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High Wind Warning 4, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

October 19, 2005Eddy County, New Mexico

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this high wind warning at Oct 19, 2005, 3:20 AM MDT for Eddy County, New Mexico. It took effect at Oct 19, 2005, 6:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 16 days. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 19, 2005, 3:20 AM MDT (09:20 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 19, 2005, 6:00 AM MDT
Expired
Nov 4, 2005, 1:48 PM MST
In force
16 days
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

County Eddy County, NM

The radar

The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 183 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 206 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2005-10-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 16 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2005-10-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 37 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
16 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-213 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2354 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
37 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
96 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WWUS74 KMAF 190920
NPWMAF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
420 AM CDT WED OCT 19 2005

NMZ027-TXZ258-191730-
/X.NEW.KMAF.HW.W.0004.051019T1200Z-051019T2300Z/
GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP...
PINE SPRINGS
320 AM MDT WED OCT 19 2005

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM MDT
THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A HIGH
WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM
MDT THIS AFTERNOON. 

WESTERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE OVER THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS TODAY. SUSTAINED
WINDS IN THE 35 TO 45 MPH RANGE WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH WILL INITIALLY
IMPACT THE MOUNTAIN PEAKS BY LATE MORNING. THESE VERY STRONG WINDS
WILL ENCOMPASS MOST OF THE MOUNTAINOUS AREAS...INCLUDING U.S. HIGHWAY
62/180 THROUGH GUADALUPE PASS AND NEW MEXICO STATE ROUTE 137 AROUND
MIDDAY.

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED
OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF
58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE 
EXTREME CAUTION WHILE DRIVING IN THE HIGH WIND WARNING AREA. BE ALERT
TO SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND THAT MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR
VEHICLE.

$$
3 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS74 KMAF 191710
NPWMAF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1210 PM CDT WED OCT 19 2005

NMZ027-TXZ258-192300-
/X.CON.KMAF.HW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-051019T2300Z/
GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP...
PINE SPRINGS
1110 AM MDT WED OCT 19 2005

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MDT THIS
AFTERNOON...

VERY STRONG WESTERLY WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED OVER THE GUADALUPE
MOUNTAINS TODAY. SUSTAINED WINDS IN THE 35 TO 45 MPH RANGE WITH
GUSTS TO 60 MPH WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON. THESE VERY
STRONG WINDS WILL ENCOMPASS MOST OF THE MOUNTAINOUS AREAS...
INCLUDING U.S. HIGHWAY 62/180 THROUGH GUADALUPE PASS AND NEW
MEXICO STATE ROUTE 137.

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED
OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS
OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. MOTORISTS SHOULD
EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION WHILE DRIVING IN THE HIGH WIND WARNING
AREA. BE ALERT TO SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND THAT MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE
CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE.

$$
000 
WWUS74 KMAF 042044
NPWMAF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
244 PM CST FRI NOV 4 2005

...HIGH WIND WARNING CANCELLED...

NMZ027-TXZ258-042145-
/O.CAN.KMAF.HW.A.0004.000000T0000Z-051105T0700Z/
GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP...
PINE SPRINGS
144 PM MST FRI NOV 4 2005

...HIGH WIND WATCH IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS CANCELLED THE
HIGH WIND WATCH FOR TODAY.

$$
000 
WWUS74 KMAF 042048 CCA
NPWMAF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
247 PM CST FRI NOV 4 2005

...HIGH WIND WATCH CANCELLED...

NMZ027-TXZ258-042200-
/O.CAN.KMAF.HW.A.0004.000000T0000Z-051105T0700Z/
GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP...
PINE SPRINGS
147 PM MST FRI NOV 4 2005

...HIGH WIND WATCH IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS CANCELLED THE
HIGH WIND WATCH FOR TODAY.

$$

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.