Alert archive / Texas / Wind Advisories in 2009
Wind Advisory 13, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this wind advisory at Apr 2, 2009, 9:45 AM CDT for 6 counties in Texas. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 2, 2009, 9:45 AM CDT (14:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 2, 2009, 1:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Counties Borden County, TX, Glasscock County, TX, Howard County, TX, Mitchell County, TX, Reagan County, TX, Scurry County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:48 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, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 91 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
- 2777 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 77 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 171 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 021445 NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 945 AM CDT THU APR 2 2009 ...HIGH WIND WARNING CANCELED TODAY... ...WIND ADVISORY FOR THE TRANS PECOS AND EDDY COUNTY PLAINS CANCELED... ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR THE EXTREME EASTERN PERMIAN BASIN UNTIL 1 PM CDT... .A VERY STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL QUICKLY MOVE EAST THROUGH TEXAS TODAY. WINDS HAD DIMINISHED ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS...THUS THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED. HOWEVER...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE EXTREME EASTERN PERMIAN BASIN UNTIL 1 PM CDT. TXZ047-048-052-053-063-070-021800- /O.CAN.KMAF.HW.W.0023.000000T0000Z-090402T1500Z/ /O.NEW.KMAF.WI.Y.0013.090402T1445Z-090402T1800Z/ BORDEN-SCURRY-HOWARD-MITCHELL-GLASSCOCK-REAGAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SNYDER...BIG SPRING...COLORADO CITY... GARDEN CITY...BIG LAKE 945 AM CDT THU APR 2 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH WILL IMPACT THE EXTREME EASTERN PERMIAN BASIN UNTIL 1 PM CDT. WINDS WILL DIMINISH QUICKLY BY MID AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ NMZ027-029-033-034-TXZ045-046-050-051-059>062-067>069-074-258- 021545- /O.CAN.KMAF.HW.W.0023.000000T0000Z-090402T1500Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-NORTHERN LEA COUNTY- CENTRAL LEA COUNTY-SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY-GAINES-DAWSON-ANDREWS- MARTIN-LOVING-WINKLER-ECTOR-MIDLAND-WARD-CRANE-UPTON- DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...TATUM...HOBBS...LOVINGTON... EUNICE...JAL...SEMINOLE...LAMESA...ANDREWS...STANTON...MENTONE... RED BLUFF LAKE...KERMIT...ODESSA...MIDLAND...MONAHANS...CRANE... MCCAMEY...RANKIN...ALPINE...PINE SPRINGS 945 AM CDT THU APR 2 2009 /845 AM MDT THU APR 2 2009/ ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS CANCELED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. THE STORM SYSTEM RESPONSIBLE FOR THE HIGH WINDS EARLIER TODAY HAD MOVED EAST OF THE AREA. $$ NMZ028-TXZ082-021545- /O.CAN.KMAF.WI.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-090402T1500Z/ EDDY COUNTY PLAINS-TERRELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARTESIA...CARLSBAD...SANDERSON 945 AM CDT THU APR 2 2009 /845 AM MDT THU APR 2 2009/ ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS CANCELED THE WIND ADVISORY. THE STORM SYSTEM RESPONSIBLE FOR THE HIGH WINDS EARLIER TODAY HAD MOVED EAST OF THE AREA. $$ TXZ058-075-021545- /O.CAN.KMAF.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-090402T1500Z/ REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-PECOS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PECOS...FORT STOCKTON 945 AM CDT THU APR 2 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS CANCELED THE WIND ADVISORY. THE STORM SYSTEM RESPONSIBLE FOR THE HIGH WINDS EARLIER TODAY HAD MOVED EAST OF THE AREA. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 1, 11:12 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | MAF | Crane, Ector, Glasscock, Loving, Midland, Pecos and 4 more | 11 hr |
| Apr 2, 5:17 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | MAF | Andrews, Borden, Crane, Dawson, Ector, Gaines and 13 more | 34 hr |
| Apr 2, 5:17 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | MAF | Andrews, Borden, Crane, Dawson, Ector, Gaines and 13 more | 11 hr |
| Apr 2, 3:44 PM CDT | High Wind Watch | MAF | 38 hr |
Nearby
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.