Alert archive / New Mexico / High Wind Watches in 2007
High Wind Watch 21, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this high wind watch at Nov 30, 2007, 3:53 AM MST for Eddy County, New Mexico. It took effect at Dec 1, 2007, 5:00 AM MST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 30, 2007, 3:53 AM MST (10:53 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 1, 2007, 5:00 AM MST
- Expired
- Nov 30, 2007, 2:27 PM MST
- In force
- 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 10:53 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, 10.9 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2002 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 125 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 174 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 301053 NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 453 AM CST FRI NOV 30 2007 ...STRONG WINDS POSSIBLE IN THE GUADALUPE AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING.... .A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL APPROACH THE AREA TONIGHT AND SATURDAY...THEN MOVE OVER NEW MEXICO SATURDAY NIGHT. STRONG MID LEVEL WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THIS UPPER STORM SYSTEM...WHICH COULD AFFECT THE GUADALUPE AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS AS IT PASSES BY. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL LIKELY OCCUR SATURDAY NIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY...BUT COULD PLAGUE BOTH MOUNTAIN RANGES PERIODICALLY AS EARLY AS SATURDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON. NMZ027-TXZ074-258-302230- /O.NEW.KMAF.HW.A.0021.071201T1200Z-071202T1800Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA- GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...ALPINE... GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP...PINE SPRINGS 453 AM CST FRI NOV 30 2007 /353 AM MST FRI NOV 30 2007/ ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS OF 35 TO 50 MPH...ALONG WITH GUSTS OVER 70 MPH...WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE GUADALUPE AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS FROM AS EARLY AS SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. THOSE PLANNING TRAVEL IN THE GUADALUPE AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS THIS WEEKEND SHOULD KEEP ABREAST OF THE LATEST WATCHES AND WARNINGS CONCERNING THE EXPECTED STRONG WINDS. 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. $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS74 KMAF 302127 NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 327 PM CST FRI NOV 30 2007 ...STRONG WINDS WILL AFFECT THE GUADALUPE AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS SATURDAY AND SUNDAY... .A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM LOCATED NEAR THE BAJA REGION LATE THIS AFTERNOON WILL LIFT NORTHEASTWARD TOWARD ARIZONA AND NEW MEXICO TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. MID LEVEL WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN OVER THE GUADALUPE AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS AS THIS SYSTEM APPROACHES NEW MEXICO SATURDAY...AND WILL LIKELY CONTINUE UNTIL THE STORM SYSTEM PASSES EAST OF THE REGION SUNDAY. AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF HIGH WINDS WILL LIKELY AFFECT BOTH MOUNTAIN CHAINS STARTING EARLY SATURDAY MORNING...AND LASTING THROUGH MIDDAY SUNDAY. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL LIKELY OCCUR FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. NMZ027-TXZ074-258-010530- /O.UPG.KMAF.HW.A.0021.071201T1200Z-071202T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMAF.HW.W.0034.071201T1200Z-071202T1800Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA- GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...ALPINE... GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP...PINE SPRINGS 327 PM CST FRI NOV 30 2007 /227 PM MST FRI NOV 30 2007/ ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ SATURDAY TO 12 PM CST /11 AM MST/ SUNDAY... ...HIGH WIND WATCH NO LONGER IN EFFECT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ SATURDAY TO 12 PM CST /11 AM MST/ SUNDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS OF 35 TO 55 MPH...ALONG WITH GUSTS OVER 70 MPH...WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS...WITH SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH AND GUSTS TO 60 MPH IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS. THESE WINDS WILL LIKELY BEGIN AS EARLY AS SATURDAY MORNING...AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. MOTORISTS PLANNING TRAVEL ACROSS BOTH MOUNTAIN CHAINS MAY WANT TO CONSIDER ALTERNATE ROUTES. AVIATION INTERESTS MAY EXPERIENCE LOCALIZED BUT EXTREME TURBULENCE...OR STRONG DOWNWARD AIRFLOWS...IF FLYING IN THE VICINITY OF THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS. PILOTS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR STANDING WAVE CLOUDS OR OTHER EVIDENCE OF MOUNTAIN WAVE ACTIVITY. 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. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 30, 2:27 PM MST | High Wind Warning | MAF | Eddy | 45 hr |
Nearby
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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.