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Wednesday Sunrise Weather 5/22/13
High Wind Warnings and Red Flag Warnings Across the Permian Basin UPDATE 6:30 PM 12/19/12
December 19, 2012
UPDATE 6:30 PM
City of Odessa officials tell CBS 7 that Starbright Village will be closed tonight due to the high winds.
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UPDATE 6:05 PM
The winds will begin to die down soon, but not significantly until 10:00 pm. Our radar shows snow in the panhandle.
DPS troopers have been working several crashes due to low visibility.
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UPDATE 5:47 PM
At least one person died in a 23 vehicle pileup on a West Texas interstate.
The wreck happened this afternoon on Interstate 27 near Abernathy.
As you can see, visibility in the area was low due to a dust storm.
17 other people were injured in the crash.
The interstate has been shut down in that area as crews sort through the
wreckage.
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UPDATE 5:30 PM
CBS 7 is receiving reports of low-to-zero visibility on Highway 191 between Midland and Odessa.
Make sure you download our CBS 7 Radar Mobile App, available for iPhones and Android phones.
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National Weather Service:
A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE GUADALUPE
MOUNTAINS...THE DAVIS AND APACHE MOUNTAINS...AND THE HIGHWAY 54
CORRIDOR INTO THIS EVENING...
...A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHEAST NEW
MEXICO PLAINS...THE WESTERN LOW ROLLING PLAINS...THE TRANS
PECOS...AND MOST OF THE PERMIAN BASIN FROM LATE INTO THIS
EVENING...
...A BLOWING DUST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON FOR
MOST OF THE PERMIAN BASIN...SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS...THE
WESTERN LOW ROLLING PLAINS...PARTS OF THE TRANS PECOS...
.AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH PASSING NORTH OF THE AREA HAS BROUGHT A
DRY COLD FRONT. STRONG WESTERLY WINDS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND
SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO HAVE BEEN SLOW TO DEVELOP IN THE WEST TEXAS
PLAINS DUE TO AN UPPER LEVEL CLOUD LAYER...THOUGH STRONG WINDS MAY
STILL DEVELOP SHOULD THE CLOUDS THIN OR DISSIPATE. SUSTAINED WIND
SPEEDS OF 40 TO 70 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 85 MPH WILL CONTINUE IN
THE MOUNTAINS. ELSEWHERE ACROSS THE PLAINS... SUSTAINED WIND
SPEEDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 45 AND 65 MPH CAN BE
EXPECTED. TRAVEL CONDITIONS MAY BE HAZARDOUS NEAR THE MOUNTAINS
AND ALONG NORTH SOUTH ORIENTED HIGHWAYS. ALSO VISIBILITIES WILL BE
REDUCED IN BLOWING DUST AS A RESULT OF THESE STRONG WINDS. NEAR
CONSTRUCTION SITES AND OPEN FIELDS THE VISIBILITY MAY FALL TO
LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE.
HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST /8 PM MST/
THIS EVENING...
BLOWING DUST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST /8 PM
MST/ THIS EVENING...