Alert archive / New Mexico / High Wind Warnings in 2008
High Wind Warning 64, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this high wind warning at Dec 25, 2008, 4:04 PM MST for Eddy County, New Mexico. It was in force for 37 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
- Dec 25, 2008, 4:04 PM MST (23:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 27, 2008, 5:00 AM MST
- In force
- 37 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 23:08 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, 11.1 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
- 2192 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 321 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 346 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 252304 NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 504 PM CST THU DEC 25 2008 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED ACROSS THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT... .THE APPROACH OF AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL RESULT IN STRENGTHENING SOUTHWEST WINDS ACROSS THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. STRONG WINDS ACROSS THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS MAY SUBSIDE A LITTLE OVERNIGHT...HOWEVER STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO RECUR AGAIN ON FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT. NMZ027-TXZ258-261200- /O.UPG.KMAF.HW.A.0049.081226T0900Z-081227T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMAF.HW.W.0064.081225T2304Z-081227T1200Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...PINE SPRINGS 404 PM MST THU DEC 25 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SATURDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS WHERE WINDS SPEEDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH POSSIBLE THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. THESE STRONG WINDS MAY SUBSIDE A LITTLE OVERNIGHT...HOWEVER STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO RECUR ACROSS THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS ON FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... HIGH WINDS ACROSS THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY ALONG U.S. 62/180 THROUGH GUADALUPE PASS. MOTORISTS PLANNING TRAVEL LATE CHRISTMAS DAY AND ON FRIDAY SHOULD BE CAUTIOUS WHILE DRIVING CAMPERS...VANS...TRACTOR TRAILERS...AND OTHER HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. 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. && $$
5 follow-up statements
000 WWUS74 KMAF 261045 NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 445 AM CST FRI DEC 26 2008 ...HIGH WINDS EXPECTED ACROSS THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO THROUGH TONIGHT WITH WINDY CONDITIONS FOR THE ADJACENT PLAINS... .THE APPROACH OF AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL RESULT IN STRENGTHENING SOUTHWEST WINDS ACROSS THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS TODAY AND TONIGHT. SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 40 TO 60 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 70 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS. GUSTY WINDS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE ADJACENT PLAINS WITH SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. WIND SPEEDS ACROSS THE PLAINS SHOULD DECREASE THIS EVENING. NMZ027-TXZ258-262200- /O.CON.KMAF.HW.W.0064.000000T0000Z-081227T1200Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...PINE SPRINGS 345 AM MST FRI DEC 26 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SATURDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SATURDAY. HIGH WINDS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS TODAY AND TONIGHT WHERE SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 40 TO 60 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 70 MPH ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT. HIGH WINDS ACROSS THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS... ESPECIALLY ALONG U.S. 62/180 THROUGH GUADALUPE PASS. MOTORISTS PLANNING TRAVEL SHOULD BE CAUTIOUS WHILE DRIVING CAMPERS... VANS... TRACTOR TRAILERS... AND OTHER HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ NMZ028-TXZ057-262200- /O.NEW.KMAF.WI.Y.0035.081226T1800Z-081227T0000Z/ EDDY COUNTY PLAINS-VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARTESIA...CARLSBAD...VAN HORN 445 AM CST FRI DEC 26 2008 /345 AM MST FRI DEC 26 2008/ ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON CST /11 AM MST/ TODAY TO 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON CST /11 AM MST/ TODAY TO 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING. STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE PLAINS OF EDDY COUNTY AND THE VAN HORN/HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR THIS AFTERNOON. SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 MPH OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
000 WWUS74 KMAF 261824 NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 1224 PM CST FRI DEC 26 2008 ...HIGH WINDS EXPECTED ACROSS THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF WEST TEXAS THROUGH TONIGHT WITH WINDY CONDITIONS FOR THE ADJACENT PLAINS...PORTIONS OF LEA COUNTY...AND THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS... .THE APPROACH OF AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL RESULT IN STRENGTHENING SOUTHWEST WINDS ACROSS THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS TODAY AND TONIGHT. SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 40 TO 60 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 70 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS. GUSTY WINDS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE ADJACENT PLAINS...LEA COUNTY...AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS WITH SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. WIND SPEEDS ACROSS THE PLAINS AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS SHOULD DECREASE THIS EVENING. NMZ027-TXZ258-270230- /O.CON.KMAF.HW.W.0064.000000T0000Z-081227T1200Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...PINE SPRINGS 1124 AM MST FRI DEC 26 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SATURDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SATURDAY. HIGH WINDS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS TODAY AND TONIGHT WHERE SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 40 TO 60 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 70 MPH ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT. HIGH WINDS ACROSS THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS... ESPECIALLY ALONG U.S. 62/180 THROUGH GUADALUPE PASS. MOTORISTS PLANNING TRAVEL SHOULD BE CAUTIOUS WHILE DRIVING CAMPERS... VANS... TRACTOR TRAILERS... AND OTHER HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ NMZ029-033-TXZ074-270000- /O.EXA.KMAF.WI.Y.0035.000000T0000Z-081227T0000Z/ NORTHERN LEA COUNTY-CENTRAL LEA COUNTY- DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TATUM...HOBBS...LOVINGTON...ALPINE 1224 PM CST FRI DEC 26 2008 /1124 AM MST FRI DEC 26 2008/ ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING. STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS NORTHERN AND CENTRAL LEA COUNTY AND THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON. SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 MPH OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ NMZ028-TXZ057-270000- /O.CON.KMAF.WI.Y.0035.000000T0000Z-081227T0000Z/ EDDY COUNTY PLAINS-VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARTESIA...CARLSBAD...VAN HORN 1224 PM CST FRI DEC 26 2008 /1124 AM MST FRI DEC 26 2008/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING. STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE PLAINS OF EDDY COUNTY AND THE VAN HORN/HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR THIS AFTERNOON. SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 MPH OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
000 WWUS74 KMAF 270003 NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 603 PM CST FRI DEC 26 2008 ...HIGH WINDS EXPECTED ACROSS THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF WEST TEXAS THROUGH TONIGHT... .THE APPROACH OF AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL RESULT IN STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS ACROSS THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS TONIGHT. SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 35 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. NMZ028-029-033-TXZ057-074-270115- /O.EXP.KMAF.WI.Y.0035.000000T0000Z-081227T0000Z/ EDDY COUNTY PLAINS-NORTHERN LEA COUNTY-CENTRAL LEA COUNTY- VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR-DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARTESIA...CARLSBAD...TATUM...HOBBS... LOVINGTON...VAN HORN...ALPINE 603 PM CST FRI DEC 26 2008 /503 PM MST FRI DEC 26 2008/ ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. && $$ NMZ027-TXZ258-271200- /O.CON.KMAF.HW.W.0064.000000T0000Z-081227T1200Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...PINE SPRINGS 503 PM MST FRI DEC 26 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SATURDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SATURDAY. HIGH WINDS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS WHERE SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 35 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT. HIGH WINDS ACROSS THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS... ESPECIALLY ALONG U.S. 62/180 THROUGH GUADALUPE PASS. MOTORISTS PLANNING TRAVEL SHOULD BE CAUTIOUS WHILE DRIVING CAMPERS... VANS... TRACTOR TRAILERS... AND OTHER HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$
000 WWUS74 KMAF 271028 NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 428 AM CST SAT DEC 27 2008 ...HIGH WINDS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS UNTIL AROUND SUNRISE THIS MORNING... .AS AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS PORTIONS OF COLORADO AND NEW MEXICO THIS MORNING...HIGH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS UNTIL AROUND SUNRISE. SUSTAINED WEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 60 MPH EARLY THIS MORNING WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE LATER IN THE MORNING HOURS AND THIS AFTERNOON. NMZ027-TXZ258-271200- /O.CON.KMAF.HW.W.0064.000000T0000Z-081227T1200Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...PINE SPRINGS 328 AM MST SAT DEC 27 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST EARLY THIS MORNING... HIGH WINDS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS WHERE WEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH AROUND SUNRISE THIS MORNING. HIGH WINDS ACROSS THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS... ESPECIALLY ALONG U.S. 62/180 THROUGH GUADALUPE PASS. MOTORISTS PLANNING TRAVEL SHOULD BE CAUTIOUS WHILE DRIVING CAMPERS... VANS... TRACTOR TRAILERS... AND OTHER HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. 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. && $$
000 WWUS74 KMAF 271226 NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 626 AM CST SAT DEC 27 2008 ...THE HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS HAS EXPIRED... .WINDS ACROSS THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS HAVE BEGUN TO DECREASE IN SPEED THIS MORNING...AS AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM OVER THE ROCKIES MOVES EASTWARD AWAY FROM THE AREA. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW HIGH WIND THRESHOLDS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY. NMZ027-TXZ258-271330- /O.EXP.KMAF.HW.W.0064.000000T0000Z-081227T1200Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...PINE SPRINGS 526 AM MST SAT DEC 27 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. HOWEVER...THOSE TRAVELING IN THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS THIS MORNING SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO THE POTENTIAL FOR GUSTY WINDS UP TO 55 MPH. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE IN INTENSITY THROUGHOUT THE DAY. && $$
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.