Alert archive / New Mexico / High Wind Warnings in 2010
High Wind Warning 22, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this high wind warning at May 2, 2010, 2:56 AM MDT for Eddy County, New Mexico. It took effect at May 2, 2010, 11:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 9 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
- May 2, 2010, 2:56 AM MDT (08:56 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 2, 2010, 11:00 AM MDT
- Expired
- May 2, 2010, 8:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 9 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 08:53 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, 8.9 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
- 10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1914 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -18 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
660 WWUS74 KMAF 020856 NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 356 AM CDT SUN MAY 2 2010 NMZ027-TXZ258-030200- /O.NEW.KMAF.HW.W.0022.100502T1700Z-100503T0200Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...PINE SPRINGS 256 AM MDT SUN MAY 2 2010 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING. SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED FROM LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH THE DAY ACROSS THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS. THESE WIND SPEEDS WILL SLOWLY DECREASE AFTER SUNSET. 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. && $$ TXZ074-080-021400- /O.CON.KMAF.FZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-100502T1400Z/ DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA-MARFA PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALPINE...MARFA 356 AM CDT SUN MAY 2 2010 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CDT THIS MORNING... A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CDT THIS MORNING FOR THE MARFA PLATEAU AND THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS. TEMPERATURES WILL DROP INTO THE UPPER 20S TO AROUND 30 FOR SEVERAL HOURS EARLY THIS MORNING ACROSS THE MARFA PLATEAU AND ELEVATIONS ABOVE 5500 FEET IN THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. LATE SEASON COLD SNAPS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO DAMAGE OR KILL YOUNG VEGETATION. COVER PLANTS AND YOUNG TREE SEEDLINGS WITH STRAW OR BLANKETS. && $$
1 follow-up statement
655 WWUS74 KMAF 021932 NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 232 PM CDT SUN MAY 2 2010 NMZ027-TXZ258-030200- /O.CON.KMAF.HW.W.0022.000000T0000Z-100503T0200Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...PINE SPRINGS 132 PM MDT SUN MAY 2 2010 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING... SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL SLOWLY DECREASE AFTER SUNSET. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOTORISTS TRAVELLING THROUGH GUADALUPE PASS ALONG U.S. HIGHWAY 62 180 SHOULD EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION...ESPECIALLY DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. && $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this high wind warning 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 warning went out at May 2, 2:50 AM MDT, 6 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 2, 2:50 AM MDT, 6 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
350 AM CDT SUN MAY 2 2010
.DISCUSSION...
BACKSIDE OF STRONG UPPER TROUGH THAT BROUGHT DESTRUCTIVE WEATHER TO
EASTERN U.S. WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION TODAY WITH SECONDARY LOBE
SWINGING ACROSS ON MONDAY. UPPER RIDGE BUILDING IN BY MIDWEEK WILL
BRING WARMEST WEATHER SO FAR THIS YEAR.
FREEZE WARNING FOR DAVIS MOUNTAINS/MARFA PLATEAU WILL EXPIRE AT 9AM.
WILL ISSUE A HIGH WIND WARNING FOR GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS TODAY AS
WINDS WILL INCREASE WITH PASSAGE OF ANOTHER SHORTWAVE. HAVE
MENTION OF ISOLATED SHOWERS NORTH TONIGHT. DO NOT BELIEVE RAIN
CHANCES LOOK THAT PROMISING BUT WITH A SHORTWAVE COMING DOWN WILL
LEAVE THEM IN.
SURFACE TEMPS WILL BE WARMER TODAY AS 850 TEMPS WARM. 850MB
READINGS SLIGHTLY COOLER ON MONDAY BUT THEN DRAMATIC INCREASE ON
TUESDAY WITH 850 TEMPS JUMPING UP TO 25C/77F BASED ON ETA. GFS
SHOWS 850 TEMPS PUSHING 30C/87F WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY WHICH SHOULD
BE THE WARMEST DAYS OF THE WEEK.
MONDAY IS THE DIFFICULT DAY IN TEMP FORECAST AS GUIDANCE DIVERGES...
MAV WARMS WHILE MET COOLS. ETA 850 TEMPS DEFINITELY COOLER WITH
CLOUDS STAYING IN THROUGH THE DAY WHILE MAV CLEAR. SO EXPECT CLOUD
COVER WILL BE THE SECRET TO THE HIGHS MONDAY... HAVE GONE TOWARD THE
WARM SIDE.
A REINFORCING PACIFIC FRONT MOVES THROUGH MONDAY WITH THE SECONDARY
UPPER LOW BUT COOL DOWN WILL BE SHORT LIVED. LEFT IN LOW POPS IN
MONDAY FOR THE NORTH BUT NOT CONFIDENT MUCH IN THE WAY OF RAIN WILL
FALL AS LOW LEVEL MOISTURE REMAINS POOR. 90S RETURN BY TUESDAY.
TEMPERATURES WILL INCREASE SIGNIFICANTLY BY MID WEEK AS UPPER RIDGE
BUILDS IN. HIGHS CLIMB TO THE MID TO UPPER 90S FOR MUCH OF THE
REGION WEDNESDAY.... WITH 100S ALONG PECOS AND RIO GRAND VALLEYS.
QUITE A CHANGE CONSIDERING UP TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW FELL YESTERDAY IN
THE HIGHER PORTIONS OF THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS.
A POLAR FRONT MOVES THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT/FRIDAY MORNING WITH A
COOL NORTHEAST SURFACE FLOW MUCH OF THE DAY FRIDAY BECOMING UPSLOPE
EAST LATE IN THE DAY AND CONTINUING INTO SUNDAY. LOOK FOR COOLER
TEMPS FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.
&&
.FIRE WEATHER...
RELATIVE HUMIDITY RECOVERY THIS MORNING WILL REMAIN FAIR FOR MOST
LOCATIONS WITH A DRIER AIR-MASS IN PLACE OVER WEST TEXAS AND
SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO. WESTERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON
AND AS TEMPS CLIMB INTO MID TO UPPER 70S...MINIMUM RH VALUES ARE
EXPECTED TO DROP BELOW 15 PERCENT AREA-WIDE. IN ADDITION...THE 20
FOOT WINDS WILL INCREASE TO ABOVE 20 MPH ACROSS PORTIONS OF SE
NM...THE UPPER TRANS PECOS...THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS AND THE VAN
HORN CORRIDOR. THESE LOCATIONS WILL EXPERIENCE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER
CONDITIONS THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. VERY
DRY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FOR THE REGION BEGINNING TUESDAY...AS
MAX TEMPS WILL EXCEED 90F FOR MANY LOCATIONS. VERY WARM CONDITIONS
ARE ALSO EXPECTED FOR WED AND AREA-WIDE SINGLE DIGIT RH VALUES WILL
BE LIKELY THEN. CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS APPEAR POSSIBLE
TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY MAINLY ALONG AND WEST OF THE PECOS
RIVER...BUT MAY EXPAND EASTWARD INTO THE PERMIAN BASIN BY THURSDAY.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
BIG SPRING TX 75 45 76 48 / 0 10 10 0
CARLSBAD NM 75 43 76 46 / 10 10 10 0
DRYDEN TX 84 49 83 52 / 0 0 0 0
FORT STOCKTON TX 79 47 79 51 / 0 0 10 0
GUADALUPE PASS TX 66 42 67 49 / 10 10 10 0
HOBBS NM 74 43 75 45 / 10 10 10 0
MARFA TX 69 34 73 34 / 0 0 10 0
MIDLAND INTL AIRPORT TX 76 44 77 47 / 0 10 10 0
ODESSA TX 76 44 77 47 / 0 10 10 0
WINK TX 79 44 79 46 / 0 10 10 0
&&
.MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NM...HIGH WIND WARNING FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM MDT THIS
EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES... GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF
EDDY COUNTY.
RED FLAG WARNING FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM MDT THIS
EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES... GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS
NP/LINCOLN NF/LNZ...SOUTHEAST PLAINS/BLM ROSWELL/LNZ.
TX...HIGH WIND WARNING FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM MDT THIS
EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES... GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS.
RED FLAG WARNING FROM NOON CDT /11 AM MDT/ TODAY TO 9 PM CDT /8
PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES... GUADALUPE
MOUNTAINS...LOVING...REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS...
VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR...WARD...WINKLER.
FREEZE WARNING UNTIL 9 AM CDT THIS MORNING FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES... DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA...MARFA PLATEAU.
&&
78/72Hazardous weather outlook, May 1, 6:19 PM MDT, 8 hours 37 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 719 PM CDT SAT MAY 1 2010 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-030030- 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- 719 PM CDT SAT MAY 1 2010 /619 PM MDT SAT MAY 1 2010/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND WEST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT CLEARING SKIES AND COLDER TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST ACROSS THE MARFA PLATEAU AND THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS OVERNIGHT. TEMPERATURES MAY FALL INTO THE UPPER 20S FOR A FEW HOURS BEFORE DAYBREAK... RESULTING IN THE POTENTIAL FOR A KILLING FREEZE. A FREEZE WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE MARFA PLATEAU AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST FOR SUNDAY OVER ALL OF SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO AS WELL AS THE UPPER TRANS PECOS AND GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF WEST TEXAS. A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THESE AREAS SUNDAY. CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. THE COMBINATION OF UNSEASONABLY WARM TEMPERATURES...SINGLE DIGIT RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...STRONG WEST WINDS...AND HIGH FIRE DANGER SHOULD RESULT IN CONDITIONS FAVORING RAPID FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR THESE AREAS MAY BE ISSUED AS EARLY AS SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. 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
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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.