Alert archive / New Mexico / High Wind Warnings in 2009
High Wind Warning 39, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this high wind warning at Dec 6, 2009, 8:49 AM MST for Eddy County, New Mexico. It took effect at Dec 6, 2009, 9:00 AM MST. It was in force for 5 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 6, 2009, 8:49 AM MST (15:49 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 6, 2009, 9:00 AM MST
- Expired
- Dec 6, 2009, 2:19 PM MST
- In force
- 5 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 15:51 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, 3.8 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
- 1623 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 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 061549 NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 949 AM CST SUN DEC 6 2009 NMZ027-TXZ258-062100- /O.NEW.KMAF.HW.W.0039.091206T1600Z-091206T2100Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...PINE SPRINGS 849 AM MST SUN DEC 6 2009 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. WEST WINDS HAVE INCREASED ACROSS THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS. A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 6000 FT AND THROUGH GUADALUPE PASS TIL 2 PM MST. WEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED. IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH A FEW GUSTS TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS74 KMAF 062119 NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 319 PM CST SUN DEC 6 2009 ...SEVERE WINDS POSSIBLE TUESDAY ACROSS WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO... .A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE ROCKIES AND PLAINS ON TUESDAY. STRONG WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA AS THE SYSTEM MOVES INTO THE PLAINS. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL LIKELY BE ACROSS THE GUADALUPE AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS ABOVE 6000 FEET...WITH WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 85 MPH POSSIBLE. WIND GUSTS OF 60 MPH OR GREATER WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE PLAINS. NMZ027-TXZ258-071200- /O.CAN.KMAF.HW.W.0039.000000T0000Z-091206T2100Z/ /O.NEW.KMAF.HW.A.0026.091208T1200Z-091209T0600Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...PINE SPRINGS 219 PM MST SUN DEC 6 2009 ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. THE HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THIS AFTERNOON HAS BEEN CANCELLED. SOUTHWEST WINDS MAY INCREASE TO 35 TO 55 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH TUESDAY MORNING. BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON WEST WINDS OF 60 TO 80 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 100 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS AND THROUGH GUADALUPE PASS. THESE WINDS WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE TUESDAY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ TXZ074-071200- /O.NEW.KMAF.HW.A.0026.091208T1200Z-091209T0600Z/ DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...ALPINE 319 PM CST SUN DEC 6 2009 ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH BY TUESDAY MORNING. WINDS MAY INCREASE FURTHER TO 55 TO 75 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 90 MPH POSSIBLE TUESDAY AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY ACROSS ELEVATIONS ABOVE 6000 FEET. THESE WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE TUESDAY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ NMZ028-029-033-034-TXZ045-046-050-057>060-067-080-071200- /O.NEW.KMAF.HW.A.0026.091208T1800Z-091209T0000Z/ EDDY COUNTY PLAINS-NORTHERN LEA COUNTY-CENTRAL LEA COUNTY- SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY-GAINES-DAWSON-ANDREWS- VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR- REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-LOVING-WINKLER-WARD- MARFA PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARTESIA...CARLSBAD...TATUM...HOBBS... LOVINGTON...EUNICE...JAL...SEMINOLE...LAMESA...ANDREWS... VAN HORN...PECOS...MENTONE...RED BLUFF LAKE...KERMIT...MONAHANS... MARFA 319 PM CST SUN DEC 6 2009 /219 PM MST SUN DEC 6 2009/ ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT TUESDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT TUESDAY AFTERNOON. SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE DRAMATICALLY BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 6, 2:19 PM MST | High Wind Watch | MAF | Andrews, Borden, Crane, Dawson, Ector, Gaines and 12 more | 24 hr |
Nearby
High Wind Warnings in New Mexico, 2009High Wind Warnings in Texas, 2009Every high wind warning in 2009
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.