Alert archive / New Mexico / High Wind Warnings in 2008
High Wind Warning 19, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this high wind warning at Feb 24, 2008, 2:38 PM MST for Eddy County, New Mexico. It took effect at Feb 25, 2008, 2:00 AM MST. 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
- Feb 24, 2008, 2:38 PM MST (21:38 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 25, 2008, 2:00 AM MST
- Expired
- Feb 25, 2008, 7:00 PM 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 21:35 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, 9.6 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
- 3239 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 19 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 77 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 242138 NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 338 PM CST SUN FEB 24 2008 ...VERY WINDY ACROSS ALL OF WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO MONDAY... .A VIGOROUS UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM LOCATED NEAR THE FOUR CORNERS REGION EARLY MONDAY MORNING WILL LIFT EASTWARD ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS BY LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON. VERY STRONG WINDS AROUND THE BASE OF THIS SYSTEM...ALONG WITH A TIGHTENING SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT...WILL BRING VERY WINDY CONDITIONS ACROSS MUCH OF WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO MONDAY. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL IMPACT THE GUADALUPE AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS. WINDS SHOULD GRADUALLY DIMINISH MONDAY EVENING. NMZ027-TXZ074-258-251100- /O.UPG.KMAF.HW.A.0012.080225T1000Z-080226T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KMAF.HW.W.0019.080225T0900Z-080226T0200Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA- GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...ALPINE... GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP...PINE SPRINGS 338 PM CST SUN FEB 24 2008 /238 PM MST SUN FEB 24 2008/ ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM CST /2 AM MST/ TO 8 PM CST /7 PM MST/ MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS AND ELEVATIONS ABOVE 6000 FEET IN THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM CST OR 2 AM MST...TO 8 PM CST OR 7 PM MST MONDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 40 TO 60 MPH...WITH A FEW GUSTS OVER 80 MPH ACROSS BOTH MOUNTAIN RANGES BEGINNING EARLY MONDAY MORNING. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY...BEFORE GRADUALLY DIMINISHING MONDAY EVENING. 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. MOTORISTS PLANNING TRAVEL ACROSS THE GUADALUPE AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS MONDAY...INCLUDING HIGHWAY 62 180 THROUGH GUADALUPE PASS...AND HIGHWAYS 118 AND 166 THROUGH THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS MAY WANT TO PLAN ALTERNATE ROUTES. $$ NMZ028-029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-075-079>082- 251100- /O.NEW.KMAF.WI.Y.0009.080225T1600Z-080225T2300Z/ EDDY COUNTY PLAINS-NORTHERN LEA COUNTY-CENTRAL LEA COUNTY- SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY-GAINES-DAWSON-BORDEN-SCURRY-ANDREWS-MARTIN- HOWARD-MITCHELL-VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR- REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-LOVING-WINKLER-ECTOR-MIDLAND- GLASSCOCK-WARD-CRANE-UPTON-REAGAN-PECOS-PRESIDIO VALLEY- MARFA PLATEAU-BIG BEND AREA-TERRELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARTESIA...CARLSBAD... CARLSBAD CAVERNS NP...TATUM...HOBBS...LOVINGTON...EUNICE...JAL... SEMINOLE...LAMESA...GAIL...SNYDER...ANDREWS...STANTON... BIG SPRING...COLORADO CITY...VAN HORN...PECOS...MENTONE... RED BLUFF LAKE...KERMIT...ODESSA...MIDLAND...GARDEN CITY... MONAHANS...CRANE...MCCAMEY...RANKIN...BIG LAKE...FORT STOCKTON... PRESIDIO...MARFA...BIG BEND NP...MARATHON...SANDERSON 338 PM CST SUN FEB 24 2008 /238 PM MST SUN FEB 24 2008/ ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM CST /9 AM MST/ TO 5 PM CST /4 PM MST/ MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY FOR THE SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO PLAINS...AND MUCH OF WEST AND SOUTHWEST TEXAS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM CST OR 9 AM MST...TO 5 PM CST OR 4 PM MST MONDAY. WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH A FEW GUSTS OVER 45 MPH LATE MONDAY MORNING. THESE WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE AFTERNOON BEFORE GRADUALLY DIMINISHING. DRIVERS OF VANS...CAMPERS...TRAILERS...AND OTHER HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE DANGER OF THESE WINDS...ESPECIALLY WHEN DRIVING ALONG NORTH AND SOUTH ORIENTED ROADS. SECURE LAWN FURNITURE...GARBAGE CANS...OR OTHER OBJECTS WHICH COULD BE BLOWN ABOUT BY THE WIND. $$
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS74 KMAF 251032 NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 432 AM CST MON FEB 25 2008 ...VERY WINDY ACROSS ALL OF WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO TODAY... .A VIGOROUS UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM LOCATED NEAR THE FOUR CORNERS REGION THIS MORNING WILL MOVE EASTWARD ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. VERY STRONG WINDS AROUND THE BASE OF THIS SYSTEM...ALONG WITH A TIGHTENING SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT...WILL BRING VERY WINDY CONDITIONS ACROSS MUCH OF WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO TODAY. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL IMPACT THE GUADALUPE AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS. WINDS SHOULD GRADUALLY DIMINISH MONDAY EVENING. NMZ027-TXZ074-258-260200- /O.CON.KMAF.HW.W.0019.000000T0000Z-080226T0200Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA- GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...ALPINE... GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP...PINE SPRINGS 432 AM CST MON FEB 25 2008 /332 AM MST MON FEB 25 2008/ ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CST /7 PM MST/ THIS EVENING... WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 40 TO 60 MPH...WITH A FEW GUSTS OVER 80 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS BOTH THE GUADALUPE AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS TODAY. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY...BEFORE GRADUALLY DIMINISHING MONDAY EVENING. AVIATION INTERESTS MAY EXPERIENCE LOCALIZED BUT EXTREME TURBULENCE...OR STRONG DOWNWARD AIRFLOWS...IF FLYING IN THE VICINITY OF THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS TODAY. PILOTS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR STANDING WAVE CLOUDS OR OTHER EVIDENCE OF MOUNTAIN WAVE ACTIVITY. MOTORISTS PLANNING TRAVEL ACROSS THE GUADALUPE AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS TODAY...INCLUDING HIGHWAY 62 180 THROUGH GUADALUPE PASS...AND HIGHWAYS 118 AND 166 THROUGH THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS MAY WANT TO PLAN ALTERNATE ROUTES. $$ NMZ028-029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-075-079>082- 252300- /O.CON.KMAF.WI.Y.0009.080225T1600Z-080225T2300Z/ EDDY COUNTY PLAINS-NORTHERN LEA COUNTY-CENTRAL LEA COUNTY- SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY-GAINES-DAWSON-BORDEN-SCURRY-ANDREWS-MARTIN- HOWARD-MITCHELL-VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR- REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-LOVING-WINKLER-ECTOR-MIDLAND- GLASSCOCK-WARD-CRANE-UPTON-REAGAN-PECOS-PRESIDIO VALLEY- MARFA PLATEAU-BIG BEND AREA-TERRELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARTESIA...CARLSBAD... CARLSBAD CAVERNS NP...TATUM...HOBBS...LOVINGTON...EUNICE...JAL... SEMINOLE...LAMESA...GAIL...SNYDER...ANDREWS...STANTON... BIG SPRING...COLORADO CITY...VAN HORN...PECOS...MENTONE... RED BLUFF LAKE...KERMIT...ODESSA...MIDLAND...GARDEN CITY... MONAHANS...CRANE...MCCAMEY...RANKIN...BIG LAKE...FORT STOCKTON... PRESIDIO...MARFA...BIG BEND NP...MARATHON...SANDERSON 432 AM CST MON FEB 25 2008 /332 AM MST MON FEB 25 2008/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM CST /9 AM MST/ THIS MORNING TO 5 PM CST /4 PM MST/ THIS AFTERNOON... WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH A FEW GUSTS OVER 45 MPH BY LATE THIS MORNING. THESE WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE AFTERNOON BEFORE GRADUALLY DIMINISHING. DRIVERS OF VANS...CAMPERS...TRAILERS...AND OTHER HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE DANGER OF THESE WINDS... ESPECIALLY WHEN DRIVING ALONG NORTH AND SOUTH ORIENTED ROADS. SECURE LAWN FURNITURE...GARBAGE CANS...OR OTHER OBJECTS WHICH COULD BE BLOWN ABOUT BY THE WIND. $$
000 WWUS74 KMAF 251720 NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 1120 AM CST MON FEB 25 2008 ...VERY WINDY TO STRONG WINDS ACROSS ALL OF WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO TODAY... .A VIGOROUS UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM LOCATED NEAR THE FOUR CORNERS REGION THIS MORNING WILL MOVE EASTWARD ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. VERY STRONG WINDS AROUND THE BASE OF THIS SYSTEM...ALONG WITH A TIGHTENING SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT...WILL BRING VERY WINDY CONDITIONS ACROSS WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO TODAY. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL IMPACT THE GUADALUPE AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS. WINDS SHOULD GRADUALLY DIMINISH MONDAY EVENING. NMZ028-TXZ057-058-080-252300- /O.UPG.KMAF.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-080225T2300Z/ /O.EXB.KMAF.HW.W.0019.000000T0000Z-080225T2300Z/ EDDY COUNTY PLAINS-VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR- REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-MARFA PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARTESIA...CARLSBAD... CARLSBAD CAVERNS NP...VAN HORN...PECOS...MARFA 1120 AM CST MON FEB 25 2008 /1020 AM MST MON FEB 25 2008/ ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST /4 PM MST/ THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THE EDDY COUNTY PLAINS OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...THE VAN HORN CORRIDOR...THE UPPER TRANS PECOS REGION...AND THE MARFA PLATEAU...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST...OR 4 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 35 TO 45 MPH...WITH A FEW GUSTS NEAR 60 MPH TODAY. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION WHILE DRIVING IN THE HIGH WIND WARNING AREA. BE ALERT TO SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND THAT MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. EXTRA ATTENTION SHOULD BE GIVEN TO CROSS WINDS WHEN DRIVING ON BRIDGES...OVERPASSES AND NORTH SOUTH ORIENTED ROADS. TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. THE HIGH WINDS CAN TOPPLE TREES...DOWN POWER LINES...AND DAMAGE SOME STRUCTURES. $$ NMZ027-TXZ074-258-252300- /O.CON.KMAF.HW.W.0019.000000T0000Z-080226T0200Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA- GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...ALPINE... GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP...PINE SPRINGS 1120 AM CST MON FEB 25 2008 /1020 AM MST MON FEB 25 2008/ ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CST /7 PM MST/ THIS EVENING... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE GUADALUPE AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS...INCLUDING PINE SPRINGS...FORT DAVIS...AND ALPINE UNTIL 8 PM CST THIS EVENING. WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 40 TO 60 MPH...WITH A FEW GUSTS OVER 80 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS AND THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON. WEST WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH...WITH GUSTS OVER 55 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS OF THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS...INCLUDING FORT DAVIS AND ALPINE. MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION WHILE DRIVING IN THE HIGH WIND WARNING AREA. BE ALERT TO SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND THAT MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. EXTRA ATTENTION SHOULD BE GIVEN TO CROSS WINDS WHEN DRIVING ON BRIDGES...OVERPASSES AND NORTH SOUTH ORIENTED ROADS. TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. THE HIGH WINDS CAN TOPPLE TREES...DOWN POWER LINES...AND DAMAGE SOME STRUCTURES. $$ NMZ029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-059>063-067>070-075-079-081-082- 252300- /O.CON.KMAF.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-080225T2300Z/ NORTHERN LEA COUNTY-CENTRAL LEA COUNTY-SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY-GAINES- DAWSON-BORDEN-SCURRY-ANDREWS-MARTIN-HOWARD-MITCHELL-LOVING- WINKLER-ECTOR-MIDLAND-GLASSCOCK-WARD-CRANE-UPTON-REAGAN-PECOS- PRESIDIO VALLEY-BIG BEND AREA-TERRELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TATUM...HOBBS...LOVINGTON...EUNICE... JAL...SEMINOLE...LAMESA...GAIL...SNYDER...ANDREWS...STANTON... BIG SPRING...COLORADO CITY...MENTONE...RED BLUFF LAKE...KERMIT... ODESSA...MIDLAND...GARDEN CITY...MONAHANS...CRANE...MCCAMEY... RANKIN...BIG LAKE...FORT STOCKTON...PRESIDIO...BIG BEND NP... MARATHON...SANDERSON 1120 AM CST MON FEB 25 2008 /1020 AM MST MON FEB 25 2008/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST /4 PM MST/ THIS AFTERNOON... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR LEA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND MUCH OF WEST AND SOUTHWEST TEXAS UNTIL 5 PM CST...OR 4 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH...WITH A FEW GUSTS NEAR 50 MPH WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE WIND ADVISORY THIS AFTERNOON. THESE WINDS WILL GRADUALLY BEGIN TO DIMINISH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. DRIVERS OF VANS...CAMPERS...TRAILERS...AND OTHER HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE DANGER OF THESE WINDS... ESPECIALLY WHEN DRIVING ALONG NORTH AND SOUTH ORIENTED ROADS. SECURE LAWN FURNITURE...GARBAGE CANS...OR OTHER OBJECTS WHICH COULD BE BLOWN ABOUT BY THE WIND. $$
000 WWUS74 KMAF 252326 NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 526 PM CST MON FEB 25 2008 ...STRONG WINDS ACROSS THE DAVIS AND GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING... .A VIGOROUS UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM LOCATED NEAR THE FOUR CORNERS REGION THIS MORNING WILL MOVE EASTWARD ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. VERY STRONG WINDS AROUND THE BASE OF THIS SYSTEM...ALONG WITH A TIGHTENING SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT...WILL BRING STRONG WINDS TO THE GUADALUPE AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH THIS EVENING. NMZ028-TXZ057-058-080-260030- /O.EXP.KMAF.HW.W.0019.000000T0000Z-080225T2300Z/ EDDY COUNTY PLAINS-VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR- REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-MARFA PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARTESIA...CARLSBAD... CARLSBAD CAVERNS NP...VAN HORN...PECOS...MARFA 526 PM CST MON FEB 25 2008 /426 PM MST MON FEB 25 2008/ ...HIGH WIND WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED ACROSS THE AREA AND NO LONGER MEET WARNING CRITERIA. THEREFORE THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$ NMZ029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-059>063-067>070-075-079-081-082- 260030- /O.EXP.KMAF.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-080225T2300Z/ NORTHERN LEA COUNTY-CENTRAL LEA COUNTY-SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY-GAINES- DAWSON-BORDEN-SCURRY-ANDREWS-MARTIN-HOWARD-MITCHELL-LOVING- WINKLER-ECTOR-MIDLAND-GLASSCOCK-WARD-CRANE-UPTON-REAGAN-PECOS- PRESIDIO VALLEY-BIG BEND AREA-TERRELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TATUM...HOBBS...LOVINGTON...EUNICE... JAL...SEMINOLE...LAMESA...GAIL...SNYDER...ANDREWS...STANTON... BIG SPRING...COLORADO CITY...MENTONE...RED BLUFF LAKE...KERMIT... ODESSA...MIDLAND...GARDEN CITY...MONAHANS...CRANE...MCCAMEY... RANKIN...BIG LAKE...FORT STOCKTON...PRESIDIO...BIG BEND NP... MARATHON...SANDERSON 526 PM CST MON FEB 25 2008 /426 PM MST MON FEB 25 2008/ ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED ACROSS THE AREA AND NO LONGER MEET ADVISORY CRITERIA. THEREFORE THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$ NMZ027-TXZ074-258-260200- /O.CON.KMAF.HW.W.0019.000000T0000Z-080226T0200Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA- GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...ALPINE... GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP...PINE SPRINGS 526 PM CST MON FEB 25 2008 /426 PM MST MON FEB 25 2008/ ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CST /7 PM MST/ THIS EVENING... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CST /7 PM MST/ THIS EVENING FOR THE GUADALUPE AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS...INCLUDING PINE SPRINGS...FORT DAVIS...AND ALPINE. WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 40 TO 60 MPH...WITH A FEW GUSTS OVER 80 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS AND THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON. WEST WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH...WITH GUSTS OVER 55 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS OF THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS...INCLUDING FORT DAVIS AND ALPINE. MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION WHILE DRIVING IN THE HIGH WIND WARNING AREA. BE ALERT TO SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND THAT MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. EXTRA ATTENTION SHOULD BE GIVEN TO CROSS WINDS WHEN DRIVING ON BRIDGES...OVERPASSES AND NORTH SOUTH ORIENTED ROADS. TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. THE HIGH WINDS CAN TOPPLE TREES...DOWN POWER LINES...AND DAMAGE SOME STRUCTURES. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this high wind warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this high wind warning went out at Feb 24, 2:20 PM MST, 18 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 24, 2:20 PM MST, 18 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
320 PM CST SUN FEB 24 2008
.DISCUSSION...
THE MAIN WEATHER HIGHLIGHT FOR THIS FORECAST WILL BE STRONG WINDS
AND EXTREME FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS THE CWA MONDAY. EARLY
AFTERNOON WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS A STRONG SHORTWAVE TROUGH
ACROSS CALIFORNIA/NEVADA...WITH THE PARENT UPPER LOW LOCATED JUST
OFF THE NORTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA COAST. SURFACE LOW PRESSURE WILL
CONTINUE TO DEEPEN ACROSS SOUTHERN KANSAS/NORTHERN OKLAHOMA MONDAY
AFTERNOON AS THE SHORTWAVE TROUGH LIFTS EASTWARD FROM THE FOUR
CORNERS REGION TOWARD THE TX/OK PANHANDLES. STRONG MID LEVEL WINDS
WILL BE IN PLACE ON THE SOUTHERN EDGE OF THE TROUGH...WITH FORECAST
MODELS INDICATING 700 MB WINDS AS STRONG AS 60-70 KNOTS ACROSS
WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA MONDAY MORNING. EXPECT VERY
WINDY CONDITIONS TO QUICKLY MIX ACROSS MOST OF THE FORECAST AREA BY
LATE MONDAY MORNING. WE WILL ISSUE A HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THE
GUADALUPE AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS...WHERE SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 40-60
MPH...WITH A FEW GUSTS OVER 80 MPH WILL BE LIKELY. A WIND ADVISORY
WILL ALSO BE ISSUED FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST AREA...AS WEST
TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25-35 MPH...WITH A FEW GUSTS OVER 45 MPH WILL
BE LIKELY FROM THE LATE MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON. THESE
WINDS...WHEN COMBINED WITH VERY WARM SURFACE TEMPERATURES AND
DEWPOINTS DROPPING INTO THE TEENS...WILL LIKELY CREATE AN EXTREME
FIRE BEHAVIOR PATTERN MONDAY AFTERNOON.
A COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA MONDAY EVENING...
WITH SURFACE WINDS SHIFTING MORE TO THE NORTH/NORTHEAST AND
GRADUALLY DIMINISHING AS THE EVENING PROGRESSES. MUCH COOLER
TEMPERATURES ARE ANTICIPATED TUESDAY.
NO CHANGE WAS MADE TO THE REMAINDER OF THE EXTENDED PACKAGE. DRY
NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT IS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY...WITH A TRANSITION TO A
ZONAL PATTERN THURSDAY. A WARMING TREND IS EXPECTED BOTH DAYS. THE
NEXT SHORTWAVE TROUGH IS PROGGED TO MOVE ACROSS THE REGION LATE
FRIDAY. LITTLE CONFIDENCE IN ANY PRECIPITATION WITH THIS SYSTEM.
TRENDED MAX/MIN TEMPERATURES VERY CLOSE TO MOS GUIDANCE LATE IN THE
PERIOD...WHICH WILL BE SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL VALUES.
&&
.FIRE WEATHER...
ACROSS THE PLAINS...20 FOOT WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO GUST TO AROUND 20
MPH THIS AFTERNOON...THEN DECREASE BRIEFLY THIS EVENING. AS SURFACE
LOW PRESSURE DEEPENS NORTH OF THE REGION...20 FOOT WINDS WILL BEGIN
TO INCREASE BY EARLY MONDAY MORNING. FOR THE MOUNTAINS... 20 FOOT
WINDS WILL LIKELY REMAIN STEADY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND INTO THE
EVENING...THEN INCREASE SIGNIFICANTLY BY EARLY MONDAY MORNING. MILD
OVERNIGHT LOW TEMPERATURES ALONG WITH A DRY AIR MASS WILL RESULT IN
GENERALLY POOR RH RECOVERY FOR ALL AREAS TONIGHT.
ON MONDAY...CONDITIONS CONTINUE TO FAVOR A CRITICAL TO EXTREMELY
CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER PATTERN ACROSS MUCH OF WEST TEXAS AND
SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO. AS MENTIONED ABOVE...GENERALLY POOR
OVERNIGHT RH RECOVERY IS EXPECTED FOR ALL AREAS TONIGHT...WITH LOW
RH/S ALREADY IN PLACE FOR MONDAY MORNING. 20 FOOT WINDS WILL
INCREASE AREAWIDE WITH SUSTAINED WESTERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH
GUSTS NEAR 45 MPH COMMON DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. WIDESPREAD
MINIMUM RH/S OF 5 TO 15% CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH THE LOWEST RH/S
LIKELY STRETCHING ACROSS THE TRANS PECOS REGION. WINDS WILL SHIFT
FROM WESTERLY TO NORTHWESTERLY FROM NORTH TO SOUTH DURING THE LATE
AFTERNOON AS A COLD FRONT PUSHES ACROSS THE REGION. WIND SPEEDS WILL
CHANGE LITTLE BEHIND THE FRONT...AND RH/S WILL BE SLOW TO INCREASE
GIVEN A CONTINUED DRY AIR MASS. CONTINUED POOR OVERNIGHT RH RECOVERY
MONDAY NIGHT FOR AREAS GENERALLY WEST OF THE PECOS RIVER...WITH FAIR
RECOVERY FOR AREAS EAST OF THE PECOS RIVER.
06
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
BIG SPRING TX 51 81 37 57 / 0 0 0 10
CARLSBAD NM 49 76 36 60 / 0 0 0 0
DRYDEN TX 47 90 49 65 / 0 0 0 0
FORT STOCKTON TX 56 87 42 61 / 0 0 0 0
GUADALUPE PASS TX 50 69 38 56 / 0 0 0 0
HOBBS NM 48 74 34 55 / 0 0 0 10
MARFA TX 35 78 34 59 / 0 0 0 0
MIDLAND INTL AIRPORT TX 50 80 36 58 / 0 0 0 10
ODESSA TX 52 81 36 58 / 0 0 0 10
WINK TX 52 86 40 64 / 0 0 0 0
&&
.MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NM...RED FLAG WARNING FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM MST MONDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP/LINCOLN NF/LNZ...SOUTHEAST
PLAINS/BLM ROSWELL/LNZ.
WIND ADVISORY FROM 9 AM TO 4 PM MST MONDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES...CENTRAL LEA COUNTY...EDDY COUNTY PLAINS...NORTHERN
LEA COUNTY...SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY.
HIGH WIND WARNING FROM 2 AM TO 7 PM MST MONDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY.
TX...RED FLAG WARNING FROM 12 PM CST /11 AM MST/ TO 9 PM CST /8 PM
MST/ MONDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES...ANDREWS...BIG BEND
AREA...BORDEN...CRANE...DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA...
DAWSON...ECTOR...GAINES...GLASSCOCK...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS...
HOWARD...LOVING...MARFA PLATEAU...MARTIN...MIDLAND...
MITCHELL...PECOS...PRESIDIO VALLEY...REAGAN...REEVES COUNTY
AND UPPER TRANS PECOS...SCURRY...TERRELL...UPTON...VAN HORN
AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR...WARD...WINKLER.
WIND ADVISORY FROM 10 AM TO 5 PM CST MONDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES...ANDREWS...BIG BEND AREA...BORDEN...CRANE...DAWSON...
ECTOR...GAINES...GLASSCOCK...HOWARD...LOVING...MARFA
PLATEAU...MARTIN...MIDLAND...MITCHELL...PECOS...PRESIDIO
VALLEY...REAGAN...REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS...
SCURRY...TERRELL...UPTON...VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54
CORRIDOR...WARD...WINKLER.
HIGH WIND WARNING FROM 3 AM CST /2 AM MST/ TO 8 PM CST /7 PM
MST/ MONDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES...DAVIS/APACHE
MOUNTAINS AREA...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS.
&&
06/21Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 24, 1:39 PM MST, 59 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 239 PM CST SUN FEB 24 2008 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-252045- GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-EDDY COUNTY PLAINS- NORTHERN LEA COUNTY-CENTRAL LEA COUNTY-SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY-GAINES- DAWSON-BORDEN-SCURRY-ANDREWS-MARTIN-HOWARD-MITCHELL- VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR- REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-LOVING-WINKLER-ECTOR-MIDLAND- GLASSCOCK-WARD-CRANE-UPTON-REAGAN-DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA- PECOS-PRESIDIO VALLEY-MARFA PLATEAU-BIG BEND AREA-TERRELL- GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- 239 PM CST SUN FEB 24 2008 /139 PM MST SUN FEB 24 2008/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND WEST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY CRITICAL TO EXTREMELY CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR MONDAY AS VERY WARM...VERY WINDY...AND DRY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FOR ALL AREAS. OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES INVOLVING OPEN FLAMES OR SPARKS ARE HIGHLY DISCOURAGED ON MONDAY. VERY WINDY CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO AREAS OF BLOWING DUST ON MONDAY AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY NEAR PLOWED FIELDS AND CONSTRUCTION SITES. IN ADDITION...VERY STRONG WINDS ARE LIKELY ACROSS THE GUADALUPE AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS ON MONDAY. GUSTS MAY REACH 80 MPH IN THESE MOUNTAINOUS REGIONS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WATCHES...WARNINGS...ADVISORIES... AND STATEMENTS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN MIDLAND CAN BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET AT /LOWER CASE/ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MIDLAND
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 3:57 AM MST | Red Flag Warning | MAF | 40 hr | |
| Feb 24, 2:38 PM MST | Wind Advisory | MAF | Eddy, Lea | 25 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.