Alert archive / New Mexico / High Wind Warnings in 2007
High Wind Warning 7, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this high wind warning at Feb 1, 2007, 3:50 AM MST for Eddy County, New Mexico. It took effect at Feb 1, 2007, 5:00 AM MST. It was in force for 24 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 1, 2007, 3:50 AM MST (10:50 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 1, 2007, 5:00 AM MST
- Expired
- Feb 2, 2007, 5:00 AM MST
- In force
- 24 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 10:50 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, 10.8 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1638 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 74 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 80 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 011050 NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 450 AM CST THU FEB 1 2007 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT ACROSS THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS ABOVE 6000 FEET AND THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS... ...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE EDDY COUNTY PLAINS...UPPER TRANS PECOS...MARFA PLATEAU...AND BIG BEND... .A SLOW MOVING AND STRONG UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL CREATE HIGH WINDS ACROSS THE GUADALUPE AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS TODAY AND TONIGHT. WINDS MAY REMAIN STRONG FRIDAY MORNING...BUT SHOULD BE ON THE DECREASING TREND AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. NMZ027-TXZ074-258-012100- /O.UPG.KMAF.HW.A.0002.070201T1500Z-070202T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMAF.HW.W.0007.070201T1200Z-070202T1200Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA- GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...ALPINE... GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP...PINE SPRINGS 450 AM CST THU FEB 1 2007 /350 AM MST THU FEB 1 2007/ ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ FRIDAY... ...HIGH WIND WATCH NO LONGER IN EFFECT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ FRIDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. WEST WINDS OF 40 TO 55 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 75 MPH ARE EXPECTED TODAY. TONIGHT...WEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. 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. $$ NMZ028-TXZ057>060-067-080-081-012100- /O.NEW.KMAF.WI.Y.0001.070201T1900Z-070202T0000Z/ EDDY COUNTY PLAINS-VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR- REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-LOVING-WINKLER-WARD- MARFA PLATEAU-BIG BEND AREA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARTESIA...CARLSBAD... CARLSBAD CAVERNS NP...VAN HORN...PECOS...MENTONE... RED BLUFF LAKE...KERMIT...MONAHANS...MARFA...BIG BEND NP... MARATHON 450 AM CST THU FEB 1 2007 /350 AM MST THU FEB 1 2007/ ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CST /NOON MST/ TO 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CST /NOON MST/ TO 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS AFTERNOON. WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE BY AFTERNOON TO 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS74 KMAF 012045 NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 245 PM CST THU FEB 1 2007 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED INTO TONIGHT ACROSS THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS ABOVE 6000 FEET AND THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS... ...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE EDDY COUNTY PLAINS...UPPER TRANS PECOS...MARFA PLATEAU...AND BIG BEND... .A STRONG UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AND A DEVELOPING SURFACE LOW WILL CREATE HIGH WINDS ACROSS THE GUADALUPE AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS INTO TONIGHT. WINDS MAY REMAIN STRONG FRIDAY MORNING...BUT SHOULD BEGIN TO DECREASE AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. IN ADDITION...WINDS WILL REMAIN UP THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON ACROSS THE EDDY COUNTY PLAINS... UPPER TRANS PECOS...MARFA PLATEAU...AND THE BIG BEND THIS AFTERNOON. NMZ027-TXZ074-258-020000- /O.CON.KMAF.HW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-070202T1200Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA- GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...ALPINE... GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP...PINE SPRINGS 245 PM CST THU FEB 1 2007 /145 PM MST THU FEB 1 2007/ ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ FRIDAY... IN THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS...WEST WINDS OF 40 TO 55 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 75 MPH ARE EXPECTED THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON. THEN TONIGHT WINDS WILL DECREASE TO OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. ABOVE 6000 FEET IN THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS...WEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED INTO TONIGHT. 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. $$ NMZ028-TXZ057>060-067-080-081-020000- /O.CON.KMAF.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-070202T0000Z/ EDDY COUNTY PLAINS-VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR- REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-LOVING-WINKLER-WARD- MARFA PLATEAU-BIG BEND AREA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARTESIA...CARLSBAD... CARLSBAD CAVERNS NP...VAN HORN...PECOS...MENTONE... RED BLUFF LAKE...KERMIT...MONAHANS...MARFA...BIG BEND NP... MARATHON 245 PM CST THU FEB 1 2007 /145 PM MST THU FEB 1 2007/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS AFTERNOON... WEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 1, 3:50 AM MST | Wind Advisory | MAF | Loving, Ward, Winkler | 13 hr |
| Feb 1, 8:16 AM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | MAF | Borden, Glasscock, Howard, Mitchell, Reagan, Scurry | 4 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.