An upper trough passing by to the north of the region resulted in high winds in the Guadalupe Mountains.
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The episode as NWS MAF wrote it up.
An upper trough passing by to the north of the region resulted in high winds in the Guadalupe Mountains.
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 May 5, 10:08 AM MST, 1 hour 43 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1208 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2012
.DISCUSSION...
THE LATEST AVIATION DISCUSSION IS BELOW.
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.AVIATION...
VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS AS MID AND HIGH
CLOUDS STREAM NORTHEASTWARD OVER THE REGION. GUSTY WESTERLY WINDS
WILL AFFECT ALL TAF SITES WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS...AROUND 20KT
SUSTAINED...AT KCNM. WINDS WILL DIMINISH AROUND 06/01Z AT ALL TAF
SITES...BUT INCREASE FROM THE WEST AROUND 06/15Z. 67
&&
.MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NM...RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES... GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP/LINCOLN NF/LNZ...SOUTHEAST
PLAINS/BLM ROSWELL/LNZ.
TX...RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES... GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS.
&&HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 315 AM CDT SAT MAY 5 2012 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-060815- 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- 315 AM CDT SAT MAY 5 2012 /215 AM MDT SAT MAY 5 2012/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND WEST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT VERY WARM...DRY AND BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS. A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT. ISOLATED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ALONG AND EAST OF A FORT STOCKTON TO SNYDER LINE. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND MAY ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL BE ON THE INCREASE MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. HAIL...STRONG WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL MAY ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER STORMS. .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 westerly winds of 40 mph or greater occurred through Guadalupe Pass for 2-3 hours.
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