Alert archive / New Mexico / High Wind Warnings in 2011
High Wind Warning 13, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this high wind warning at Feb 25, 2011, 2:59 AM MST for Eddy County, New Mexico. It took effect at Feb 25, 2011, 11:00 AM MST. It was in force for 6 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
- Feb 25, 2011, 2:59 AM MST (09:59 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 25, 2011, 11:00 AM MST
- Expired
- Feb 25, 2011, 5:00 PM MST
- In force
- 6 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 10:03 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, 10.0 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
- 4286 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 183 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
934 WWUS74 KMAF 250959 NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 359 AM CST FRI FEB 25 2011 ...HIGH WINDS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON... ...HIGH WINDS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS AGAIN SATURDAY... ...DAMAGING WINDS MAY IMPACT ALL OF WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO SUNDAY... .STRONG WESTERLY MID LEVEL FLOW WILL CONTINUE OVER THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS TODAY AND SATURDAY. HIGH WINDS WILL DEVELOP AGAIN IN THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS BY THIS AFTERNOON...BEFORE DIMINISHING IN SPEED BY EARLY EVENING. ANOTHER ROUND OF STRONG WESTERLY WINDS MAY AFFECT THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS AGAIN SATURDAY AFTERNOON. A POWERFUL UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAINS AND THE ADJACENT SOUTHERN PLAINS SUNDAY. A BAND OF VERY STRONG MID LEVEL WINDS ROUNDING THE BASE OF THIS SYSTEM WILL SPREAD ACROSS ALL OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS...AND WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING HIGH WINDS ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION SUNDAY. EXTREME WIND GUSTS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE GUADALUPE AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS SUNDAY. A HIGH WIND WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ALL OF WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO SUNDAY. NMZ027-TXZ258-252000- /O.UPG.KMAF.HW.A.0008.110225T1700Z-110226T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMAF.HW.W.0013.110225T1800Z-110226T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMAF.HW.A.0010.110226T1800Z-110227T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMAF.HW.A.0009.110227T1500Z-110228T0300Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP... PINE SPRINGS 259 AM MST FRI FEB 25 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... ...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. A HIGH WIND WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS HIGH WIND WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. A HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * TIMING: HIGH WINDS WILL DEVELOP AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE DIMINISHING BY EARLY EVENING. HIGH WINDS WILL LIKELY RETURN BY LATE SATURDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE SATURDAY AFTERNOON. MUCH STRONGER WINDS MAY IMPACT THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS STARTING SUNDAY MORNING...CONTINUING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS: THIS AFTERNOON AND SATURDAY...SOUTHWEST WINDS 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. MUCH STRONGER WINDS...WITH EXTREME WIND GUSTS...ARE POSSIBLE SUNDAY. WESTERLY WINDS OF 55 TO 70 MPH... WITH GUSTS OVER 100 MPH POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS: HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES TRAVELING THROUGH THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS SHOULD USE CAUTION...OR CONSIDER AN ALTERNATE ROUTE THIS AFTERNOON AND SATURDAY AFTERNOON. TRAVEL THROUGH THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS IS NOT RECOMMENDED SUNDAY. AVIATION INTERESTS MAY EXPERIENCE LOCALIZED BUT EXTREME TURBULENCE...OR STRONG DOWNWARD AIRFLOWS...IF FLYING IN THE VICINITY OF THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS. PILOTS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR STANDING WAVE CLOUDS OR OTHER EVIDENCE OF MOUNTAIN WAVE ACTIVITY. 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. 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. && $$ NMZ028-029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-252000- /O.CON.KMAF.HW.A.0009.110227T1500Z-110228T0300Z/ EDDY COUNTY PLAINS-NORTHERN LEA COUNTY-CENTRAL LEA COUNTY- SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY-GAINES-DAWSON-BORDEN-SCURRY-ANDREWS-MARTIN- HOWARD-MITCHELL-VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR- REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-LOVING-WINKLER-ECTOR-MIDLAND- GLASSCOCK-WARD-CRANE-UPTON-REAGAN-DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA- PECOS-PRESIDIO VALLEY-MARFA PLATEAU-BIG BEND AREA-TERRELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARTESIA...CARLSBAD... CARLSBAD CAVERNS NP...TATUM...HOBBS...LOVINGTON...EUNICE...JAL... SEMINOLE...LAMESA...GAIL...SNYDER...ANDREWS...STANTON... BIG SPRING...COLORADO CITY...VAN HORN...PECOS...MENTONE... RED BLUFF LAKE...KERMIT...ODESSA...MIDLAND...GARDEN CITY... MONAHANS...CRANE...MCCAMEY...RANKIN...BIG LAKE...ALPINE... FORT DAVIS...FORT STOCKTON...PRESIDIO...MARFA...BIG BEND NP... MARATHON...SANDERSON 359 AM CST FRI FEB 25 2011 /259 AM MST FRI FEB 25 2011/ ...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... A HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * TIMING: STRONG WINDS ARE POSSIBLE STARTING SUNDAY MORNING... CONTINUING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS: WESTERLY WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 60 TO 65 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE SUNDAY. * IMPACTS: HIGH WINDS SUNDAY WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS...AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$
1 follow-up statement
436 WWUS74 KMAF 252041 NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 241 PM CST FRI FEB 25 2011 ...HIGH WINDS WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON... ...HIGH WINDS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS AGAIN SATURDAY... ...DAMAGING WINDS MAY IMPACT ALL OF WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO SUNDAY... .STRONG WESTERLY MID LEVEL FLOW WILL CONTINUE OVER THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS TODAY AND SATURDAY. HIGH WINDS WILL PERSIST IN THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AND DIMINISH BY EARLY EVENING. ANOTHER ROUND OF STRONG SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS MAY AFFECT THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS SATURDAY AFTERNOON. A POWERFUL UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAINS AND INTO THE SOUTHERN U.S. PLAINS SUNDAY. A BAND OF VERY STRONG MID LEVEL WINDS ROUNDING THE BASE OF THIS SYSTEM WILL SPREAD ACROSS ALL OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS SUNDAY AND BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING HIGH WINDS TO THE ENTIRE REGION. EXTREME WIND GUSTS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE GUADALUPE AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS. A HIGH WIND WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ALL OF WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO SUNDAY. NMZ027-TXZ258-261200- /O.CON.KMAF.HW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-110226T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMAF.HW.A.0010.110226T1800Z-110227T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMAF.HW.A.0009.110227T1500Z-110228T0300Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP... PINE SPRINGS 141 PM MST FRI FEB 25 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... ...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... ...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * TIMING: HIGH WINDS THIS AFTERNOON...DIMINISHING BY EARLY EVENING. HIGH WINDS WILL LIKELY RETURN BY LATE SATURDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE SATURDAY AFTERNOON. DAMAGING WINDS MAY IMPACT THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS STARTING SUNDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS: THIS AFTERNOON AND SATURDAY...SOUTHWEST WINDS 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. SUNDAY...MUCH STRONGER WINDS WITH EXTREME WIND GUSTS POSSIBLE. WESTERLY WINDS OF 55 TO 70 MPH... WITH GUSTS OVER 100 MPH POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS: HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES TRAVELING THROUGH THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS SHOULD USE CAUTION...OR CONSIDER AN ALTERNATE ROUTE THIS AFTERNOON AND SATURDAY AFTERNOON. TRAVEL THROUGH THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS IS NOT RECOMMENDED SUNDAY. AVIATION INTERESTS MAY EXPERIENCE LOCALIZED BUT EXTREME TURBULENCE...OR STRONG DOWNWARD AIRFLOWS...IF FLYING IN THE VICINITY OF THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS. PILOTS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR STANDING WAVE CLOUDS OR OTHER EVIDENCE OF MOUNTAIN WAVE ACTIVITY. 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. && $$ NMZ028-029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-261200- /O.CON.KMAF.HW.A.0009.110227T1500Z-110228T0300Z/ EDDY COUNTY PLAINS-NORTHERN LEA COUNTY-CENTRAL LEA COUNTY- SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY-GAINES-DAWSON-BORDEN-SCURRY-ANDREWS-MARTIN- HOWARD-MITCHELL-VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR- REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-LOVING-WINKLER-ECTOR-MIDLAND- GLASSCOCK-WARD-CRANE-UPTON-REAGAN-DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA- PECOS-PRESIDIO VALLEY-MARFA PLATEAU-BIG BEND AREA-TERRELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARTESIA...CARLSBAD... CARLSBAD CAVERNS NP...TATUM...HOBBS...LOVINGTON...EUNICE...JAL... SEMINOLE...LAMESA...GAIL...SNYDER...ANDREWS...STANTON... BIG SPRING...COLORADO CITY...VAN HORN...PECOS...MENTONE... RED BLUFF LAKE...KERMIT...ODESSA...MIDLAND...GARDEN CITY... MONAHANS...CRANE...MCCAMEY...RANKIN...BIG LAKE...ALPINE... FORT DAVIS...FORT STOCKTON...PRESIDIO...MARFA...BIG BEND NP... MARATHON...SANDERSON 241 PM CST FRI FEB 25 2011 /141 PM MST FRI FEB 25 2011/ ...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * TIMING: STRONG WINDS ARE POSSIBLE STARTING SUNDAY MORNING... CONTINUING INTO SUNDAY EVENING. * WINDS: WESTERLY WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 60 TO 65 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE SUNDAY. * IMPACTS: HIGH WINDS SUNDAY WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 25, 2:59 AM MST | High Wind Watch | MAF | 24 hr | |
| Feb 25, 1:17 PM MST | Red Flag Warning | MAF | Andrews, Dawson, Gaines, Loving, Pecos, Ward and 1 more | 28 hr |
Nearby
High Wind Warnings in New Mexico, 2011High Wind Warnings in Texas, 2011Every high wind warning in 2011
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.