Alert archive / New Mexico / High Wind Warnings in 2008
High Wind Warning 45, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this high wind warning at Jun 4, 2008, 3:28 AM MDT for Eddy County, New Mexico. It took effect at Jun 4, 2008, 11:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 10 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
- Jun 4, 2008, 3:28 AM MDT (09:28 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 4, 2008, 11:00 AM MDT
- Expired
- Jun 4, 2008, 9:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 10 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 09:32 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, 9.5 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
- 6189 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 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 040928 NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 428 AM CDT WED JUN 4 2008 ...HIGH WINDS POSSIBLE IN THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS TODAY AND THURSDAY... .AS A STRONG UPPER TROUGH APPROACHES THE AREA... SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS ALOFT WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS BY THIS AFTERNOON. SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH... WITH GUSTS UP TO 65 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION THESE WINDS WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE ADJACENT AREAS. SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE PLAINS OF SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO... VAN HORN REGION... UPPER TRANS PECOS... AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS BEGINNING THIS AFTERNOON. HIGH WINDS WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS THURSDAY AS A SECONDARY LOBE OF THE TROUGH SWINGS ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS. NMZ027-TXZ258-042100- /O.UPG.KMAF.HW.A.0035.080604T1700Z-080605T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KMAF.HW.W.0045.080604T1700Z-080605T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KMAF.HW.A.0036.080605T1500Z-080606T0300Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP... PINE SPRINGS 328 AM MDT WED JUN 4 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING... ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. A HIGH WIND WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS HIGH WIND WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR TODAY. SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 35 TO 45 MPH IN THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS BY THIS AFTERNOON. THESE STRONG WINDS SHOULD PERSIST INTO THE EVENING BEFORE SUBSIDING. GUSTS UP TO 65 MPH WILL POSSIBLE. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR SIMILAR WINDS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. 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. $$ NMZ028-029-033-034-TXZ057>059-074-042100- /O.NEW.KMAF.WI.Y.0023.080604T1700Z-080605T0300Z/ EDDY COUNTY PLAINS-NORTHERN LEA COUNTY-CENTRAL LEA COUNTY- SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY-VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR- REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-LOVING- DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARTESIA...CARLSBAD... CARLSBAD CAVERNS NP...TATUM...HOBBS...LOVINGTON...EUNICE...JAL... VAN HORN...PECOS...MENTONE...RED BLUFF LAKE...ALPINE 428 AM CDT WED JUN 4 2008 /328 AM MDT WED JUN 4 2008/ ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON CDT /11 AM MDT/ TODAY TO 10 PM CDT /9 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON CDT /11 AM MDT/ TODAY TO 10 PM CDT /9 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE PLAINS OF SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO... THE VAN HORN REGION... UPPER TRANS PECOS... AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS BEGINNING THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING INTO THE EVENING. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS74 KMAF 041543 NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 1043 AM CDT WED JUN 4 2008 ...HIGH WINDS POSSIBLE IN THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS TODAY AND THURSDAY... ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND MUCH OF WEST TEXAS TODAY... .AS A STRONG UPPER TROUGH APPROACHES THE AREA... SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS ALOFT WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS BY THIS AFTERNOON. SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH... WITH GUSTS UP TO 65 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION...THESE WINDS WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE ADJACENT SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS. SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE PLAINS OF SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO...VAN HORN REGION...UPPER TRANS PECOS...DAVIS MOUNTAINS AND PERMIAN BASIN THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. AREAS OF BLOWING DUST WILL LIKELY AFFECT THESE AREAS. HIGH WINDS WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS THURSDAY AS A SECONDARY LOBE OF THE TROUGH SWINGS ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS. WINDS OVER THE PLAINS ARE ALSO EXPECTED TO BE STRONG THURSDAY. NMZ027-TXZ258-042345- /O.CON.KMAF.HW.W.0045.080604T1700Z-080605T0300Z/ /O.CON.KMAF.HW.A.0036.080605T1500Z-080606T0300Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP... PINE SPRINGS 943 AM MDT WED JUN 4 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING... ...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. A HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 35 TO 45 MPH IN THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS BY THIS AFTERNOON. THESE STRONG WINDS SHOULD PERSIST INTO THE EVENING BEFORE SUBSIDING. GUSTS UP TO 65 MPH WILL POSSIBLE. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR SIMILAR WINDS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. 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. $$ TXZ045>048-050>053-060>062-067-068-042345- /O.EXA.KMAF.WI.Y.0023.080604T1700Z-080605T0300Z/ GAINES-DAWSON-BORDEN-SCURRY-ANDREWS-MARTIN-HOWARD-MITCHELL- WINKLER-ECTOR-MIDLAND-WARD-CRANE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SEMINOLE...LAMESA...GAIL...SNYDER... ANDREWS...STANTON...BIG SPRING...COLORADO CITY...KERMIT... ODESSA...MIDLAND...MONAHANS...CRANE 1043 AM CDT WED JUN 4 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING. SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE PERMIAN BASIN AND UPPER TRANS PECOS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING INTO THE EVENING. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ NMZ028-029-033-034-TXZ057>059-074-042345- /O.CON.KMAF.WI.Y.0023.080604T1700Z-080605T0300Z/ EDDY COUNTY PLAINS-NORTHERN LEA COUNTY-CENTRAL LEA COUNTY- SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY-VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR- REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-LOVING- DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARTESIA...CARLSBAD... CARLSBAD CAVERNS NP...TATUM...HOBBS...LOVINGTON...EUNICE...JAL... VAN HORN...PECOS...MENTONE...RED BLUFF LAKE...ALPINE 1043 AM CDT WED JUN 4 2008 /943 AM MDT WED JUN 4 2008/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT /9 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT /9 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE PLAINS OF SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO...THE VAN HORN REGION...UPPER TRANS PECOS AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING INTO THE EVENING. 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 041943 NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 243 PM CDT WED JUN 4 2008 ...HIGH WINDS TO CONTINUE IN THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS INTO THIS EVENING AND AGAIN ON THURSDAY... ...STRONG WINDS INTO THIS EVENING ACROSS SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND MUCH OF WEST TEXAS TODAY... .SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS ALOFT WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS AS A STRONG UPPER TROUGH APPROACHES THE AREA. SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 65 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION...THESE WINDS WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE ADJACENT SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS AND PORTIONS OF WEST TEXAS. SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE PLAINS OF SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO...VAN HORN REGION... UPPER TRANS PECOS...DAVIS MOUNTAINS AND PERMIAN BASIN INTO THIS EVENING. AREAS OF BLOWING DUST COULD AFFECT THESE AREAS. STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN ACROSS THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS THURSDAY AS THE UPPER TROUGH MOVES INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS. VERY WINDY CONDTIIONS ARE ALSO EXPECTED IN THE PLAINS AND PORTIONS OF WEST TEXAS. NMZ027-TXZ258-050345- /O.UPG.KMAF.HW.A.0036.080605T1500Z-080606T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KMAF.HW.W.0046.080605T1400Z-080606T0300Z/ /O.CON.KMAF.HW.W.0045.000000T0000Z-080605T0300Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP... PINE SPRINGS 143 PM MDT WED JUN 4 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING... ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 9 PM MDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 9 PM MDT THURSDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE IN THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS INTO THIS EVENING BEFORE SUBSIDING. GUSTS UP TO 65 MPH WILL POSSIBLE. SIMILAR WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AGAIN THURSDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING. 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>048-050>053-057>062-067-068-074-050300- /O.CON.KMAF.WI.Y.0023.000000T0000Z-080605T0300Z/ 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- WARD-CRANE-DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA- 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...MONAHANS...CRANE... ALPINE 243 PM CDT WED JUN 4 2008 /143 PM MDT WED JUN 4 2008/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT /9 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE PLAINS OF SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO...THE VAN HORN REGION...UPPER TRANS PECOS...MUCH OF THE PERMIAN BASIN...AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS INTO THIS EVENING. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 3:28 AM MDT | High Wind Watch | MAF | 10 hr | |
| Jun 4, 3:28 AM MDT | Wind Advisory | MAF | Andrews, Borden, Crane, Dawson, Ector, Gaines and 8 more | 18 hr |
| Jun 4, 1:36 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | MAF | Andrews, Borden, Crane, Dawson, Ector, Gaines and 12 more | 31 hr |
| Jun 4, 1:43 PM MDT | High Wind Warning | MAF | 31 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.