A cold front resulted in strong 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.
A cold front resulted in strong 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 Apr 3, 10:21 PM MST, 1 hour 30 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX 1221 AM CDT Wed Apr 4 2018 .AVIATION... 06Z TAF issuance Breezy conditions continue behind the front through the morning, but VFR will prevail. Winds veer to the southeast through the day around 15 kts. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Big Spring 66 49 85 58 / 0 0 0 0 Carlsbad 68 47 86 58 / 0 0 0 0 Dryden 68 50 84 58 / 0 0 0 0 Fort Stockton 69 51 89 61 / 0 0 0 0 Guadalupe Pass 64 53 76 57 / 0 0 0 0 Hobbs 64 45 83 53 / 0 0 0 0 Marfa 70 45 81 52 / 0 0 0 0 Midland Intl Airport 67 49 85 57 / 0 0 0 0 Odessa 67 49 85 56 / 0 0 0 0 Wink 69 48 89 57 / 0 0 0 0 && .MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NM...None. TX...None. && 29
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX 1010 PM CDT Tue Apr 3 2018 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-050315- 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- 1010 PM CDT Tue Apr 3 2018 /910 PM MDT Tue Apr 3 2018/ This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of southeast New Mexico, southwest Texas and western Texas. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY The probability for 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.
Sustained 40 to 41 mph northeast winds occurred in Guadalupe Pass for several hours.
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