Alert archive / New Mexico / High Wind Warnings in 2008
High Wind Warning 1, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this high wind warning at Jan 5, 2008, 10:24 AM MST for Eddy County, New Mexico. It was in force for 17 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
- Jan 5, 2008, 10:24 AM MST (17:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 6, 2008, 3:00 AM MST
- In force
- 17 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 17:27 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, 5.4 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
- 2257 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 191 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 133 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 051724 NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 1124 AM CST SAT JAN 5 2008 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED ACROSS THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... ...STRONG WINDS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... ...STRONG WINDS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS ABOVE 6000 FEET MONDAY THROUGH LATE MONDAY EVENING... .A SLOW MOVING UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL IMPACT THE REGION THE NEXT FEW DAYS. AS IT APPROACHES...WINDS ACROSS THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. THE WINDS ACROSS THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS ABOVE 6000 FEET ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE SIGNIFICANTLY MONDAY THROUGH LATE MONDAY EVENING. NMZ027-TXZ258-061030- /O.NEW.KMAF.HW.W.0001.080105T1724Z-080106T1000Z/ /O.EXT.KMAF.HW.A.0001.080106T1000Z-080108T0600Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP... PINE SPRINGS 1024 AM MST SAT JAN 5 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM MST SUNDAY... ...HIGH WIND WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM MST SUNDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. WEST OR SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH...WITH GUSTS NEAR 65 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. WEST OR SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 65 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. WIND SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE ON MONDAY TO 40 TO 50 MPH...WITH GUSTS OVER 70 MPH POSSIBLE. 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. 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. $$ TXZ074-061030- /O.NEW.KMAF.HW.A.0002.080107T1200Z-080108T0600Z/ DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...ALPINE 1124 AM CST SAT JAN 5 2008 ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. WEST OR SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 70 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS ABOVE 6000 FEET MONDAY THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS74 KMAF 061026 NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 426 AM CST SUN JAN 6 2008 ...STRONG WINDS WILL AFFECT THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS TODAY AND TONIGHT... ...STRONG WINDS ARE LIKELY AGAIN MONDAY ACROSS THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS AND THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS ABOVE 6000 FEET... .STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS TODAY AND TONIGHT AS FAST MID LEVEL FLOW CONTINUES IN ADVANCE OF A STRENGTHENING UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM ACROSS THE WESTERN STATES. STRONGER WINDS ARE LIKELY ACROSS BOTH THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS AND THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS MONDAY AS THE UPPER STORM SYSTEM LIFTS EASTWARD ACROSS THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS. WINDS SHOULD BEGIN TO DIMINISH LATE MONDAY NIGHT. NMZ027-TXZ258-062200- /O.EXP.KMAF.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080106T1000Z/ /O.NEW.KMAF.HW.W.0002.080106T1001Z-080107T1200Z/ /O.EXT.KMAF.HW.A.0001.000000T0000Z-080108T0600Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP... PINE SPRINGS 326 AM MST SUN JAN 6 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST MONDAY... ...HIGH WIND WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST MONDAY. A HIGH WIND WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH...WITH GUSTS NEAR 60 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS TODAY AND TONIGHT. WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL LIKELY INCREASE TO 40 TO 50 MPH...WITH GUSTS OVER 70 MPH POSSIBLE MONDAY. WINDS SHOULD BEGIN TO DIMINISH LATE MONDAY NIGHT. 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. 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. $$ TXZ074-062200- /O.CON.KMAF.HW.A.0002.080107T1200Z-080108T0600Z/ DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...ALPINE 426 AM CST SUN JAN 6 2008 ...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL LIKELY INCREASE TO 40 TO 50 MPH...WITH GUSTS OVER 70 MPH POSSIBLE IN THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS ABOVE 6000 FEET MONDAY THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. WINDS SHOULD BEGIN TO DIMINISH LATE MONDAY NIGHT. A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 5, 4:06 AM MST | High Wind Watch | MAF | Eddy | 48 hr |
| Jan 5, 10:24 AM MST | High Wind Watch | MAF | 42 hr |
Nearby
High Wind Warnings in New Mexico, 2008High Wind Warnings in Texas, 2008Every high wind warning in 2008
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.