Strong northeast gap winds affected Guadalupe Pass behind a cold front.
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 northeast gap winds affected Guadalupe Pass behind a cold front.
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 Apr 21, 10:15 PM MST, 3 hours 36 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
1215 AM CDT Sat Apr 22 2017
.DISCUSSION...
See aviation discussion below.
&&
.AVIATION...
5mb/3hr isallobaric high is pushing front rapidly thru the area
with sustained 20-25G33033kt winds. MVFR CIGS are following too.
NAM12 soundings hold onto low clouds until around 18Z and this is
what TAFs will reflect.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
Big Spring 66 44 71 51 / 0 0 0 0
Carlsbad 69 45 75 50 / 0 0 0 0
Dryden 73 52 76 54 / 10 0 0 0
Fort Stockton 68 47 74 55 / 10 0 0 0
Guadalupe Pass 64 44 68 55 / 0 0 0 0
Hobbs 65 41 70 49 / 0 0 0 0
Marfa 69 39 72 46 / 0 0 0 0
Midland Intl Airport 67 45 72 52 / 0 0 0 0
Odessa 67 45 72 53 / 0 0 0 0
Wink 69 47 74 53 / 0 0 0 0
&&
.MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NM...None.
TX...High Wind Warning until 9 AM MDT Saturday for Guadalupe
Mountains.
&&Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX 321 AM CDT Sat Apr 22 2017 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-230830- 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 CDT Sat Apr 22 2017 /221 AM MDT Sat Apr 22 2017/ This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of southeast New Mexico, southwest Texas and western Texas. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT There is a High Wind Warning in effect this morning for Guadalupe Pass for northeast winds of 35 to 45 mph with a few gusts of 60 to 65 mph. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY Probability of 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... http://weather.gov/midland
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Northeast winds of 40-50 mph sustained affected the Guadalupe Pass behind a strong cold front.
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