Alert archive / New Mexico / High Wind Warnings in 2007
High Wind Warning 9, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this high wind warning at Feb 18, 2007, 1:12 PM MST for Eddy County, New Mexico. It took effect at Feb 19, 2007, 9:00 AM MST. It was in force for 11 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 18, 2007, 1:12 PM MST (20:12 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 19, 2007, 9:00 AM MST
- Expired
- Feb 19, 2007, 8:00 PM MST
- In force
- 11 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 20:18 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, 8.2 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
- 2269 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 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 182012 NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 212 PM CST SUN FEB 18 2007 ...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS ANTICIPATED ACROSS THE GUADALUPE AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS...THE VAN HORN CORRIDOR AND THE UPPER TRANS PECOS REGION AND ADJACENT PLAINS OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO ON MONDAY... .WINDS WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE AREA ON MONDAY AHEAD OF AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM APPROACHING FROM SOUTHERN ARIZONA. AN INCREASING PRESSURE GRADIENT OVER THE MOUNTAIN RANGES AND ADJACENT PLAINS WILL RESULT IN VERY WINDY CONDITIONS BY MIDDAY MONDAY...INCLUDING WIND GUSTS TO NEAR HURRICANE FORCE ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS. NMZ027-TXZ074-258-190415- /O.UPG.KMAF.HW.A.0004.070219T1200Z-070220T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMAF.HW.W.0009.070219T1600Z-070220T0300Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA- GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...ALPINE... GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP...PINE SPRINGS 212 PM CST SUN FEB 18 2007 /112 PM MST SUN FEB 18 2007/ ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM CST /9 AM MST/ TO 9 PM CST /8 PM MST/ MONDAY... ...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 10 AM CST /9 AM MST/ TO 9 PM CST /8 PM MST/ MONDAY. WESTERLY WINDS OF 30 TO 50 MPH...WITH GUSTS OVER 70 MPH...ARE POSSIBLE MONDAY ACROSS THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS. WESTERLY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS OVER 60 MPH...ARE ALSO ANTICIPATED ACROSS THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS ON MONDAY. THESE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE BEFORE NOON AND GRADUALLY DIMINISH SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET ON MONDAY. 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. THESE WINDS COULD MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT FOR MOTORISTS DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SUCH AS CAMPERS...VANS...AND TRACTOR TRAILERS. THOSE PLANNING TRAVEL ALONG U.S. 62/180 THROUGH GUADALUPE PASS OR ACROSS THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS ON MONDAY ARE ENCOURAGED TO MONITOR THE LATEST INFORMATION FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. 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. $$ NMZ028-029-033-034-TXZ057-058-190415- /O.NEW.KMAF.WI.Y.0003.070219T1600Z-070220T0300Z/ EDDY COUNTY PLAINS-NORTHERN LEA COUNTY-CENTRAL LEA COUNTY- SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY-VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR- REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARTESIA...CARLSBAD... CARLSBAD CAVERNS NP...TATUM...HOBBS...LOVINGTON...EUNICE...JAL... VAN HORN...PECOS 212 PM CST SUN FEB 18 2007 /112 PM MST SUN FEB 18 2007/ ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM CST /9 AM MST/ TO 9 PM CST /8 PM MST/ MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM CST /9 AM MST/ TO 9 PM CST /8 PM MST/ MONDAY. WESTERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS OVER 45 MPH...ARE EXPECTED BY MIDDAY MONDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH A FEW HOURS AFTER SUNSET ON MONDAY. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS74 KMAF 191014 NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 414 AM CST MON FEB 19 2007 ...VERY WINDY ACROSS THE GUADALUPE AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS...THE VAN HORN CORRIDOR AND THE UPPER TRANS PECOS REGION AND ADJACENT PLAINS OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO TODAY... .SURFACE LOW PRESSURE WILL DEEPEN ACROSS THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES TODAY IN RESPONSE TO AN APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM. A TIGHTENING SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL RESULT IN INCREASED WIND SPEEDS ACROSS MUCH OF WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO BY LATE THIS MORNING. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL AFFECT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE GUADALUPE AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS...WITH VERY WINDY CONDITIONS ALSO SPREADING OUT INTO THE ADJACENT SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO PLAINS AND UPPER TRANS PECOS REGION. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY BEGIN TO SUBSIDE BY EARLY EVENING. NMZ027-TXZ074-258-192200- /O.CON.KMAF.HW.W.0009.070219T1600Z-070220T0300Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA- GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...ALPINE... GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP...PINE SPRINGS 414 AM CST MON FEB 19 2007 /314 AM MST MON FEB 19 2007/ ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM CST /9 AM MST/ THIS MORNING TO 9 PM CST /8 PM MST/ THIS EVENING... WESTERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 35 TO 50 MPH...WITH A FEW GUSTS OVER 70 MPH TODAY IN THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS. WESTERLY WIND SPEEDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH...WITH A FEW GUSTS OVER 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS. WINDS SHOULD GRADUALLY DIMINISH EARLY 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. STRONG WINDS WILL LIKELY MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT FOR MOTORISTS DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SUCH AS CAMPERS...VANS...AND TRACTOR TRAILERS. THOSE PLANNING TRAVEL ALONG U.S. 62 180 THROUGH GUADALUPE PASS OR ACROSS THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS TODAY MAY WANT TO PLAN ALTERNATE ROUTES. $$ NMZ028-029-033-034-TXZ057-058-192200- /O.CON.KMAF.WI.Y.0003.070219T1600Z-070220T0300Z/ EDDY COUNTY PLAINS-NORTHERN LEA COUNTY-CENTRAL LEA COUNTY- SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY-VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR- REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARTESIA...CARLSBAD... CARLSBAD CAVERNS NP...TATUM...HOBBS...LOVINGTON...EUNICE...JAL... VAN HORN...PECOS 414 AM CST MON FEB 19 2007 /314 AM MST MON FEB 19 2007/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM CST /9 AM MST/ THIS MORNING TO 9 PM CST /8 PM MST/ THIS EVENING... WESTERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH A FEW GUSTS OVER 45 MPH BY LATE MORNING ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO PLAINS AND THE UPPER TRANS PECOS. WINDS SHOULD GRADUALLY DIMINISH EARLY THIS EVENING. MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING IN THE WIND ADVISORY AREA. BE ALERT TO SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND WHICH MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. SECURE LAWN FURNITURE... GARBAGE CANS...OR OTHER OBJECTS WHICH COULD BE BLOWN ABOUT BY THE WIND. $$
000 WWUS74 KMAF 192050 NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 250 PM CST MON FEB 19 2007 ...VERY WINDY ACROSS THE GUADALUPE AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS...THE VAN HORN CORRIDOR...AND THE UPPER TRANS PECOS REGION...AND ADJACENT PLAINS OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO INTO THE EVENING... .SURFACE LOW PRESSURE ASSOCIATED WITH AN APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM HAS RESULTED IN VERY WINDY CONDITIONS ACROSS THE AREA. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE GUADALUPE AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS...WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH IN THE PLAINS. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY BEGIN TO SUBSIDE THIS EVENING. NMZ027-TXZ074-258-200300- /O.CON.KMAF.HW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-070220T0300Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA- GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...ALPINE... GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP...PINE SPRINGS 250 PM CST MON FEB 19 2007 /150 PM MST MON FEB 19 2007/ ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST /8 PM MST/ THIS EVENING... WEST WINDS OF 30 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS 65 MPH ARE EXPECTED THROUGH MID EVENING IN THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS WEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED IN THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS ABOVE 600O FT THROUGH MID 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. STRONG WINDS WILL LIKELY MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT FOR MOTORISTS DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SUCH AS CAMPERS...VANS...AND TRACTOR TRAILERS. THOSE PLANNING TRAVEL ALONG U.S. 62 180 THROUGH GUADALUPE PASS OR ACROSS THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS TODAY MAY WANT TO PLAN ALTERNATE ROUTES. $$ NMZ028-029-033-034-TXZ057-058-200100- /O.EXT.KMAF.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-070220T0100Z/ EDDY COUNTY PLAINS-NORTHERN LEA COUNTY-CENTRAL LEA COUNTY- SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY-VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR- REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARTESIA...CARLSBAD... CARLSBAD CAVERNS NP...TATUM...HOBBS...LOVINGTON...EUNICE...JAL... VAN HORN...PECOS 250 PM CST MON FEB 19 2007 /150 PM MST MON FEB 19 2007/ ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST /6 PM MST/ THIS EVENING... WEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY EVENING. LOCAL AREAS OF BLOWING DUST MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO NEAR 1 MILE. WINDS WILL SUBSIDE EARLY THIS EVENING. MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING IN THE WIND ADVISORY AREA. BE ALERT TO SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND WHICH MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. SECURE LAWN FURNITURE... GARBAGE CANS...OR OTHER OBJECTS WHICH COULD BE BLOWN ABOUT BY THE WIND. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 18, 1:12 PM MST | Wind Advisory | MAF | Eddy, Lea | 29 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.