINDS. .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
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Sustained northeast winds of 40-47 mph occurred through Guadalupe Pass in the wake of a strong cold front.
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