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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1116 PM CST MON MAR 11 2002
A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE PASSING NORTH OF THE PERMIAN
BASIN...AND A TIGHTENING PRESSURE GRADIENT AT THE SURFACE PRODUCED
STRONG WINDS ACROSS THE REGION ON MONDAY. IN ADDITION TO THE
WINDS...BLOWING DUST REDUCED VISIBILITIES ACROSS MANY LOCALITIES OF
THE WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO. IN GENERAL...VISIBILITIES
AT MANY LOCALITIES DURING THE MIDDLE TO LATE AFTERNOON HOURS WERE
REDUCED TO 5-6 MILES. HOWEVER...SOME LOCALITIES INCLUDING THE
MIDLAND INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT HAD VISIBILITIES REDUCED TO TWO MILES
AT TIMES. EVEN LOWER VISIBILITIES WERE NOTED DOWNWIND OF PLOWED
OPEN FIELDS AND CONSTRUCTION SITES AROUND THE REGION. THE BLOWING
DUST WAS NOTED VIA LATE AFTERNOON SATELLITE IMAGERY.
BELOW ARE SOME PEAK GUSTS RECORDED AT WEATHER SITES LOCATED IN
SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS ON MONDAY MARCH 11 2002...
...WIND EVENT REPORTS...
...NEW MEXICO...
LOCATION WIND GUSTS MPH
ARTESIA 53
BAT DRAW RAWS 49
CARLSBAD 51
CAPROCK RAWS 44
HOBBS 52
PADUCAH RAWS 49
TATUM 55
...TEXAS...
LOCATION WIND GUSTS MPH
CHISOS BASIN 27
DRYDEN 44
FORT STOCKTON 54
GAIL 53
GUADALUPE NP BOWL 67
GUADALUPE NP PINERY 45
GUADALUPE PASS 60
LAMESA 46
MARFA 54
MIDLAND 46
MOUNT LOCKE 74
ODESSA 46
O DONNELL 56
PANTHER JUNCTION 35
WINK 46
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