NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
527 AM CST FRI NOV 21 2003

...HIGH WIND WATCH SATURDAY GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS...
...WIDESPREAD HARD FREEZE POSSIBLE SUNDAY NIGHT MOST AREAS...

.MID LEVEL WINDS WILL INCREASE DRAMATICALLY SATURDAY AHEAD OF A
STRONG UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING THROUGH THE ROCKY
MOUNTAINS. SUSTAINED SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH...WITH GUSTS
OVER 60 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE SATURDAY THROUGH GUADALUPE PASS AND
ON THE HIGHER PEAKS OF THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS.

A STRONG COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO MOVE INTO WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST
NEW MEXICO SATURDAY NIGHT...WITH MUCH COLDER AIR EXPECTED BY SUNDAY.
A STRONG AND COLD CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL FOLLOW THE COLD
FRONT WITH DECREASING WINDS BY SUNDAY NIGHT. THIS WILL SET THE STAGE
FOR A POTENTIAL WIDESPREAD HARD FREEZE ACROSS MUCH OF WEST TEXAS AND
SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO SUNDAY NIGHT.

NMZ028-029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-058>063-067>070-075-082-212200-
ANDREWS-BORDEN-CENTRAL LEA COUNTY-CRANE-DAWSON-ECTOR-
EDDY COUNTY PLAINS-GAINES-GLASSCOCK-HOWARD-LOVING-MARTIN-MIDLAND-
MITCHELL-NORTHERN LEA COUNTY-PECOS-REAGAN-
REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-SCURRY-SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY-
TERRELL-UPTON-WARD-WINKLER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANDREWS...BIG LAKE...BIG SPRING...
CARLSBAD...COLORADO CITY...CRANE...EUNICE/JAL...FT. STOCKTON...
GAIL...GARDEN CITY...HOBBS/LOVINGTON...KERMIT...LAMESA...MENTONE...
MIDLAND...MONAHANS...ODESSA...PECOS/BALMORHEA...RANKIN/MCCAMEY...
SANDERSON...SEMINOLE...SNYDER...STANTON...TATUM
527 AM CST (427 AM MST) FRI NOV 21 2003

...WIDESPREAD HARD FREEZE POSSIBLE SUNDAY NIGHT...

TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL INTO THE 20S ACROSS MUCH OF
WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO SUNDAY NIGHT. SEVERAL HOURS OF
BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE.

TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT PETS AND EXPOSED PIPES FROM THE COLD.
TO PREVENT FREEZING OF OUTDOOR WATER PIPES...PIPES SHOULD DRIP
SLOWLY. BE PREPARED TO BRING TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE PLANTS INSIDE.