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High Wind Warning 22, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this high wind warning at Apr 20, 2007, 1:38 PM MDT for Eddy County, New Mexico. It took effect at Apr 21, 2007, 12:00 PM 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 20, 2007, 1:38 PM MDT (19:38 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 21, 2007, 12:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Apr 22, 2007, 12:00 AM 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 19:38 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, 7.6 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
- 304 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -398 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1871 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 91 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 117 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 201938 NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 238 PM CDT FRI APR 20 2007 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS... .AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM OVER CALIFORNIA THIS AFTERNOON WILL MOVE ACROSS NEW MEXICO ON SATURDAY BRINGING HIGH WINDS TO THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS. SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO EXCEED HIGH WIND CRITERIA DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THIS UPPER TROUGH WILL MOVE EAST OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS STATES LATE SATURDAY NIGHT... ALLOWING WIND SPEEDS TO GRADUALLY DECREASE. NMZ027-TXZ258-211000- /O.UPG.KMAF.HW.A.0013.070421T1800Z-070422T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMAF.HW.W.0022.070421T1800Z-070422T0600Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP... PINE SPRINGS 138 PM MDT FRI APR 20 2007 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM SATURDAY TO MIDNIGHT MDT SATURDAY NIGHT... ...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 12 PM SATURDAY TO MIDNIGHT MDT SATURDAY NIGHT. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 40 TO 50 MPH... WITH GUSTS TO 75 MPH DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. 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. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD PLAN TO AVOID TRAVEL ON U.S. 62/180 THROUGH THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS SATURDAY. $$
4 follow-up statements
000 WWUS74 KMAF 210914 NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 414 AM CDT SAT APR 21 2007 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS...SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS...THE WESTERN PERMIAN BASIN AND MOST OF SOUTHWEST TEXAS... .A POTENT UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE DESERT SOUTHWEST TODAY AND EJECT NORTHEASTWARD INTO THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PLAINS TONIGHT. STRONG MID LEVEL WINDS ON THE SOUTHERN FLANK OF THIS UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM WILL MIX DOWNWARD TODAY... GENERATING HIGH WINDS ACROSS THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS AND WINDY CONDITIONS ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS...THE WESTERN PERMIAN BASIN AND ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHWEST TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. NMZ027-TXZ258-212030- /O.CON.KMAF.HW.W.0022.070421T1800Z-070422T0600Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP... PINE SPRINGS 314 AM MDT SAT APR 21 2007 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT. STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 40 TO 50 MPH... WITH GUSTS TO 75 MPH DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD PLAN TO AVOID TRAVEL ON U.S. 62/180 THROUGH THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS SATURDAY. $$ NMZ028-029-033-034-TXZ057>060-067-074-212030- /O.NEW.KMAF.WI.Y.0010.070421T1800Z-070422T0200Z/ EDDY COUNTY PLAINS-NORTHERN LEA COUNTY-CENTRAL LEA COUNTY- SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY-VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR- REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-LOVING-WINKLER-WARD- DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARTESIA...CARLSBAD... CARLSBAD CAVERNS NP...TATUM...HOBBS...LOVINGTON...EUNICE...JAL... VAN HORN...PECOS...MENTONE...RED BLUFF LAKE...KERMIT...MONAHANS... ALPINE 414 AM CDT SAT APR 21 2007 /314 AM MDT SAT APR 21 2007/ ...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. STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 30 TO 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH...DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. 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. $$
000 WWUS74 KMAF 212005 NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 305 PM CDT SAT APR 21 2007 ...STRONG WINDS WILL PERSIST THIS EVENING OVER THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS... THE SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICAN PLAINS...THE WESTERN PERMIAN BASIN... AND MOST OF SOUTHWEST TEXAS... .A POTENT UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS NEW MEXICO THIS EVENING. A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT SOUTH OF THIS SYSTEM WILL RESULT IN WINDY CONDITIONS ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICAN PLAINS...THE WESTERN PERMIAN BASIN...AND ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THESE WINDS WILL DIMINISH THIS EVENING AS THE UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM PULLS AWAY FROM THE AREA. NMZ027-TXZ258-220600- /O.CON.KMAF.HW.W.0022.000000T0000Z-070422T0600Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP... PINE SPRINGS 205 PM MDT SAT APR 21 2007 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT. STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 50 TO 60 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 75 MPH... ARE LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THESE WINDS WILL DROP OFF TO 40 TO 50 MPH AFTER SUNSET...AND DIMINISH TO 20 TO 30 MPH LATE THIS EVENING. A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD PLAN TO AVOID TRAVEL ON U.S. 62/180 THROUGH GUADALUPE PASS THIS EVENING. $$ NMZ028-029-033-034-TXZ057>060-067-074-220200- /O.CON.KMAF.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-070422T0200Z/ EDDY COUNTY PLAINS-NORTHERN LEA COUNTY-CENTRAL LEA COUNTY- SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY-VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR- REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-LOVING-WINKLER-WARD- DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARTESIA...CARLSBAD... CARLSBAD CAVERNS NP...TATUM...HOBBS...LOVINGTON...EUNICE...JAL... VAN HORN...PECOS...MENTONE...RED BLUFF LAKE...KERMIT...MONAHANS... ALPINE 305 PM CDT SAT APR 21 2007 /205 PM MDT SAT APR 21 2007/ ...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. STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH...ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THESE WINDS WILL FALL OFF TO 20 TO 30 MPH EARLY THIS EVENING...AND TO 10 TO 20 MPH LATE THIS EVENING AS A PACIFIC COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE REGION. 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. $$
000 WWUS74 KMAF 220302 AAA NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 1002 PM CDT SAT APR 21 2007 ...STRONG WINDS WILL PERSIST UNTIL AROUND MIDNIGHT IN THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS... .A POTENT UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM IS MOVING EAST OUT OF NEW MEXICO AND WITH SUBSIDENCE IN ITS WAKE WINDS WILL REMAIN UP IN THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS UNTIL AROUND MIDNIGHT. NMZ027-TXZ258-220600- /O.CON.KMAF.HW.W.0022.000000T0000Z-070422T0600Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP... PINE SPRINGS 902 PM MDT SAT APR 21 2007 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...WITH GUSTS 60 TO 70 MPH... ARE LIKELY UNTIL AROUND MIDNIGHT. THESE WINDS WILL DROP OFF TO 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD PLAN TO AVOID TRAVEL ON U.S. 62/180 THROUGH GUADALUPE PASS THIS EVENING. $$
000 WWUS74 KMAF 220610 NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 110 AM CDT SUN APR 22 2007 ...STRONG WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS IN THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS... .SUBSIDENCE BEHIND A POTENT UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO ALLOW STRONG WINDS TO MIX DOWN TO THE SURFACE IN THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS. WINDS WILL SLOWLY DECREASE UNTIL THEY ARE BELOW HIGH WIND CRITERIA AROUND 3 AM MDT. NMZ027-TXZ258-220900- /O.EXP.KMAF.HW.W.0022.000000T0000Z-070422T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMAF.HW.W.0023.070422T0610Z-070422T0900Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP... PINE SPRINGS 1210 AM MDT SUN APR 22 2007 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM MDT EARLY THIS MORNING... ...HIGH WIND WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS EXTENDED THE HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM MDT EARLY THIS MORNING. HIGH PROFILE AND LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING ON US 62/180 THROUGH GUADALUPE PASS TONIGHT. WINDS SHOULD GRADUALLY SUBSIDE THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT AND INTO THE MORNING. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 20, 4:07 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | MAF | 14 hr |
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.