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Wind Advisory 13, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this wind advisory at Oct 17, 2007, 12:07 PM CDT for 5 counties in Texas; Eddy County, Lea County, New Mexico. It took effect at Oct 17, 2007, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 17, 2007, 12:07 PM CDT (17:07 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 17, 2007, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Oct 17, 2007, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Counties Eddy County, NM, Lea County, NM, Andrews County, TX, Dawson County, TX, Gaines County, TX, Loving County, TX, Winkler County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 96 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
- 32 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -174 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1935 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -40 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS74 KMAF 171707 NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 1207 PM CDT WED OCT 17 2007 ...A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT TODAY AND TONIGHT FOR THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS AND THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS ABOVE 6000 FEET... ...A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR THE VAN HORN/HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR...UPPER TRANS PECOS...SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS AND NORTHERN PERMIAN BASIN... .STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS AND THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS ABOVE 6000 FEET AS A POTENT UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. THE STRONG WINDS WILL BEGIN THIS MORNING AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. NMZ027-TXZ074-258-180115- /O.CON.KMAF.HW.W.0028.000000T0000Z-071018T1200Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA- GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...ALPINE... GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP...PINE SPRINGS 1207 PM CDT WED OCT 17 2007 /1107 AM MDT WED OCT 17 2007/ ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT /6 AM MDT/ THURSDAY... .SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 40 TO 65 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 85 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS...INCLUDING GUADALUPE PASS BEGINNING THIS MORNING AND CONTINUING THROUGH TONIGHT. SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 60 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS ABOVE 6000 FEET BEGINNING THIS MORNING MORNING AND CONTINUING THROUGH TONIGHT. THOSE PLANNING TRAVEL THROUGH THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS TODAY...PARTICULARLY THOSE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE OR LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES MAY WANT TO PLAN ALTERNATE ROUTES. AVIATION INTERESTS SHOULD ALSO BE AWARE THAT STRONG WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE VICINITY OF THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS TODAY. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. 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. $$ NMZ028-029-033-034-TXZ045-046-050-057>060-180000- /O.NEW.KMAF.WI.Y.0013.071017T1800Z-071018T0000Z/ EDDY COUNTY PLAINS-NORTHERN LEA COUNTY-CENTRAL LEA COUNTY- SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY-GAINES-DAWSON-ANDREWS- VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR- REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-LOVING-WINKLER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARTESIA...CARLSBAD... CARLSBAD CAVERNS NP...TATUM...HOBBS...LOVINGTON...EUNICE...JAL... SEMINOLE...LAMESA...ANDREWS...VAN HORN...PECOS...MENTONE... RED BLUFF LAKE...KERMIT 1207 PM CDT WED OCT 17 2007 /1107 AM MDT WED OCT 17 2007/ ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. WEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH POSSIBLE...WILL AFFECT THE VAN HORN AREA...UPPER TRANS PECOS... SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS...AND NORTHERN PERMIAN BASIN THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 17, 4:22 AM CDT | High Wind Warning | MAF | 23 hr | |
| Oct 17, 5:41 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | MAF | 13 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.