783  
WWUS74 KMAF 200256  
NPWMAF  
 
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX  
756 PM MST WED FEB 19 2025  
 
NMZ028-TXZ275>277-201800-  
/O.UPG.KMAF.CW.Y.0008.250220T0300Z-250220T1800Z/  
/O.EXB.KMAF.EC.W.0002.250220T0300Z-250220T1800Z/  
EDDY COUNTY PLAINS-CHINATI MOUNTAINS-MARFA PLATEAU-DAVIS  
MOUNTAINS-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF FORT DAVIS, CARLSBAD CAVERNS NP, MARFA,  
ARTESIA, AND CARLSBAD  
756 PM MST WED FEB 19 2025 /856 PM CST WED FEB 19 2025/  
 
...EXTREME COLD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST /NOON CST/  
THURSDAY...  
 
* WHAT...DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS AS LOW AS ZERO EXPECTED.  
 
* WHERE...IN NEW MEXICO, EDDY COUNTY PLAINS. IN TEXAS, CHINATI  
MOUNTAINS, DAVIS MOUNTAINS, AND MARFA PLATEAU.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL 11 AM MST /NOON CST/ THURSDAY.  
 
* IMPACTS...AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF FREEZING TEMPERATURES COULD CAUSE  
RUPTURED WATER PIPES.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
REMAIN INDOORS IF POSSIBLE. COVER ALL EXPOSED SKIN AND LIMIT TIME  
OUTSIDE IF YOU MUST GO OUT. DRESS IN LAYERS INCLUDING A HAT, FACE  
MASK, AND GLOVES.  
 
COVER OUTDOOR FAUCETS. TO PREVENT WATER PIPES FROM FREEZING WRAP OR  
DRAIN OR ALLOW THEM TO DRIP SLOWLY.  
 
BRING PETS INDOORS, OR ENSURE THAT THEY HAVE WARM, DRY SHELTER.  
 
NEVER LEAVE UNATTENDED CHILDREN INSIDE A COLD VEHICLE.  
 
 
 
 
 
TXZ059-060-067-068-075-082-274-201800-  
/O.UPG.KMAF.CW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-250220T1600Z/  
/O.EXA.KMAF.EC.W.0002.000000T0000Z-250220T1800Z/  
LOVING-WINKLER-WARD-CRANE-PECOS-TERRELL-REEVES COUNTY PLAINS-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF FORT STOCKTON, DRYDEN, PECOS, KERMIT,  
SANDERSON, MENTONE, CRANE, AND MONAHANS  
856 PM CST WED FEB 19 2025  
   
..EXTREME COLD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST THURSDAY  
 
* WHAT...DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS AS LOW AS ZERO.  
 
* WHERE...PECOS, TERRELL, CRANE, LOVING, WARD, AND WINKLER COUNTIES,  
AND REEVES COUNTY PLAINS.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL NOON CST THURSDAY.  
 
* IMPACTS...AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF FREEZING TEMPERATURES COULD CAUSE  
RUPTURED WATER PIPES.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
REMAIN INDOORS IF POSSIBLE. COVER ALL EXPOSED SKIN AND LIMIT TIME  
OUTSIDE IF YOU MUST GO OUT. DRESS IN LAYERS INCLUDING A HAT, FACE  
MASK, AND GLOVES.  
 
COVER OUTDOOR FAUCETS. TO PREVENT WATER PIPES FROM FREEZING WRAP OR  
DRAIN OR ALLOW THEM TO DRIP SLOWLY.  
 
BRING PETS INDOORS, OR ENSURE THAT THEY HAVE WARM, DRY SHELTER.  
 
NEVER LEAVE UNATTENDED CHILDREN INSIDE A COLD VEHICLE.  
 
 
 
 
 
NMZ027-029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-061>063-069-070-270>273-  
278>280-282-201800-  
/O.CON.KMAF.EC.W.0002.000000T0000Z-250220T1800Z/  
GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-NORTHERN LEA-CENTRAL LEA-  
SOUTHERN LEA-GAINES-DAWSON-BORDEN-SCURRY-ANDREWS-MARTIN-HOWARD-  
MITCHELL-ECTOR-MIDLAND-GLASSCOCK-UPTON-REAGAN-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS  
ABOVE 7000 FEET-GUADALUPE AND DELAWARE MOUNTAINS-VAN HORN AND  
HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR-EASTERN CULBERSON-DAVIS MOUNTAINS FOOTHILLS-  
CENTRAL BREWSTER-CHISOS BASIN-LOWER BREWSTER COUNTY-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF GARDEN CITY, PINE SPRINGS, MCCAMEY,  
EUNICE, ALPINE, BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK, CASTOLON, SEMINOLE, JAL,  
ODESSA, LAMESA, BIG LAKE, GAIL, STANTON, LOVINGTON, HOBBS,  
COLORADO CITY, GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK, PANTHER  
JUNCTION, CHISOS BASIN, RANKIN, ANDREWS, QUEEN, VAN HORN,  
MARATHON, TATUM, MIDLAND, BIG SPRING, LAJITAS, AND SNYDER  
756 PM MST WED FEB 19 2025 /856 PM CST WED FEB 19 2025/  
 
...EXTREME COLD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST /NOON CST/  
THURSDAY...  
 
* WHAT...DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS AS LOW AS 5 BELOW, AS WELL AS  
10 BELOW IN HIGHER TERRAIN.  
 
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWEST AND WESTERN  
TEXAS.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL 11 AM MST /NOON CST/ THURSDAY.  
 
* IMPACTS...THE COLD WIND CHILLS COULD RESULT IN HYPOTHERMIA IF  
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. FROSTBITE AND HYPOTHERMIA WILL OCCUR IF  
UNPROTECTED SKIN IS EXPOSED TO THESE TEMPERATURES. AN EXTENDED  
PERIOD OF FREEZING TEMPERATURES COULD CAUSE RUPTURED WATER PIPES.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
REMAIN INDOORS IF POSSIBLE. COVER ALL EXPOSED SKIN AND LIMIT TIME  
OUTSIDE IF YOU MUST GO OUT. DRESS IN LAYERS INCLUDING A HAT, FACE  
MASK, AND GLOVES.  
 
COVER OUTDOOR FAUCETS. TO PREVENT WATER PIPES FROM FREEZING WRAP OR  
DRAIN OR ALLOW THEM TO DRIP SLOWLY.  
 
NEVER LEAVE UNATTENDED CHILDREN INSIDE A COLD VEHICLE.  
 
 
 
 
 
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