Strong mid level winds mixed down into the Guadalupe Mountains and resulted in high winds in the Guadalupe Mountains.
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.
Strong mid level winds mixed down into the Guadalupe Mountains and 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 Dec 21, 10:12 PM MST, 4 hours 48 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
1112 PM CST MON DEC 21 2015
.AVIATION...
06Z TAF issuance
Light wind overnight will pick up out of the W/SW tomorrow and may
become a little gusty during the afternoon. Will be VFR with
increasing high clouds.
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.MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NM...High Wind Watch from Tuesday morning through Wednesday afternoon
FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES... Guadalupe Mountains NP/Lincoln
NF/LNZ...Guadalupe Mountains of Eddy County.
TX...High Wind Watch from Tuesday morning through Wednesday afternoon
FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES... Guadalupe Mountains.
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29HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 321 AM CST TUE DEC 22 2015 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-230930- 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- 321 AM CST TUE DEC 22 2015 /221 AM MST TUE DEC 22 2015/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND WEST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE EDDY COUNTY PLAINS...VAN HORN CORRIDOR AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE UPPER TRANS PECOS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY. EXPECT SOUTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH IN THESE AREAS. A HIGH WIND WARNING IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY DUE TO ANTICIPATED SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH. VERY WARM TEMPERATURES WILL COMBINE WITH LOW HUMIDITIES AND GUSTY WINDS TO CREATE ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS AND UPPER TRANS PECOS THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM COULD BRING SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION TO THE REGION LATE THIS CHRISTMAS WEEKEND WITH RAIN OR SNOW POSSIBLE. PLEASED STAY TUNED TO THE LATEST FORECAST, ESPECIALLY IF TRAVELING LATE THIS HOLIDAY WEEKEND. .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.
Very strong winds occurred at the Guadalupe Peak RAWS site for an extended period of time. All of the wind gusts of 70 to 77 mph occurred on 12/22/15 and 12/23/15.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2015Every state in 2015This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, December 2015
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: 606663, 606665, 606664, 606668.