An upper trough moving over the region resulted in high winds over the Guadalupe Mountains. A strong cold front moved south over the region in the wake of the upper trough and resulted in strong northeast gap winds through Guadalupe Pass.
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.
An upper trough moving over the region resulted in high winds over the Guadalupe Mountains. A strong cold front moved south over the region in the wake of the upper trough and resulted in strong northeast gap winds through 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 Feb 4, 10:01 AM MST, 3 hours 50 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1101 AM CST Tue Feb 4 2014
.DISCUSSION...
The latest aviation discussion is below.
&&
.AVIATION...
Gusty westerly winds will subside around 05/00Z, or shortly
thereafter. VFR conditions will prevail this afternoon and most of
the night. However, MVFR, if not IFR, ceilings will fill in behind
a strong cold front late tonight. KHOB and KMAF will be affected by
these lower ceilings in the 05/09Z to 05/12Z time frame. 67
&&
.MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NM...HIGH WIND WARNING until 5 PM MST this afternoon FOR THE
FOLLOWING ZONES... Guadalupe Mountains of Eddy County.
WIND ADVISORY until 5 PM MST this afternoon FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES... Eddy County Plains.
TX...HIGH WIND WARNING until 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ this evening FOR THE
FOLLOWING ZONES... Davis/Apache Mountains Area...Guadalupe
Mountains.
WIND ADVISORY until 6 PM CST this evening FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES... Loving...Marfa Plateau...Pecos...Reeves County and
Upper Trans Pecos...Van Horn and Highway 54 Corridor...Ward.
&&HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 128 PM CST TUE FEB 4 2014 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-051930- 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- 128 PM CST TUE FEB 4 2014 /1228 PM MST TUE FEB 4 2014/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND WEST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT WESTERLY WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH, AND GUSTS TO 65 MPH, WILL PERSIST IN THE GUADALUPE AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS THROUGH 6 PM CST. A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL THEN. WESTERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH, WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH, WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT PORTIONS OF EDDY COUNTY...THE TRANS PECOS...THE VAN HORN CORRIDOR AND MARFA PLATEAU UNTIL 6 PM CST. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THESE AREAS UNTIL THEN. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY WINTRY PRECIPITATION COULD DEVELOP OVER THE AREA WEDNESDAY NIGHT, WITH SNOW POSSIBLE NORTH OF INTERSTATE 10, AND SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 10. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LESS THAN ONE INCH, AND SLEET AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE VERY LIGHT. .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
4 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A period of 40 mph and greater sustained southwest winds due to the passage of an upper trough was followed by an extensive period of sustained northeast winds of 45 mph or greater through Guadalupe Pass behind a strong cold front.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2014Every state in 2014This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, February 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: 493608, 493603, 493604, 493609.