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Wind Advisory 13, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this wind advisory at Apr 28, 2006, 3:58 AM MDT for Eddy County, New Mexico. It took effect at Apr 28, 2006, 12:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 28, 2006, 3:58 AM MDT (09:58 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 28, 2006, 12:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Apr 28, 2006, 8:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 8 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 10:00 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 00:00Z, 10.0 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
- 972 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -135 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1438 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 142 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 231 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 2.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS74 KMAF 280958 NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 458 AM CDT FRI APR 28 2006 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED FROM THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS TO THE MARFA PLATEAU AND BIG BEND TODAY... .A STRONG UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO THIS AFTERNOON. STRONG WINDS IN THE MID LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE AROUND THE BASE OF THIS FEATURE ARE EXPECTED TO MIX DOWN TO THE SURFACE...AND WILL RESULT IN WINDY CONDITIONS FROM THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS...SOUTH THROUGH THE MARFA PLATEAU...DAVIS MOUNTAINS...AND BIG BEND REGION THIS AFTERNOON. NMZ027-TXZ057-074-079>081-258-290200- /O.NEW.KMAF.WI.Y.0013.060428T1800Z-060429T0200Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY- VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR-DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA- PRESIDIO VALLEY-MARFA PLATEAU-BIG BEND AREA-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...VAN HORN...ALPINE...PRESIDIO... MARFA...BIG BEND NP...MARATHON...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP... PINE SPRINGS 458 AM CDT FRI APR 28 2006 /358 AM MDT FRI APR 28 2006/ ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. EXPECT WEST WINDS TO INCREASE TO 25 TO 40 MPH BY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. WIND GUSTS NEAR 50 MPH WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS74 KMAF 281951 NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 251 PM CDT FRI APR 28 2006 ...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS ACROSS THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS TO THE MARFA PLATEAU AND BIG BEND REGION TO CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING... .A STRONG UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO THIS AFTERNOON. STRONG WINDS IN THE MID LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO BRING GUSTY SURFACE WINDS FROM THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS... SOUTH THROUGH THE MARFA PLATEAU...DAVIS MOUNTAINS AND BIG BEND REGION THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. NMZ027-TXZ057-074-079>081-258-290200- /O.CON.KMAF.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-060429T0200Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY- VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR-DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA- PRESIDIO VALLEY-MARFA PLATEAU-BIG BEND AREA-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...VAN HORN...ALPINE...PRESIDIO... MARFA...BIG BEND NP...MARATHON...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP... PINE SPRINGS 251 PM CDT FRI APR 28 2006 /151 PM MDT FRI APR 28 2006/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. EXPECT SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 45 TO CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING. THE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE TONIGHT. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 10:51 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster | 54 min |
| Apr 28, 5:07 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | MAF | Pecos | 15 hr |
| Apr 28, 12:10 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Scurry | 65 min |
| Apr 28, 1:24 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Glasscock, Reagan | 52 min |
| Apr 28, 2:23 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Mitchell | 59 min |
| Apr 28, 3:47 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Reagan | 39 min |
| Apr 27, 7:11 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy | 64 min |
| Apr 27, 8:17 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy, Lea | 43 min |
| Apr 27, 9:24 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Lea | 66 min |
| Apr 27, 10:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy | 60 min |
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.