Alert archive / New Mexico / High Wind Warnings in 2007
High Wind Warning 40, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this high wind warning at Dec 25, 2007, 8:07 AM MST for Eddy County, New Mexico. 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
- Dec 25, 2007, 8:07 AM MST (15:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 25, 2007, 8:00 PM MST
- 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 15:08 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, 3.1 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
- 2793 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 180 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 189 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 251507 NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 907 AM CST TUE DEC 25 2007 ...VERY STRONG WINDS EXPECTED ACROSS THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS TODAY... .AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE SOUTHEASTWARD ACROSS NEW MEXICO TODAY AND INTO WEST TEXAS TONIGHT. STRONG WINDS ACROSS THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THIS MORNING...WITH VERY STRONG WINDS EXPECTED ACROSS THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE THEN SHIFT TO OUT OF THE NORTH TONIGHT AS A COLD FRONT PASSES SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE AREA. NMZ027-TXZ258-252315- /O.NEW.KMAF.HW.W.0040.071225T1507Z-071226T0300Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP... PINE SPRINGS 807 AM MST TUE DEC 25 2007 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING. WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...WITH GUSTS OVER 60 MPH... ARE LIKELY ACROSS THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS TODAY. THESE VERY STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE TONIGHT AS A PASSING COLD FRONT RESULTS IN A WIND SHIFT OUT OF THE NORTH. 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 252032 NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 232 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2007 ...HIGH ELEVATION WINDS IN GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS WILL DIMINISH THIS EVENING... ...WIDESPREAD HIGH WINDS ARE EXPECTED THURSDAY ACROSS THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS...SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS...UPPER TRANS PECOS...AND THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS... .AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE PASSING ACROSS THE SOUTHWESTERN STATES HAS RESULTED IN LOCAL STRONG WIND IN THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS TODAY AND ARE EXPECTED TO SUBSIDE THIS EVENING. HOWEVER A MUCH STRONGER UPPER LOW WILL PASS ACROSS NORTHERN NEW MEXICO THURSDAY PLACING THE BAND OF STRONGEST MID LEVEL WINDS ACROSS SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS. THIS WILL RESULT IN HIGH WINDS DEVELOPING IN THE GUADALUPE AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND SPREADING EAST INTO THE ADJACENT PLAINS THURSDAY. THIS SYSTEM HAS TO THE POTENTIAL TO BE SIGNIFICANT WITH GUSTS OF 70 TO 80 MPH IN THE MOUNTAINS WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 60 MPH IN THE PLAINS. HIGH WINDS MAY RESULT IN LOCALIZED BLOWING DUST REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO 1 MILE. NMZ027-TXZ258-261015- /O.NEW.KMAF.HW.A.0026.071227T0600Z-071228T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMAF.HW.W.0040.000000T0000Z-071226T0300Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP... PINE SPRINGS 132 PM MST TUE DEC 25 2007 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING... ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING. WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH... ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS THROUGH 8 PM. HIGH WINDS DEVELOPING WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY WILL GUST TO 60 MPH IN MOST LOCATIONS...HOWEVER GUST OF 70 TO 80 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN FAVORED LOCATION...LIKE GUADALUPE PASS. 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. A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$ TXZ074-261015- /O.NEW.KMAF.HW.A.0026.071227T0600Z-071228T0600Z/ DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...ALPINE 232 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2007 ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. HIGH WINDS DEVELOPING WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY WILL GUST TO 70 MPH ABOVE 6000 FT IN THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS. BELOW 6000 FT WINDS GUSTING TO 40 TO 55 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$ NMZ028-TXZ057-058-261015- /O.NEW.KMAF.HW.A.0026.071227T1500Z-071228T0000Z/ EDDY COUNTY PLAINS-VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR- REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARTESIA...CARLSBAD... CARLSBAD CAVERNS NP...VAN HORN...PECOS 232 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2007 /132 PM MST TUE DEC 25 2007/ ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. HIGH WINDS WILL DEVELOP THURSDAY WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 60 MPH POSSIBLE. A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 25, 1:17 PM MST | Fire Weather Watch | MAF | Loving, Pecos, Ward, Winkler | 40 hr |
| Dec 25, 1:32 PM MST | High Wind Watch | 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.