Westerly high winds impacted the higher elevations of far west Texas and southeast New Mexico in association with a compact, fast-moving shortwave trough.
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The episode as NWS MAF wrote it up.
Westerly high winds impacted the higher elevations of far west Texas and southeast New Mexico in association with a compact, fast-moving shortwave trough.
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 Jan 11, 6:02 AM MST, 4 hours 11 minutes earlier.
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</html>Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX 220 AM CST Wed Jan 11 2023 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-059>063-067>070-075-082- 270>282-120830- 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-Loving-Winkler- Ector-Midland-Glasscock-Ward-Crane-Upton-Reagan-Pecos-Terrell- Guadalupe Mountains Above 7000 Feet-Guadalupe and Delaware Mountains- Van Horn and Highway 54 Corridor-Eastern Culberson County- Reeves County Plains-Chinati Mountains-Marfa Plateau-Davis Mountains- Davis Mountains Foothills-Central Brewster County-Chisos Basin- Presidio Valley-Lower Brewster County- 220 AM CST Wed Jan 11 2023 /120 AM MST Wed Jan 11 2023/ This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southeast New Mexico, southwest Texas and western Texas. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Windy to very windy conditions are expected this afternoon across much of the region. High Wind Warnings are in effect for the Guadalupe, Delaware, and Davis Mountains along with Wind Advisories in effect for the mountain-adjacent foothills of Southeast New Mexico and West Texas and portions of the northwestern Permian Basin from this morning through this evening. Areas of blowing dust will be possible this afternoon due to the windy conditions. Motorists should be ready for possibly sudden restrictions of visibility caused by blowing dust. Near-critical to critical fire weather conditions are expected today across all zones except along the Rio Grande. A Red Flag Warning is in effect. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. Windy conditions are possible across the Guadalupe and Delaware Mountains Sunday and Sunday night. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather conditions according to Standard Operating Procedures. 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... https://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 2023Every state in 2023This day in weather historyWarnings in New Mexico, January 2023
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: 1078926.