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High Wind Watch 6, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this high wind watch at Mar 8, 2010, 4:02 AM MST for Eddy County, New Mexico. It took effect at Mar 9, 2010, 6:00 PM MST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 8, 2010, 4:02 AM MST (11:02 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 9, 2010, 6:00 PM MST
- Expired
- Mar 9, 2010, 2:00 PM MST
- 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 11:01 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, 11.0 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
- 721 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 72 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 156 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 Mar 7, 10:34 PM MST, 5 hours 28 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 7, 10:34 PM MST, 5 hours 28 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 8, 3:41 AM MST, 21 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 441 AM CST MON MAR 8 2010 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-091045- 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- 441 AM CST MON MAR 8 2010 /341 AM MST MON MAR 8 2010/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND WEST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT WINDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE EDDY COUNTY PLAINS...VAN HORN AREA AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR FOR WEST WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH AND GUSTS NEAR 60 MPH. HIGH WINDS WILL ALSO AFFECT THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS ABOVE 6000 FEET WHERE WEST WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH AND GUSTS AROUND 75 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. ASIDE FROM THE AREAS IN THE HIGH WIND WARNING...A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON FOR LOCATIONS ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 10. WEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH AND GUSTS NEAR 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS. LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WESTERLY WINDS OF 20 MPH OR GREATER AND HIGH FIRE DANGER WILL COMBINE TO CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 10 THIS AFTERNOON. A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT IN THESE AREAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY STRONG WINDS MAY AGAIN OCCUR IN THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS...AND HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS TUESDAY AFTERNOON. A HIGH WIND WATCH...OR WARNING COULD BE ISSUED FOR BOTH RANGES WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. NEAR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE ALSO EXPECTED AREAWIDE TUESDAY AFTERNOON AS TEMPERATURES WARM AND WINDY CONDITIONS PERSIST. THEREFORE...ANY FIRES THAT START WILL BE APT TO SPREAD. THE PASSAGE OF ANOTHER UPPER STORM SYSTEM WEDNESDAY WILL LIKELY RESULT IN WINDY TO VERY WINDY CONDITIONS AREAWIDE. A HIGH WIND WATCH HAS BEEN POSTED FOR THE GUADALUPE AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. ADDITIONAL AREAS ACROSS SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS COULD BE ADDED TO THE HIGH WIND WATCH IN SUBSEQUENT FORECAST ISSUANCES. FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS WILL ALSO INCREASE WEDNESDAY AS DRY AIR AND WINDY CONDITIONS PERSIST. .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
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 8, 4:42 AM MST | Red Flag Warning | MAF | Pecos, Terrell | 12 hr |
| Mar 8, 12:57 PM MST | Fire Weather Watch | MAF | Andrews, Borden, Crane, Dawson, Ector, Gaines and 13 more | 26 hr |
| Mar 7, 6:50 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy | 55 min |
| Mar 7, 7:42 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy | 33 min |
| Mar 7, 8:11 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy | 38 min |
Nearby
High Wind Watches in New Mexico, 2010High Wind Watches in Texas, 2010Every high wind watch in 2010
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.