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High Wind Warning 7, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

November 11, 2005Eddy County, New Mexico

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this high wind warning at Nov 11, 2005, 5:30 PM MST for Eddy County, New Mexico. It was in force for 18 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
Nov 11, 2005, 5:30 PM MST (00:30 UTC)
Expired
Nov 30, 2005, 3:20 AM MST
In force
18 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 00:29 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, 0.5 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 2005-11-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 367 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 2005-11-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 77 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
367 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-104 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1522 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
77 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
89 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

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

000 
WWUS74 KMAF 120030
NPWMAF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
630 PM CST FRI NOV 11 2005

...STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS TONIGHT ACROSS THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS...

.STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL AFFECT THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS TONIGHT
AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE PASSES OVER THE AREA. EXPECT SOUTHWEST
WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH ACROSS THE GUADALUPE
MOUNTAINS AND THROUGH THE PASS. THESE STRONG WINDS SHOULD TAPER
OFF DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS.

NMZ027-TXZ258-120600-
/O.NEW.KMAF.HW.W.0007.051112T0030Z-051112T0600Z/
GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP...
PINE SPRINGS
530 PM MST FRI NOV 11 2005

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A HIGH
WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. 

WEST WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH...WITH GUSTS AROUND 60 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED
ACROSS THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS TONIGHT. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL
TAPER OFF DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS.

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.

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS74 KMAF 120619
NPWMAF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1219 AM CST SAT NOV 12 2005

...WINDS ACROSS THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE
TONIGHT...

.SOUTHWEST WINDS NEAR 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED
TO CONTINUE DECREASING DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. MOTORISTS
SHOULD CONTINUE TO USE EXTRA CAUTION WHEN DRIVING THROUGH THE
GUADALUPE PASS AS STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE. 

NMZ027-TXZ258-120730-
/O.EXP.KMAF.HW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-051112T0600Z/
GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP...
PINE SPRINGS
1119 PM MST FRI NOV 11 2005

...HIGH WIND WARNING HAS EXPIRED...

THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

$$

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.