Alert archive / New Mexico / High Wind Warnings in 2011
High Wind Warning 21, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this high wind warning at Mar 25, 2011, 2:57 AM MDT for Eddy County, New Mexico. It took effect at Mar 25, 2011, 10:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 10 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
- Mar 25, 2011, 2:57 AM MDT (08:57 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 25, 2011, 10:00 AM MDT
- Expired
- Mar 25, 2011, 8:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 10 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 09:01 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, 9.0 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
- 551 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -21 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2562 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 141 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
989 WWUS74 KMAF 250857 NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 357 AM CDT FRI MAR 25 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT TODAY FOR THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS... .STRONG WINDS ALOFT ARE EXPECTED TO MIX DOWN TO THE SURFACE BEFORE MIDDAY. SOUTHWEST WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS... ESPECIALLY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. BY EARLY EVENING THESE WINDS SHOULD DECOUPLE AND BEGIN TO DECREASE. NMZ027-TXZ258-252200- /O.UPG.KMAF.HW.A.0013.110325T1800Z-110326T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KMAF.HW.W.0021.110325T1600Z-110326T0200Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP... PINE SPRINGS 257 AM MDT FRI MAR 25 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING: LATE MORNING TO THE EARLY EVENING. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. * IMPACTS: HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES TRAVELING THROUGH THE MOUNTAINS SHOULD USE CAUTION AND REMAIN ALERT FOR HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. AVIATION INTERESTS MAY EXPERIENCE LOCALIZED BUT EXTREME TURBULENCE...OR STRONG DOWNWARD AIRFLOWS...IF FLYING IN THE VICINITY OF THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS. 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
701 WWUS74 KMAF 251924 NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 224 PM CDT FRI MAR 25 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT TODAY FOR THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS... .STRONG WINDS ALOFT WILL CONTINUE TO MIX DOWN TO THE SURFACE TODAY. SOUTHWEST WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 60 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS... ESPECIALLY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. BY EARLY EVENING THESE WINDS SHOULD BEGIN TO DECREASE. NMZ027-TXZ258-260200- /O.CON.KMAF.HW.W.0021.000000T0000Z-110326T0200Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP... PINE SPRINGS 124 PM MDT FRI MAR 25 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS. * TIMING: THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. * IMPACTS: HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES TRAVELING THROUGH THE MOUNTAINS SHOULD USE CAUTION AND REMAIN ALERT FOR HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. AVIATION INTERESTS MAY EXPERIENCE LOCALIZED BUT EXTREME TURBULENCE...OR STRONG DOWNWARD AIRFLOWS...IF FLYING IN THE VICINITY OF THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 25, 4:34 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | MAF | Loving, Ward, Winkler | 15 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.