Alert archive / New Mexico / High Wind Warnings in 2007
High Wind Warning 8, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this high wind warning at Feb 12, 2007, 2:41 AM MST for Eddy County, New Mexico. It took effect at Feb 12, 2007, 4:05 AM MST. It was in force for 13 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 12, 2007, 2:41 AM MST (09:41 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 12, 2007, 4:05 AM MST
- Expired
- Feb 12, 2007, 5:00 PM MST
- In force
- 13 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 09:41 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, 9.7 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
- 1375 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 153 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 156 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS74 KMAF 120941 NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 341 AM CST MON FEB 12 2007 ...VERY STRONG WINDS WILL AFFECT THE GUADALUPE AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS TODAY... .AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL PASS OVER THE AREA THIS MORNING...WHICH WILL ALLOW A STRONG AREA OF LOW PRESSURE TO DEVELOP OVER THE TEXAS PANHANDLE. THE ASSOCIATED STRONG SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL RESULT IN STRONG WEST WINDS OVER SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...AND VERY STRONG WEST WINDS IN THE GUADALUPE AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS. WINDS SHOULD INCREASE IN THESE LOCATIONS BY LATE THIS MORNING...PERSIST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...THEN GRADUALLY DECREASE THIS EVENING. NMZ027-TXZ074-258-130000- /O.UPG.KMAF.HW.A.0003.070212T1200Z-070213T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMAF.HW.W.0008.070212T1500Z-070213T0000Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA- GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...ALPINE... GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP...PINE SPRINGS 341 AM CST MON FEB 12 2007 /241 AM MST MON FEB 12 2007/ ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM CST /8 AM MST/ THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS AFTERNOON... ...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 9 AM CST /8 AM MST/ THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS AFTERNOON. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 35 TO 45 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 60 MPH...BY LATE THIS MORNING. THESE VERY STRONG WINDS WILL LAST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON BEFORE SUBSIDING 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. $$ NMZ028-029-033-034-130000- /O.NEW.KMAF.WI.Y.0002.070212T1500Z-070213T0000Z/ EDDY COUNTY PLAINS-NORTHERN LEA COUNTY-CENTRAL LEA COUNTY- SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARTESIA...CARLSBAD... CARLSBAD CAVERNS NP...TATUM...HOBBS...LOVINGTON...EUNICE...JAL 241 AM MST MON FEB 12 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 30 TO 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH... BY LATE THIS MORNING. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL LAST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON BEFORE SUBSIDING THIS EVENING. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS74 KMAF 121105 NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 505 AM CST MON FEB 12 2007 ...VERY STRONG WINDS WILL AFFECT THE GUADALUPE AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS TODAY... .AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL PASS OVER THE AREA THIS MORNING...WHICH WILL ALLOW A STRONG AREA OF LOW PRESSURE TO DEVELOP OVER THE TEXAS PANHANDLE. THE SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL ALSO INCREASE...WHICH WILL RESULT IN STRONG WEST WINDS OVER SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...AND VERY STRONG WEST WINDS IN THE GUADALUPE AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS. WINDS SHOULD INCREASE IN THESE LOCATIONS THIS MORNING...PERSIST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...THEN GRADUALLY DECREASE THIS EVENING. NMZ027-TXZ074-258-130000- /O.EXT.KMAF.HW.W.0008.070212T1105Z-070213T0000Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA- GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...ALPINE... GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP...PINE SPRINGS 505 AM CST MON FEB 12 2007 /405 AM MST MON FEB 12 2007/ ...HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS AFTERNOON... THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS AFTERNOON. WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 35 TO 45 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 60 MPH...THIS MORNING. THESE VERY STRONG WINDS WILL LAST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON BEFORE SUBSIDING 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. $$ NMZ028-029-033-034-130000- /O.EXT.KMAF.WI.Y.0002.070212T1105Z-070213T0000Z/ EDDY COUNTY PLAINS-NORTHERN LEA COUNTY-CENTRAL LEA COUNTY- SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARTESIA...CARLSBAD... CARLSBAD CAVERNS NP...TATUM...HOBBS...LOVINGTON...EUNICE...JAL 405 AM MST MON FEB 12 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 30 TO 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH... THIS MORNING. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL LAST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON BEFORE SUBSIDING THIS EVENING. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$
000 WWUS74 KMAF 121821 NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 1221 PM CST MON FEB 12 2007 ...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE GUADALUPE AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS...THE MARFA AND STOCKTON PLATEAUS...THE VAN HORN CORRIDOR AND THE UPPER TRANS PECOS REGION THIS AFTERNOON... .A POTENT UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS EASTERN NEW MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON. SURFACE LOW PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO DEEPEN ACROSS THE SOUTH PLAINS OF WEST TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON AS THE SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS. VERY WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON AS THE SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT TIGHTENS. THE WINDS SHOULD BEGIN TO DIMINISH BY EARLY EVENING. NMZ027-TXZ074-258-130000- /O.CON.KMAF.HW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-070213T0000Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA- GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...ALPINE... GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP...PINE SPRINGS 1221 PM CST MON FEB 12 2007 /1121 AM MST MON FEB 12 2007/ ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS AFTERNOON... WESTERLY WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH...WITH GUSTS OVER 60 MPH WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS...AND ELEVATIONS ABOVE 6000 FEET IN THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON. THE WINDS SHOULD BEGIN TO DIMINISH BY EARLY EVENING. MOTORISTS TRAVELLING THROUGH THE MOUNTAINS...PARTICULARLY THROUGH GUADALUPE PASS ALONG U.S. HIGHWAY 62 180 SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR STRONG WINDS. THOSE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE OR LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS. 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. $$ TXZ057>060-067-075-080-130000- /O.EXA.KMAF.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-070213T0000Z/ VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR- REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-LOVING-WINKLER-WARD-PECOS- MARFA PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VAN HORN...PECOS...MENTONE... RED BLUFF LAKE...KERMIT...MONAHANS...FORT STOCKTON...MARFA 1221 PM CST MON FEB 12 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. WESTERLY WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS OVER 45 MPH...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. THE WINDS SHOULD BEGIN TO DIMINISH BY EARLY EVENING. MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION IF PLANNING TRAVEL IN THE WIND ADVISORY AREA THIS AFTERNOON. BE ALERT TO SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND WHICH MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. SECURE LAWN FURNITURE...GARBAGE CANS...OR OTHER OBJECTS WHICH COULD BE BLOWN ABOUT BY THE WIND. $$ NMZ028-029-033-034-130000- /O.CON.KMAF.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-070213T0000Z/ EDDY COUNTY PLAINS-NORTHERN LEA COUNTY-CENTRAL LEA COUNTY- SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARTESIA...CARLSBAD... CARLSBAD CAVERNS NP...TATUM...HOBBS...LOVINGTON...EUNICE...JAL 1121 AM MST MON FEB 12 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... WESTERLY WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS OVER 40 MPH...ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. THE WINDS SHOULD BEGIN TO DIMINISH BY EARLY EVENING. MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION IF PLANNING TRAVEL IN THE WIND ADVISORY AREA THIS AFTERNOON. BE ALERT TO SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND WHICH MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. SECURE LAWN FURNITURE...GARBAGE CANS...OR OTHER OBJECTS WHICH COULD BE BLOWN ABOUT BY THE WIND. $$
000 WWUS74 KMAF 130009 NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 609 PM CST MON FEB 12 2007 NMZ027-TXZ074-258-130115- /O.EXP.KMAF.HW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-070213T0000Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA- GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...ALPINE... GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP...PINE SPRINGS 609 PM CST MON FEB 12 2007 /509 PM MST MON FEB 12 2007/ ...HIGH WIND WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. HIGH WINDS ARE DIMINISHING ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. THROUGH 7 PM WEST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WITH A FEW GUSTS TO NEAR 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH GUADALUPE PASS. $$ NMZ028-029-033-034-TXZ057>060-067-075-080-130115- /O.EXP.KMAF.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-070213T0000Z/ 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-PECOS- MARFA PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARTESIA...CARLSBAD... CARLSBAD CAVERNS NP...TATUM...HOBBS...LOVINGTON...EUNICE...JAL... VAN HORN...PECOS...MENTONE...RED BLUFF LAKE...KERMIT...MONAHANS... FORT STOCKTON...MARFA 609 PM CST MON FEB 12 2007 /509 PM MST MON FEB 12 2007/ ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. GUSTY WINDS ARE SLOWLY DECREASING ACROSS THE AREA AND THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. THROUGH 730 PM WESTERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 12, 2:41 AM MST | Wind Advisory | MAF | Loving, Pecos, Ward, Winkler | 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.