Alert archive / New Mexico / Wind Advisories in 2007
Wind Advisory 7, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this wind advisory at Apr 10, 2007, 9:55 AM MDT for Eddy County, Lea County, New Mexico. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 10, 2007, 9:55 AM MDT (15:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 10, 2007, 6:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Counties Eddy County, NM, Lea County, NM
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 175 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 173 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
- 1446 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 372 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 400 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 101555 NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 1055 AM CDT TUE APR 10 2007 ...VERY STRONG WINDS TODAY IN THE GUADALUPE AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS... ...STRONG WINDS OVER THE SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS...VAN HORN AREA...AND MARFA PLATEAU... .AN INCREASING SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT OVER WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO WILL RESULT IN AN INCREASE IN WIND SPEEDS. WEST WINDS OF 30 TO 50 MPH...WITH GUSTS OVER 60 MPH...ARE LIKELY TO OCCUR IN THE GUADALUPE AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON. WEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH...WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS...VAN HORN AREA... PORTIONS OF THE UPPER TRANS PECOS...AND OVER THE MARFA PLATEAU. THESE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH AROUND SUNSET. TXZ074-110000- /O.EXA.KMAF.HW.W.0019.000000T0000Z-070411T0000Z/ DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...ALPINE 1055 AM CDT TUE APR 10 2007 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 50 MPH ARE LIKELY TODAY IN THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS. THESE WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS TO MOTORISTS DRIVING HIGH PROFILE AND LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES IN THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS...PARTICULARLY ON STATE HIGHWAYS 118 AND 166. 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. $$ NMZ027-TXZ258-110000- /O.CON.KMAF.HW.W.0019.000000T0000Z-070411T0000Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP... PINE SPRINGS 955 AM MDT TUE APR 10 2007 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON. WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 50 MPH ARE LIKELY TODAY ACROSS THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS. THESE WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS TO MOTORISTS DRIVING HIGH PROFILE AND LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES THROUGH GUADALUPE PASS ON U.S. 62/180. A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. $$ NMZ028-029-033-034-TXZ057-058-080-110000- /O.NEW.KMAF.WI.Y.0007.070410T1555Z-070411T0000Z/ EDDY COUNTY PLAINS-NORTHERN LEA COUNTY-CENTRAL LEA COUNTY- SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY-VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR- REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-MARFA PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARTESIA...CARLSBAD... CARLSBAD CAVERNS NP...TATUM...HOBBS...LOVINGTON...EUNICE...JAL... VAN HORN...PECOS...MARFA 1055 AM CDT TUE APR 10 2007 /955 AM MDT TUE APR 10 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 AROUND 50 MPH...WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS...PORTIONS OF THE UPPER TRANS PECOS...VAN HORN AREA...AND MARFA PLATEAU THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. THESE STRONGER WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH AROUND SUNSET. 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 101934 NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 234 PM CDT TUE APR 10 2007 ...STRONG WEST WINDS WILL DIMINISH THIS EVENING... ...VERY STRONG WINDS EXPECTED IN THE GUADALUPE AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY... .A TIGHT SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT OVER WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO HAS RESULTED IN STRONG TO VERY STRONG WEST WINDS FROM THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS...SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE UPPER TRANS PECOS..VAN HORN AREA...MARFA PLATEAU...AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS. THE STRONGER WINDS WILL BE IN THE GUADALUPE AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS...BUT ALL AREAS SHOULD SEE WINDS DIMINISH AROUND SUNSET THIS EVENING. A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL APPROACH THE REGION THURSDAY...AND MOVE OVER THE AREA FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT. STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AHEAD OF THIS STORM SYSTEM... WITH WEST WINDS EXCEEDING 40 TO 55 MPH IN THE GUADALUPE AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL LIKELY PERSIST IN BOTH MOUNTAIN RANGES MORE OFTEN THAN NOT FROM THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. WINDS IN THE PLAINS WILL LIKELY BE STRONG...BUT MORE ON THE ORDER OF 30 TO 40 MPH. NMZ027-TXZ074-258-110345- /O.NEW.KMAF.HW.A.0011.070412T1200Z-070414T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMAF.HW.W.0019.000000T0000Z-070411T0000Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA- GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...ALPINE... GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP...PINE SPRINGS 234 PM CDT TUE APR 10 2007 /134 PM MDT TUE APR 10 2007/ ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 50 MPH WILL PERSIST IN THE GUADALUPE AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS UNTIL AROUND SUNSET BEFORE DIMINISHING. VERY STRONG WEST WINDS WILL AFFECT THE GUADALUPE AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS FROM THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY AS A SLOW MOVING...NUT POTENT...UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM APPROACHES THE REGION. 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. 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. $$ NMZ028-029-033-034-TXZ057-058-080-110000- /O.CON.KMAF.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-070411T0000Z/ EDDY COUNTY PLAINS-NORTHERN LEA COUNTY-CENTRAL LEA COUNTY- SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY-VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR- REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-MARFA PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARTESIA...CARLSBAD... CARLSBAD CAVERNS NP...TATUM...HOBBS...LOVINGTON...EUNICE...JAL... VAN HORN...PECOS...MARFA 234 PM CDT TUE APR 10 2007 /134 PM MDT TUE APR 10 2007/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... WEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH...WILL PERSIST OVER THE SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS...PORTIONS OF THE UPPER TRANS PECOS...VAN HORN AREA...AND MARFA PLATEAU INTO THE EARLY EVENING. THESE STRONGER WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH AROUND SUNSET. 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 102335 AAA NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 635 PM CDT TUE APR 10 2007 ...STRONG WEST WINDS IN THE MOUNTAINS THROUGH 10 PM CDT (9 PM MDT) WITH DECREASING WINDS IN THE PLAINS EARLY THIS EVENING... ...VERY STRONG WINDS EXPECTED IN THE GUADALUPE AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY... .A TIGHT SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT OVER WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO HAS RESULTED IN STRONG TO VERY STRONG WEST WINDS FROM THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS... SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE UPPER TRANS PECOS..VAN HORN AREA...MARFA PLATEAU...AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS. THE STRONGER WINDS WILL BE IN THE GUADALUPE AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS...WINDS WILL DIMINISH BY MID EVENING IN THE MOUNTAINS AND AROUND SUNSET IN THE PLAINS. A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL APPROACH THE REGION THURSDAY...AND MOVE OVER THE AREA FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT. STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AHEAD OF THIS STORM SYSTEM... WITH WEST WINDS EXCEEDING 40 TO 55 MPH IN THE GUADALUPE AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL LIKELY PERSIST IN BOTH MOUNTAIN RANGES MORE OFTEN THAN NOT FROM THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. WINDS IN THE PLAINS WILL LIKELY BE STRONG...BUT MORE ON THE ORDER OF 30 TO 40 MPH. NMZ027-TXZ074-258-110930- /O.EXT.KMAF.HW.W.0019.000000T0000Z-070411T0300Z/ /O.CON.KMAF.HW.A.0011.070412T1200Z-070414T0000Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA- GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...ALPINE... GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP...PINE SPRINGS 635 PM CDT TUE APR 10 2007 /535 PM MDT TUE APR 10 2007/ ...HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT /9 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... ...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT /9 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. A HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH WILL PERSIST IN THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS ABOVE 600 FT UNTIL MID EVENING BEFORE DIMINISHING. VERY STRONG WEST WINDS WILL AFFECT THE GUADALUPE AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS FROM THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY AS A SLOW MOVING...NUT POTENT...UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM APPROACHES THE REGION. 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. 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. $$ NMZ028-029-033-034-TXZ057-058-080-110045- /O.CON.KMAF.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-070411T0000Z/ EDDY COUNTY PLAINS-NORTHERN LEA COUNTY-CENTRAL LEA COUNTY- SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY-VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR- REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-MARFA PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARTESIA...CARLSBAD... CARLSBAD CAVERNS NP...TATUM...HOBBS...LOVINGTON...EUNICE...JAL... VAN HORN...PECOS...MARFA 635 PM CDT TUE APR 10 2007 /535 PM MDT TUE APR 10 2007/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... WEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH...WILL PERSIST OVER THE SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS...PORTIONS OF THE UPPER TRANS PECOS...VAN HORN AREA...AND MARFA PLATEAU INTO THE EARLY EVENING. THESE STRONGER WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH AROUND SUNSET. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 9, 6:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Gaines | 50 min |
| Apr 9, 6:37 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Andrews | 53 min |
| Apr 10, 3:12 AM MDT | High Wind Warning | MAF | 18 hr | |
| Apr 10, 1:34 PM MDT | High Wind Watch | MAF | 38 hr | |
| Apr 10, 1:51 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | MAF | Loving | 38 hr |
Nearby
Wind Advisories in New Mexico, 2007Wind Advisories in Texas, 2007Every wind advisory 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.