Alert archive / New Mexico / High Wind Warnings in 2006
High Wind Warning 21, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this high wind warning at Feb 14, 2006, 1:58 PM MST for Eddy County, New Mexico. It took effect at Feb 15, 2006, 5:00 AM MST. It was in force for 36 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 14, 2006, 1:58 PM MST (20:58 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 15, 2006, 5:00 AM MST
- Expired
- Feb 16, 2006, 5:00 PM MST
- In force
- 36 hr
- 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 21:00 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 12:00Z, 9.0 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3347 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 108 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS74 KMAF 142058 NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 258 PM CST TUE FEB 14 2006 ...STRONG WESTERLY WINDS ARE ANTICIPATED ACROSS THE GUADALUPE AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY... .AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. STRONG MID LEVEL WINDS NEAR THE SOUTHERN EXTENT OF THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL RESULT IN STRONG WEST WINDS IN THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS WEDNESDAY. THESE STRONGER WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN OVER THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS THROUGH THURSDAY...AND SPREAD SOUTH INTO THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. NMZ027-TXZ258-150500- /O.CAN.KMAF.HW.A.0006.060215T1200Z-060216T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMAF.HW.W.0021.060215T1200Z-060216T0000Z/ /O.EXT.KMAF.HW.A.0007.060216T0000Z-060217T0000Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP... PINE SPRINGS 158 PM MST TUE FEB 14 2006 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 5 PM MST WEDNESDAY... ...HIGH WIND WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 5 PM MST WEDNESDAY. A HIGH WIND WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS BEGINNING EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING AND LASTING THROUGH THE DAY. THERE MAY BE A PERIOD OF DECREASED WEST WINDS WEDNESDAY EVENING...BUT THIS IS NOT EXPECTED TO LAST VERY LONG. SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH COULD AFFECT THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS BY SUNRISE THURSDAY...THEN LAST THROUGH THE DAY. 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. A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$ TXZ074-150500- /O.EXB.KMAF.HW.A.0007.060216T0000Z-060217T0000Z/ DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...ALPINE 258 PM CST TUE FEB 14 2006 ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH COULD AFFECT THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS AS EARLY AS WEDNESDAY EVENING. MID LEVEL WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE OVER THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND LAST THROUGH THE DAY THURSDAY. THESE STRONGER MID LEVEL WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO RESULT IN WEST WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH...WITH GUSTS OVER 60 MPH DURING THE DAY THURSDAY IN THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS. A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS74 KMAF 151024 NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 424 AM CST WED FEB 15 2006 ...STRONG SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS LIKELY TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY ACROSS THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS... ...WINDY CONDITIONS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS TONIGHT AND THURSDAY... .A SERIES OF UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES PASSING OVER THE DESERT SOUTHWEST AND THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY WILL INCREASE SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS OF WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO. THE GREATEST THREAT FOR STRONG WINDS WILL BE ACROSS THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS...WHERE SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS OF 40 TO 60 MPH...ALONG WITH WIND GUSTS NEAR HURRICANE FORCE..ARE FORECAST. THESE WINDS SHOULD DIMINISH LATE THURSDAY AS A COLD FRONT MOVES INTO THE AREA. NMZ027-TXZ258-152200- /O.EXT.KMAF.HW.W.0021.060215T1200Z-060216T1200Z/ /O.EXT.KMAF.HW.A.0007.060216T1200Z-060217T0000Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP... PINE SPRINGS 324 AM MST WED FEB 15 2006 ...HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST THURSDAY... ...HIGH WIND WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST THURSDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 40 TO 60 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO NEAR HURRICANE FORCE...ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS TODAY AND TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY THROUGH GUADALUPE PASS AND AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS. SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY. 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... ESPECIALLY THOSE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION IF TRAVELING THROUGH GUADALUPE PASS ON U.S. 62/180 TODAY AND TONIGHT. A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$ TXZ074-152200- /O.CON.KMAF.HW.A.0007.060216T0000Z-060217T0000Z/ DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...ALPINE 424 AM CST WED FEB 15 2006 ...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... A HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH MAY OCCUR TONIGHT AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS TONIGHT. THESE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE THURSDAY TO SPEEDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH. A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$
000 WWUS74 KMAF 152004 NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 204 PM CST WED FEB 15 2006 ...HIGH WINDS TO PERSIST ACROSS THE GUADALUPE AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS ABOVE 6000 FT OVERNIGHT AND INTO THURSDAY... .A SERIES OF UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES PASSING OVER THE DESERT SOUTHWEST AND THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES THROUGH THURSDAY WILL MAINTAIN STRONG WEST WINDS ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS OF WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO. WINDS HAVE ALREADY INCREASED TO WARNING CRITERIA ACROSS THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS AND WINDS WILL BE THE STRONGEST THERE. HOWEVER WINDS WILL ALSO INCREASE INTO THE EVENING ACROSS THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS INTO THE EVENING. THESE WINDS SHOULD DIMINISH LATE THURSDAY AS A COLD FRONT MOVES INTO THE AREA. TXZ074-161030- /O.UPG.KMAF.HW.A.0007.060216T0000Z-060217T0000Z/ /O.EXB.KMAF.HW.W.0021.060216T0000Z-060217T0000Z/ DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...ALPINE 204 PM CST WED FEB 15 2006 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. WEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS EVENING...MAINLY ABOVE 6000 FT. THESE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE THURSDAY TO 40 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 65 MPH. 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. $$ NMZ027-TXZ258-161030- /O.UPG.KMAF.HW.A.0007.060216T1200Z-060217T0000Z/ /O.EXT.KMAF.HW.W.0021.000000T0000Z-060217T0000Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP... PINE SPRINGS 104 PM MST WED FEB 15 2006 ...HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THURSDAY... THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THURSDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 40 TO 60 MPH...WITH GUSTS OF 75 TO 85 MPH... ESPECIALLY IN FAVORED AREAS SUCH AS THE GUADALUPE PASS AND EXPOSED RIDGES. THIS WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE DAY THURSDAY. A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. MOTORISTS... ESPECIALLY THOSE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION IF TRAVELING THROUGH GUADALUPE PASS ON U.S. 62/180. $$
000 WWUS74 KMAF 161049 NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 449 AM CST THU FEB 16 2006 ...HIGH WINDS TO PERSIST TODAY ACROSS THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS AND THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS ABOVE 6000 FT... .A POTENT UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL TRACK FROM THE CENTRAL ROCKIES INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS TODAY. A JET STREAM ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL MAINTAIN STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS OF WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO. NMZ027-TXZ074-258-162100- /O.CON.KMAF.HW.W.0021.000000T0000Z-060217T0000Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA- GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...ALPINE... GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP...PINE SPRINGS 449 AM CST THU FEB 16 2006 /349 AM MST THU FEB 16 2006/ ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS AFTERNOON... SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS AND THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS ABOVE 6000 FEET TODAY. WINDS SHOULD DECREASE WITH SUNSET. 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. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 14, 3:22 AM MST | High Wind Watch | MAF | Eddy | 11 hr |
| Feb 14, 3:22 AM MST | High Wind Watch | MAF | Eddy | 34 hr |
Nearby
High Wind Warnings in New Mexico, 2006High Wind Warnings in Texas, 2006Every high wind warning in 2006
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.