Alert archive / New Mexico / High Wind Warnings in 2007
High Wind Warning 21, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this high wind warning at Apr 17, 2007, 2:52 AM MDT for Eddy County, New Mexico. It took effect at Apr 17, 2007, 6:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 12 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
- Apr 17, 2007, 2:52 AM MDT (08:52 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 17, 2007, 6:00 AM MDT
- Expired
- Apr 17, 2007, 6:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 12 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 08:58 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, 8.9 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
- 1775 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 68 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 95 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 111 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 170852 NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 352 AM CDT TUE APR 17 2007 ...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FROM THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS SOUTH INTO THE BIG BEND AREA TODAY... .AS A POWERFUL UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM APPROACHES SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS TODAY MID LEVEL WINDS WILL INCREASE AND AN AREA OF SURFACE LOW PRESSURE WILL DEEPEN. THIS WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR HIGH WINDS WITH GUSTS OF 60 TO 70 MPH IN THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS ABOVE 6000 FT AND IN GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS BY LATE MORNING. WINDS WILL ALSO INCREASE ACROSS THE VAN HORN AREA...THE MARFA PLATEAU AND INTO THE BIG BEND WHERE A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT TODAY. WIND SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE EARLY THIS EVENING AS THE STORM SYSTEM PASSES EAST OF THE MOUNTAINS. NMZ027-TXZ074-258-180000- /O.UPG.KMAF.HW.A.0012.070417T1200Z-070418T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMAF.HW.W.0021.070417T1200Z-070418T0000Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA- GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...ALPINE... GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP...PINE SPRINGS 352 AM CDT TUE APR 17 2007 /252 AM MDT TUE APR 17 2007/ ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM CDT /6 AM MDT/ THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... ...HIGH WIND WATCH NO LONGER IN EFFECT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM CDT /6 AM MDT/ THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. IN THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS WEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 70 MPH ARE EXPECTED BY LATE MORNING. IN THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED AROUND 6000 FT AND ABOVE WHERE WEST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED. LOCAL AREAS OF BLOWING DUST MAY RESULT IN VISIBILITIES OF 1 TO 4 MILES. 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. AVIATION INTERESTS MAY EXPERIENCE LOCALIZED BUT EXTREME TURBULENCE...OR STRONG DOWNWARD AIRFLOWS...IF FLYING IN THE VICINITY OF THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS. PILOTS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR STANDING WAVE CLOUDS OR OTHER EVIDENCE OF MOUNTAIN WAVE ACTIVITY. $$ TXZ057-080-081-180000- /O.NEW.KMAF.WI.Y.0009.070417T1500Z-070418T0000Z/ VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR-MARFA PLATEAU-BIG BEND AREA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VAN HORN...MARFA...BIG BEND NP... MARATHON 352 AM CDT TUE APR 17 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. WEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY AROUND NOON. LOCAL AREAS OF BLOWING DUST MAY RESULT IN VISIBILITIES OF 1 TO 4 MILES. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS74 KMAF 180024 NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 724 PM CDT TUE APR 17 2007 ...DIMINISHING WINDS AREAWIDE THIS EVENING... .A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE EAST AWAY FROM THE AREA TONIGHT. THIS WILL ALLOW WIND SPEEDS TO DIMINISH ACROSS SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS...AND RAPIDLY IN MANY AREAS. NMZ027-TXZ074-258-180130- /O.EXP.KMAF.HW.W.0021.000000T0000Z-070418T0000Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA- GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...ALPINE... GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP...PINE SPRINGS 724 PM CDT TUE APR 17 2007 /624 PM MDT TUE APR 17 2007/ ...HIGH WIND WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. WIND SPEEDS WILL DIMINISH AND BECOME FAIRLY LIGHT BY MIDNIGHT. $$ TXZ057-080-081-180130- /O.EXP.KMAF.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-070418T0000Z/ VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR-MARFA PLATEAU-BIG BEND AREA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VAN HORN...MARFA...BIG BEND NP... MARATHON 724 PM CDT TUE APR 17 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. WIND SPEEDS WILL DIMINISH AND BECOME FAIRLY LIGHT BY MIDNIGHT. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 17, 2:52 AM MDT | Wind Advisory | MAF | 15 hr | |
| Apr 17, 4:15 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | MAF | Crane, Ector, Glasscock, Loving, Midland, Pecos and 5 more | 14 hr |
| Apr 17, 12:22 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Scurry | 38 min |
| Apr 17, 1:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Scurry | 45 min |
| Apr 17, 1:34 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Scurry | 41 min |
| Apr 17, 1:51 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Mitchell | 30 min |
Nearby
High Wind Warnings in New Mexico, 2007High Wind Warnings in Texas, 2007Every high wind warning in 2007
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.