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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
535 AM CDT THU OCT 29 2009

NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045-050-057>060-067-074-075-080-258-291800-
GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-EDDY COUNTY PLAINS-
NORTHERN LEA COUNTY-CENTRAL LEA COUNTY-SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY-GAINES-
ANDREWS-VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR-
REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-LOVING-WINKLER-WARD-
DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA-PECOS-MARFA PLATEAU-
GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...ARTESIA...CARLSBAD...
CARLSBAD CAVERNS NP...TATUM...HOBBS...LOVINGTON...EUNICE...JAL...
SEMINOLE...ANDREWS...VAN HORN...PECOS...MENTONE...
RED BLUFF LAKE...KERMIT...MONAHANS...ALPINE...FORT DAVIS...
FORT STOCKTON...MARFA...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP...PINE SPRINGS
535 AM CDT THU OCT 29 2009 /435 AM MDT THU OCT 29 2009/

...UNSEASONABLY STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL AFFECT THE REGION TODAY... 

AN EARLY SEASON WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL AFFECT SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO 
AND WEST TEXAS TODAY AND FRIDAY.  THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING 
COLDER TEMPERATURES TO THE REGION...AND WINTRY PRECIPITATION TO THE 
GUADALUPE AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS...IN ADDITION TO A MIX OF WINTRY 
PRECIPITATION TO THE VAN HORN AREA...MARFA PLATEAU...SOUTHEAST NEW 
MEXICO PLAINS...UPPER TRANS PECOS AND NORTHWESTERN PERMIAN BASIN.

COLDER TEMPERATURES IN THE GUADALUPE AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS WILL ALLOW 
FOR SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES...WHILE THE REST OF THE 
ABOVE AREAS WILL SEE A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW...WITH ANY SNOWFALL 
ACCUMULATIONS OF LESS THAN ONE INCH.  THE PRECIPITATION WILL TAPER 
OFF FROM WEST TO EAST THIS AFTERNOON WITH TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TO 
WARM INTO THE 40S TO LOWER 50S DURING THE AFTERNOON. 

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