Northeast winds behind a strong cold front resulted in high winds in Guadalupe Pass.
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The episode as NWS MAF wrote it up.
Northeast winds behind a strong cold front resulted in high winds in 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 Sep 13, 4:14 PM MST, 3 hours 12 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
614 PM CDT THU SEP 13 2012
.DISCUSSION...
SEE AVIATION DISCUSSION BELOW.
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.AVIATION...
MVFR/IFR CIG AND VIS CURRENTLY SEEN ACROSS ALL TAF SITES BEHIND A
COLD FRONT THAT MOVED THROUGH EARLIER TODAY. LOSING DAYTIME
HEATING MAY CAUSE CIGS TO LOWER SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET TONIGHT WITH
SOME PATCHY FOG POSSIBLE...AND WE MAY BE JUMPING THROUGH
CATEGORIES SO TENDED TO GO WITH MOST LIKELY CATEGORIES KNOWING
THAT OCCASIONALLY EACH TAF SITE MAY BE OUT OF TOLERANCE. RAIN IS
ENDING AND CONDITIONS SHOULD BE IMPROVING TO MVFR FRIDAY MORNING
AND VFR BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. LIFR AND VLIFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED IN
THE DAVIS AND GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS.
HENNIG
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.MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NM...NONE.
TX...HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES... GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS.
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10HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 219 PM CDT THU SEP 13 2012 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-141100- 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- 219 PM CDT THU SEP 13 2012 /119 PM MDT THU SEP 13 2012/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND WEST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT FROM THE EXTREME SOUTHEAST PERMIAN BASIN INTO THE LOWER TRANS PECOS INCLUDING THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS AND BIG BEND REGION. THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. NORTHEAST WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE EXPECT THROUGH GUADALUPE PASS OF WEST TEXAS THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. .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.
Sustained northeast winds of 40 mph occurred in Guadalupe Pass behind a strong cold front.
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