High winds occurred in portions of the Guadalupe Mountains behind a strong cold front.
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.
High winds occurred in portions of the Guadalupe Mountains behind a strong cold front.
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 8, 10:29 AM MST, 22 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1129 AM CST THU MAR 8 2012
.DISCUSSION...
LATEST SFC OBS SHOW THAT HIGHS FOR THE DAY HAVE BEEN
REACHED...W/TEMPS FALLING IN MANY LOCATIONS. WE/LL ISSUE A QUICK
UPDATE TO FRESHEN UP THE GRIDS. UPDATES OUT SHORTLY.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
BIG SPRING TX 61 35 46 33 / 10 20 30 10
CARLSBAD NM 47 33 49 34 / 10 0 10 0
DRYDEN TX 73 39 51 38 / 0 20 10 0
FORT STOCKTON TX 56 34 48 33 / 0 10 10 0
GUADALUPE PASS TX 47 25 40 26 / 0 0 0 0
HOBBS NM 41 32 46 30 / 10 20 10 0
MARFA TX 59 27 44 28 / 0 0 0 0
MIDLAND INTL AIRPORT TX 54 34 48 32 / 10 10 10 0
ODESSA TX 54 34 48 32 / 0 10 10 0
WINK TX 50 34 50 34 / 0 0 10 0
&&
.MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NM...NONE.
TX...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES... BORDEN...CRANE...DAWSON...ECTOR...GLASSCOCK...
HOWARD...MARTIN...MIDLAND...MITCHELL...PECOS...REAGAN...
SCURRY...TERRELL...UPTON.
HIGH WIND WARNING FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 2 AM MST FRIDAY
FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES... GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS.
RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES... BIG BEND AREA...DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA...
MARFA PLATEAU.
&&
44/49HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 442 AM CST THU MAR 8 2012 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-091045- 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- 442 AM CST THU MAR 8 2012 /342 AM MST THU MAR 8 2012/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND WEST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT AREAS OF BLOWING DUST ARE POSSIBLE TODAY ACROSS SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND MOST OF WEST TEXAS. VISIBILITIES MAY FALL TO 3 MILES OR LESS NEAR OPEN FIELDS AND COULD AFFECT TRAVEL. VERY DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS... MARFA PLATEAU AND BIG BEND AREAS. A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THESE AREAS. HIGH WINDS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE GUADALUPE PASS TODAY. NORTHEAST WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT. THERE IS ALSO A CHANCE OF NON SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND THE NORTHEAST PERMIAN BASIN. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY 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
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The passage of a strong cold front resulted in high winds of 40-47 mph sustained over a several hour period through Guadalupe Pass. Several gusts of 50-55 mph also occurred during this time.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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