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High Wind Warning 26, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

June 6, 2007Eddy County, New Mexico

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this high wind warning at Jun 6, 2007, 2:53 AM MDT for Eddy County, New Mexico. It took effect at Jun 6, 2007, 12:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 9 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
Jun 6, 2007, 2:53 AM MDT (08:53 UTC)
In effect from
Jun 6, 2007, 12:00 PM MDT
Expired
Jun 6, 2007, 9:00 PM MDT
In force
9 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 08:51 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2007-06-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 25 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2007-06-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 58 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
25 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-304 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2733 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
58 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
195 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 060853
NPWMAF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
353 AM CDT WED JUN 6 2007

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR THE
GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS...

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR THE
SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS...

.AS AN UPPER TROUGH PASSES TO THE NORTH TODAY...STRONG SOUTHWEST 
WINDS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS.  WIND SPEEDS OF
40 MPH OR GREATER...WITH GUSTS AROUND 65 MPH POSSIBLE...ARE
EXPECTED THERE. 

IN ADDITION...SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 30 MPH...AND GUSTS AROUND 40
MPH... WILL AFFECT LOCATIONS GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A
CARLSBAD AND HOBBS LINE DURING THE SAME TIME FRAME.  THESE
STRONGER WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN AS EARLY AS NOON MDT...
THEN LAST THROUGH EARLY EVENING BEFORE SUBSIDING.

NMZ027-TXZ258-062100-
/O.UPG.KMAF.HW.A.0016.070606T1800Z-070607T0300Z/
/O.NEW.KMAF.HW.W.0026.070606T1800Z-070607T0300Z/
GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP...
PINE SPRINGS
253 AM MDT WED JUN 6 2007

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 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 NOON TODAY TO 9 PM MDT
THIS EVENING. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 65 MPH...
CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS BEGINNING EARLY
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.

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.

$$

NMZ028-029-033-062100-
/O.NEW.KMAF.WI.Y.0012.070606T1800Z-070607T0300Z/
EDDY COUNTY PLAINS-NORTHERN LEA COUNTY-CENTRAL LEA COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARTESIA...CARLSBAD...
CARLSBAD CAVERNS NP...TATUM...HOBBS...LOVINGTON
253 AM MDT WED JUN 6 2007

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM MDT THIS
EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM MDT THIS
EVENING. 

SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO AROUND 30 MPH...WITH
GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH POSSIBLE...OVER PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHEAST NEW
MEXICO PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON. LOCATIONS GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH
OF A CARLSBAD TO HOBBS LINE WILL BE AFFECTED.  

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 062002
NPWMAF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
302 PM CDT WED JUN 6 2007

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR THE
GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS...

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR THE
SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS...

.AS AN UPPER TROUGH PASSES TO THE NORTH TODAY...STRONG SOUTHWEST
WINDS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS.  WIND SPEEDS OF
40 MPH OR GREATER...WITH GUSTS AROUND 65 MPH POSSIBLE...ARE
EXPECTED THERE.

IN ADDITION...SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 30 MPH...AND GUSTS AROUND
40 MPH... WILL AFFECT LOCATIONS GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A
CARLSBAD AND HOBBS LINE DURING THE SAME TIME FRAME.  THESE
STRONGER WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN AS EARLY AS NOON MDT... THEN
LAST THROUGH EARLY EVENING BEFORE SUBSIDING.

NMZ027-TXZ258-070300-
/O.CON.KMAF.HW.W.0026.000000T0000Z-070607T0300Z/
GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP...
PINE SPRINGS
202 PM MDT WED JUN 6 2007

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS
EVENING...

A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS
EVENING. 

SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 65 MPH...
CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS BEGINNING EARLY
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.

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.

$$

NMZ028-029-033-070300-
/O.CON.KMAF.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-070607T0300Z/
EDDY COUNTY PLAINS-NORTHERN LEA COUNTY-CENTRAL LEA COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARTESIA...CARLSBAD...
CARLSBAD CAVERNS NP...TATUM...HOBBS...LOVINGTON
202 PM MDT WED JUN 6 2007

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. 

SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO AROUND 30 MPH...WITH
GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH POSSIBLE...OVER PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHEAST NEW
MEXICO PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON. LOCATIONS GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH
OF A CARLSBAD TO HOBBS LINE WILL BE AFFECTED.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 6, 2:53 AM MDTWind AdvisoryMAFEddy, Lea18 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.