Alert archive / New Mexico / High Wind Watches in 2009
High Wind Watch 21, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this high wind watch at Sep 20, 2009, 3:09 AM MDT for Eddy County, New Mexico. It took effect at Sep 22, 2009, 12:00 AM MDT. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 20, 2009, 3:09 AM MDT (09:09 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 22, 2009, 12:00 AM MDT
- Expired
- Sep 21, 2009, 1:15 AM MDT
- In force
- 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 09:09 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 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
- 2285 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 101 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 200909 NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 409 AM CDT SUN SEP 20 2009 ...STRONG WINDS POSSIBLE IN THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY AND CULBERSON COUNTIES LATE MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING... .THE FIRST STRONG COLD FRONT OF THE SEASON WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS MONDAY NIGHT. COLD AIR BEHIND THE FRONT WILL HELP MIX STRONG...NORTHEAST WINDS INTO THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS IN EDDY AND CULBERSON COUNTIES. THESE WINDS COULD INCREASE TO 45 TO 60 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 75 MPH LATE MONDAY NIGHT BEFORE SUBSIDING AROUND NOON. NMZ027-TXZ057-258-202100- /O.NEW.KMAF.HW.A.0021.090922T0600Z-090922T1800Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY- VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...VAN HORN...PINE SPRINGS 409 AM CDT SUN SEP 20 2009 /309 AM MDT SUN SEP 20 2009/ ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. NORTHEASTERLY WINDS OF 45 TO 60 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 75 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS IN EDDY AND CULBERSON COUNTIES BEGINNING LATE MONDAY NIGHT AS A STRONG COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. THESE WINDS COULD CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING BEFORE DIMINISHING TUESDAY AFTERNOON. 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS74 KMAF 201948 NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 248 PM CDT SUN SEP 20 2009 ...HIGH WINDS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY... .THE FIRST STRONG COLD FRONT OF THE SEASON IS EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO MONDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. THIS FRONT WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG NORTHEASTERLY WINDS AS COLD AIR SPREADS ACROSS THE REGION. THESE WINDS WILL BE MAGNIFIED ACROSS THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY AND CULBERSON COUNTIES...WITH HIGH WINDS LIKELY ACROSS MUCH OF THE RANGE INCLUDING GUADALUPE PASS. SUSTAINED WINDS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 60 TO 65 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM LATE MONDAY THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. NMZ027-TXZ057-258-211000- /O.CON.KMAF.HW.A.0021.090922T0600Z-090922T1800Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY- VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...VAN HORN...PINE SPRINGS 248 PM CDT SUN SEP 20 2009 /148 PM MDT SUN SEP 20 2009/ ...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... A HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. NORTHEASTERLY WINDS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 60 TO 65 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY AND CULBERSON COUNTIES BEGINNING LATE MONDAY NIGHT AS A STRONG COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. THESE WINDS COULD CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING BEFORE DIMINISHING TUESDAY AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$
000 WWUS74 KMAF 210715 NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 215 AM CDT MON SEP 21 2009 ...HIGH WINDS EXPECTED ACROSS THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY... .THE FIRST STRONG COLD FRONT OF THE SEASON IS EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. THIS FRONT WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG NORTHEASTERLY WINDS AS COLD AIR SPREADS ACROSS THE REGION. HIGH WIND WILL BE LIKELY ACROSS MUCH OF THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS... ESPECIALLY THROUGH THE GUADALUPE PASS. SUSTAINED WINDS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 65 MPH ARE EXPECTED FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. TXZ057-210815- /O.CAN.KMAF.HW.A.0021.090922T0600Z-090922T1800Z/ VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...VAN HORN 215 AM CDT MON SEP 21 2009 ...HIGH WIND WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WATCH. IT APPEARS THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE ACROSS THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS AND ARE NOT EXPECTED FOR THE ADJACENT PLAINS. THEREFORE THE WATCH WAS CANCELLED. $$ NMZ027-TXZ258-212100- /O.UPG.KMAF.HW.A.0021.090922T0600Z-090922T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMAF.HW.W.0030.090922T0300Z-090922T1800Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...PINE SPRINGS 115 AM MDT MON SEP 21 2009 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM MONDAY TO NOON MDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM TONIGHT UNTIL NOON MDT TUESDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. NORTHEASTERLY WINDS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 65 MPH ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS BEGINNING LATE TONIGHT AS A STRONG COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. THESE WINDS SHOULD CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING BEFORE DIMINISHING BY MIDDAY TUESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$
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.