A passing upper trough resulted in a cold frontal passage, and high winds in the Guadalupe Mountains.
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The episode as NWS MAF wrote it up.
A passing upper trough resulted in a cold frontal passage, and 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 Oct 12, 10:13 AM MST, 1 hour 47 minutes earlier.
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</html>HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 132 PM CDT SUN OCT 12 2014 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-131845- 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- 132 PM CDT SUN OCT 12 2014 /1232 PM MDT SUN OCT 12 2014/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND WEST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT ACROSS THE WESTERN LOW ROLLING PLAINS AND THE NORTH AND EASTERN PARTS OF THE PERMIAN BASIN. GUSTY WINDS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT WITH THESE STORMS. GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS AND A WIND ADVISORY FOR EDDY COUNTY...THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS AND VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR. A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH INTO THE AREA TONIGHT BRINGING IN GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS. THE WIND ADVISORY WILL THEREFORE CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT FOR WEST TEXAS WITH THE MARFA PLATEAU AND BIG BEND AREA BEING ADDED TO THE WATCH. THERE MAY ALSO BE SOME BLOWING DUST BEHIND THE FRONT TONIGHT WHICH MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .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
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in New Mexico in 2014Every state in 2014This day in weather historyWarnings in New Mexico, October 2014
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 541878.