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High Wind Watch 23, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

April 9, 200817 counties in Texas; Eddy County, Lea County, New Mexico

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this high wind watch at Apr 9, 2008, 4:10 AM CDT for 17 counties in Texas; Eddy County, Lea County, New Mexico. It took effect at Apr 10, 2008, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 9, 2008, 4:10 AM CDT (09:10 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 10, 2008, 10:00 AM CDT
Expired: Apr 10, 2008, 4:32 AM CDT
In force
Issued by: NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

Counties Eddy County, NM, Lea County, NM, Andrews County, TX, Borden County, TX, Crane County, TX, Dawson County, TX, Ector County, TX, Gaines County, TX, Glasscock County, TX, Howard County, TX, Loving County, TX, Martin County, TX, Midland County, TX, Mitchell County, TX, Reagan County, TX, Scurry County, TX, Upton County, TX, Ward County, TX, Winkler County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 23 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:16 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, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 22 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 3799 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 65 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 188 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this high wind watch 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 watch went out at Apr 9, 3:57 AM CDT, 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 9, 3:57 AM CDT, 13 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 8, 3:08 PM CDT, 13 hours 2 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
308 PM CDT TUE APR 8 2008

NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075-
079>082-258-092015-
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-
308 PM CDT TUE APR 8 2008 /208 PM MDT TUE APR 8 2008/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEW
MEXICO...SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND WEST TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

LATE TONIGHT...AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE THROUGH THE
AREA.  THIS COULD RESULT IN THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT DURING THE
EARLY MORNING HOURS FROM SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...EASTWARD ACROSS
THE NORTHERN AND EASTERN PERMIAN BASIN.  IF STORMS DO DEVELOP...
SOME MAY PRODUCE HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING.
STORMS MAY EVEN REACH SEVERE LIMITS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE THE FOUR
CORNERS REGION TOMORROW AFTERNOON.  WITH THIS SYSTEM...
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP EAST OF THE PECOS RIVER.
THE MOST LIKELY AREA FOR THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL BE OVER THE
WESTERN LOW ROLLING PLAINS/NORTHERN PERMIAN BASIN NEAR
SCURRY...MITCHELL... HOWARD...GLASSCOCK AND REAGAN COUNTIES.
STORMS IN OR NEAR THESE COUNTIES WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND HEAVY RAINFALL...IF NOT AN
ISOLATED TORNADO.

FIRE WEATHER WILL ALSO BE A CONCERN ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
STRONG SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS BEHIND THE DRYLINE...AND CRITICAL FIRE
WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL IMPACT MOST OF SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO...
THE VAN HORN AREA...THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS AND THE BIG BEND.

VERY STRONG WESTERLY WINDS...DRY FUELS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY
WILL ENHANCE FIRE DANGER THROUGH THURSDAY AS WELL.  THIS
ENVIRONMENT SHOULD RESULT IN A CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER DAY FOR ALL
OF SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO THROUGH THURSDAY
AFTERNOON.

EXPECT HIGH WINDS OVER THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS ON BOTH WEDNESDAY
AND THURSDAY WITH SUSTAINED WEST WINDS OF 40 MPH AND GUSTS
APPROACHING 70 TO 80 MPH.  THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS WILL ALSO
EXPERIENCE HIGH WINDS ON THURSDAY.  HERE...SUSTAINED WINDS
OF 40 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 70 TO 80 MPH MAY BE POSSIBLE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

EMERGENCY MANAGERS...LAW ENFORCEMENT...AND SKYWARN SPOTTERS ALONG
AND EAST OF A LAMESA...TO MIDLAND...TO RANKIN LINE SHOULD MONITOR
DEVELOPING CONDITIONS WEDNESDAY AND BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE
ACTIVATION.

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
Apr 9, 6:44 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Howard, Mitchell, Scurry	46 min
Apr 9, 9:13 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Scurry	32 min
Apr 9, 3:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Glasscock	33 min
Apr 9, 6:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Howard, Mitchell, Scurry	60 min

Nearby

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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.