The passage of a strong cold front resulted in high winds through Guadalupe Pass in the Guadalupe Mountains.
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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 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 Sep 7, 10:32 PM MST, 1 hour 19 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1232 AM CDT SAT SEP 8 2012
.DISCUSSION...
SEE AVIATION DISCUSSION BELOW.
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.AVIATION...
THE STRONG COLD IS JUST NOW MOVING THROUGH FST WHICH MEANS IT HAS
PASSED THROUGH ALL TAF SITES. GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS ARE KICKING UP
DUST SHOWING ON LOCAL OBS AS EITHER HAZE OR A CLOUD DECK NEAR
BKN020. HOWEVER VISIBILITIES ARE NOT DROPPING BELOW 6SM AND
CEILOMETERS ON THE ASOS ARE INCORRECTLY INTERPRETING THE DUST AS
CLOUDS SO NO TAF SITES ARE ACTUALLY BELOW VFR AT THE MOMENT...NOR
ARE THEY EXPECTED TO DROP BELOW VFR THROUGH THE PERIOD. LIGHT RAIN
NEAR HOB AND CNM IS DISSIPATING AND A MID CLOUD DECK NEAR BKN080
WILL EXIT BY 00Z LEAVING LIGHT WINDS AND A CLEAR SKIES BY THE END
OF THE TAF PERIOD.
HENNIG
&&
.MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NM...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL NOON MDT SATURDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES...
CENTRAL LEA COUNTY...EDDY COUNTY PLAINS...GUADALUPE
MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY...NORTHERN LEA COUNTY...SOUTHERN
LEA COUNTY.
TX...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES... ANDREWS...BIG BEND AREA...BORDEN...CRANE...
DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA...DAWSON...ECTOR...GAINES...
GLASSCOCK...HOWARD...LOVING...MARFA PLATEAU...MARTIN...
MIDLAND...MITCHELL...PECOS...PRESIDIO VALLEY...REAGAN...
REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS...SCURRY...TERRELL...
UPTON...VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR...WARD...WINKLER.
HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL NOON MDT SATURDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES... GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS.
&&
10HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 235 PM CDT FRI SEP 7 2012 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-081945- 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- 235 PM CDT FRI SEP 7 2012 /135 PM MDT FRI SEP 7 2012/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND WEST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTH THROUGH THE REGION TONIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND THE NORTHERN PERMIAN BASIN THIS AFTERNOON AND LAST INTO THE EVENING. MORE ISOLATED STORMS WILL OCCUR FURTHER SOUTH AND EAST. A FEW OF THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS OVER 50 MPH...ALONG WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. WINDY CONDITIONS WILL SPREAD SOUTH ACROSS THE AREA OVERNIGHT BEHIND THE FRONT. STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH...AND GUSTS NEAR 65 MPH...WILL AFFECT GUADALUPE PASS. NORTHEAST WINDS OVER THE REST OF THE AREA WILL BE 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 50 MPH IN A FEW LOCATIONS. A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR GUADALUPE PASS...WHILE A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE REST OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY WINDY CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST SATURDAY MORNING AREAWIDE BEFORE DIMINISHING HEADING INTO THE AFTERNOON. THE HIGH WIND WARNING FOR GUADALUPE PASS...AND THE WIND ADVISORY OVER THE REST OF THE AREA... ARE BOTH IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM CDT/NOON MDT. .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.
Northeast winds of 40-48 mph and occasional gusts to 58 mph occurred in Guadalupe Pass behind a strong cold front.
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