386  
WWUS74 KMAF 220743  
NPWMAF  
 
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX  
1243 AM MST THU JAN 22 2026  
 
NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-059>063-067>070-075-082-  
271>274-277-278-222200-  
/O.EXT.KMAF.EC.A.0001.260124T0600Z-260125T1800Z/  
GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-EDDY COUNTY PLAINS-NORTHERN  
LEA-CENTRAL LEA-SOUTHERN LEA-GAINES-DAWSON-BORDEN-SCURRY-ANDREWS-  
MARTIN-HOWARD-MITCHELL-LOVING-WINKLER-ECTOR-MIDLAND-GLASSCOCK-  
WARD-CRANE-UPTON-REAGAN-PECOS-TERRELL-GUADALUPE AND DELAWARE  
MOUNTAINS-VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR-EASTERN CULBERSON-  
REEVES COUNTY PLAINS-DAVIS MOUNTAINS-DAVIS MOUNTAINS FOOTHILLS-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF GARDEN CITY, ALPINE, LOVINGTON, ODESSA,  
ANDREWS, SEMINOLE, PINE SPRINGS, ARTESIA, STANTON, GAIL, RANKIN,  
SNYDER, GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK, MIDLAND, CARLSBAD,  
PECOS, BIG SPRING, CRANE, DRYDEN, SANDERSON, FORT DAVIS, CARLSBAD  
CAVERNS NP, MENTONE, MCCAMEY, HOBBS, LAMESA, KERMIT, VAN HORN,  
TATUM, COLORADO CITY, FORT STOCKTON, MONAHANS, EUNICE, JAL,  
QUEEN, AND BIG LAKE  
1243 AM MST THU JAN 22 2026 /143 AM CST THU JAN 22 2026/  
 
...EXTREME COLD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH  
SUNDAY MORNING...  
 
* WHAT...DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS AS LOW AS 5 TO 5 BELOW  
POSSIBLE.  
 
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWEST AND WESTERN  
TEXAS.  
 
* WHEN...FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING.  
 
* IMPACTS...EXPOSURE TO EXTREME COLD CAN LEAD TO FROSTBITE,  
HYPOTHERMIA, AND OTHER SERIOUS CONDITIONS, PARTICULARLY AFFECTING  
INFANTS AND THE ELDERLY.  
 
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.  
 
MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND WARNINGS FOR UPDATES.  
 
 
 
 
 
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