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High Wind Warning 10, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

February 20, 2007Eddy County, New Mexico

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this high wind warning at Feb 20, 2007, 3:30 AM MST for Eddy County, New Mexico. It was in force for 14 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 20, 2007, 3:30 AM MST (10:30 UTC)
Expired
Feb 20, 2007, 5:00 PM MST
In force
14 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 10:34 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, 10.5 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 2007-02-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2007-02-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 32 square meters per square second.1939587897117136156Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
3137 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
32 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
179 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 201030
NPWMAF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
430 AM CST TUE FEB 20 2007

...STRONG WEST WINDS EXPECTED IN THE GUADALUPE AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS
TODAY...

.AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA TODAY...THEN
EAST OF THE REGION TONIGHT. STRONG WEST WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS
STORM SYSTEM WILL AFFECT THE GUADALUPE AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS TODAY.
WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE AS THE STORM SYSTEM MOVES EAST OF
THE AREA.  

NMZ027-TXZ074-258-210000-
/O.NEW.KMAF.HW.W.0010.070220T1030Z-070221T0000Z/
GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA-
GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...ALPINE...
GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP...PINE SPRINGS
430 AM CST TUE FEB 20 2007 /330 AM MST TUE FEB 20 2007/

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS
AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A HIGH
WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS
AFTERNOON. 

WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO THE 35 TO 45 MPH RANGE...WITH GUSTS
AROUND 65 MPH...THIS MORNING IN THE GUADALUPE AND DAVIS
MOUNTAINS.  THESE STRONGER WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO AFFECT ELEVATIONS
ABOVE 6000 FEET IN THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS.  THE WINDS SHOULD DIMINISH
AROUND 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.

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS74 KMAF 202041
NPWMAF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
241 PM CST TUE FEB 20 2007

NMZ027-TXZ074-258-210000-
/O.CON.KMAF.HW.W.0010.000000T0000Z-070221T0000Z/
GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA-
GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...ALPINE...
GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP...PINE SPRINGS
241 PM CST TUE FEB 20 2007 /141 PM MST TUE FEB 20 2007/

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/
THIS AFTERNOON...

WEST WINDS HAVE BEEN DECREASING AND SUSTAINED WINDS MAY APPROACH
40 MPH THROUGH 6 PM CST. THE WINDS SHOULD CONTINUE TO DIMINISH
THROUGH THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON.  

HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING
THROUGH THE GUADALUPE PASS.

$$

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.