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High Wind Warning 29, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this high wind warning at Apr 17, 2011, 1:59 PM MDT for Eddy County, New Mexico. It took effect at Apr 19, 2011, 9:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 5 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
- Apr 17, 2011, 1:59 PM MDT (19:59 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 19, 2011, 9:00 AM MDT
- Expired
- Apr 19, 2011, 2:05 PM MDT
- In force
- 5 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 19:57 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, 8.0 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
- 3241 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 261 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 283 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
391 WWUS74 KMAF 171959 NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 259 PM CDT SUN APR 17 2011 ...HIGH WINDS EXPECTED IN THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS THROUGH TUESDAY... .STRONG WESTERLY MID LEVEL FLOW WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD ACROSS WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO THROUGH TUESDAY. PERIODS OF HIGH WINDS WILL IMPACT THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS THROUGH TUESDAY... MAINLY DURING THE MID MORNING TO EVENING HOURS. NMZ027-TXZ258-181000- /O.UPG.KMAF.HW.A.0018.110419T1500Z-110420T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KMAF.HW.W.0029.110419T1500Z-110420T0300Z/ /O.CON.KMAF.HW.W.0028.000000T0000Z-110418T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMAF.HW.W.0027.110418T1500Z-110419T0600Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP... PINE SPRINGS 159 PM MDT SUN APR 17 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM MONDAY TO MIDNIGHT MDT MONDAY NIGHT... ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 9 PM MDT TUESDAY... * TIMING...THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON...THEN AGAIN DURING THE MORNING THROUGH EVENING HOURS MONDAY AND TUESDAY. * WINDS...TODAY AND MONDAY...WEST 35 TO 45 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH. TUESDAY...WEST 40 TO 50 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 70 MPH. * IMPACTS...HIGH PROFILE AND LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES MAY EXPERIENCE SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND...WHICH COULD RESULT IN LOSS OF CONTROL. 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. && $$
5 follow-up statements
367 WWUS74 KMAF 180128 NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 828 PM CDT SUN APR 17 2011 ...HIGH WINDS EXPECTED IN THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS THROUGH TUESDAY... .STRONG WESTERLY WINDS IN THE MID LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD ACROSS WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO THROUGH TUESDAY. PERIODS OF HIGH WINDS WILL IMPACT THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS THROUGH TUESDAY... MAINLY DURING THE MID MORNING TO EVENING HOURS. NMZ027-TXZ258-181100- /O.CON.KMAF.HW.W.0027.110418T1500Z-110419T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMAF.HW.W.0029.110419T1500Z-110420T0300Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP... PINE SPRINGS 728 PM MDT SUN APR 17 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM MONDAY TO MIDNIGHT MDT MONDAY NIGHT... ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 9 PM MDT TUESDAY... * TIMING...MORNING THROUGH EVENING HOURS MONDAY AND TUESDAY. * WINDS...MONDAY...WEST 35 TO 45 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH. TUESDAY...WEST 40 TO 50 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 70 MPH. * IMPACTS...HIGH PROFILE AND LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES MAY EXPERIENCE SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND...WHICH COULD RESULT IN LOSS OF CONTROL. AVIATION INTERESTS MAY EXPERIENCE LOCALIZED BUT EXTREME TURBULENCE...OR STRONG DOWNWARD AIRFLOWS...IF FLYING IN THE VICINITY OF THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$
777
WWUS74 KMAF 180939
NPWMAF
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
439 AM CDT MON APR 18 2011
...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE GUADALUPE
MOUNTAINS TODAY AND TUESDAY...
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR EDDY... CULBERSON... REEVES... AND
THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS TUESDAY...
.AS AN UPPER TROUGH APPROACHES THE REGION STRONG WESTERLY WINDS
WILL MIX DOWN ACROSS THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS TODAY AND TUESDAY.
TUESDAY APPEARS TO BE THE WINDIER DAY AS STRONG WINDS ALOFT SPREAD
ACROSS THE ADJACENT PLAINS. IN ADDITION ON TUESDAY THE DAVIS
MOUNTAINS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH ADVISORY CRITERIA. THE HIGH WIND
WARNING FOR THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS REMAIN IN EFFECT AND A WIND
ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR TUESDAY.
NMZ027-TXZ258-182200-
/O.CON.KMAF.HW.W.0027.110418T1500Z-110419T0600Z/
/O.CON.KMAF.HW.W.0029.110419T1500Z-110420T0300Z/
GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP...
PINE SPRINGS
339 AM MDT MON APR 18 2011
...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO
MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT...
...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 9 PM MDT
TUESDAY...
* TIMING...TODAY AND TUESDAY.
* WINDS...WARNING TODAY...WEST 35 TO 45 MPH...GUSTS TO 65 MPH.
WARNING TUESDAY...WEST 40 TO 50 MPH...GUSTS TO 70 MPH.
* IMPACTS...HIGH PROFILE AND LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES MAY EXPERIENCE
SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND...WHICH COULD RESULT IN LOSS OF CONTROL.
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.
&&
$$
NMZ028-TXZ057-058-074-182200-
/O.NEW.KMAF.WI.Y.0013.110419T1500Z-110420T0300Z/
EDDY COUNTY PLAINS-VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR-
REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARTESIA...CARLSBAD...
CARLSBAD CAVERNS NP...VAN HORN...PECOS...ALPINE...FORT DAVIS
439 AM CDT MON APR 18 2011 /339 AM MDT MON APR 18 2011/
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM CDT /9 AM MDT/ TO 10 PM CDT
/9 PM MDT/ TUESDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM CDT /9 AM MDT/ TO 10 PM
CDT /9 PM MDT/ TUESDAY.
* TIMING...TUESDAY.
* WINDS...WEST 25 TO 35 MPH... GUSTS TO 50 MPH.
* IMPACTS...HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY EXPERIENCE DIFFICULTY ON NORTH
TO SOUTH ROADS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS
THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.
&&
$$729 WWUS74 KMAF 181938 NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 238 PM CDT MON APR 18 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND AGAIN TUESDAY... ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EDDY...CULBERSON... REEVES...AND THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS TUESDAY... .WESTERLY MID LEVEL FLOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO THROUGH TUESDAY. HIGH WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS THROUGH THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE DIMINISHING THIS EVENING. WESTERLY WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN ACROSS THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS AGAIN TUESDAY...LIKELY BRINGING A PERIOD OF HIGH WINDS THERE THROUGH THE DAY. WESTERLY WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO ADVISORY LEVELS ACROSS THE ADJACENT EDDY COUNTY PLAINS...VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR...AND THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS. NMZ027-TXZ258-191100- /O.CON.KMAF.HW.W.0027.000000T0000Z-110419T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMAF.HW.W.0029.110419T1500Z-110420T0300Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP... PINE SPRINGS 138 PM MDT MON APR 18 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 9 PM MDT TUESDAY... * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING...AND AGAIN TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. * WINDS...WARNING TODAY...WEST 35 TO 45 MPH...GUSTS TO 65 MPH. WARNING TUESDAY...WEST 40 TO 50 MPH...GUSTS TO 70 MPH. * IMPACTS...HIGH PROFILE AND LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES MAY EXPERIENCE SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND...WHICH COULD RESULT IN LOSS OF CONTROL. 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. && $$ NMZ028-TXZ057-058-074-191100- /O.CON.KMAF.WI.Y.0013.110419T1500Z-110420T0300Z/ EDDY COUNTY PLAINS-VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR- REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARTESIA...CARLSBAD... CARLSBAD CAVERNS NP...VAN HORN...PECOS...ALPINE...FORT DAVIS 238 PM CDT MON APR 18 2011 /138 PM MDT MON APR 18 2011/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM CDT /9 AM MDT/ TO 10 PM CDT /9 PM MDT/ TUESDAY... * TIMING...TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. * WINDS...WEST 25 TO 35 MPH...GUSTS OVER 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY EXPERIENCE DIFFICULTY ON NORTH TO SOUTH ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OVER 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
726 WWUS74 KMAF 190943 NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 443 AM CDT TUE APR 19 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS TODAY... .WESTERLY MID LEVEL FLOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO TODAY. HIGH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP IN THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. WINDS MAY APPROACH OR BRIEFLY EXCEED WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA IN THE ADJACENT PLAINS AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS...BUT WINDS SHOULD NOT BE AS STRONG AS PREVIOUSLY EXPECTED AND THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. NMZ028-TXZ057-058-074-191045- /O.CAN.KMAF.WI.Y.0013.110419T1500Z-110420T0300Z/ EDDY COUNTY PLAINS-VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR- REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARTESIA...CARLSBAD... CARLSBAD CAVERNS NP...VAN HORN...PECOS...ALPINE...FORT DAVIS 443 AM CDT TUE APR 19 2011 /343 AM MDT TUE APR 19 2011/ ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON...BUT WILL REMAIN AT 20 TO 30 MPH. THUS THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ NMZ027-TXZ258-192015- /O.CON.KMAF.HW.W.0029.110419T1500Z-110420T0300Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP... PINE SPRINGS 343 AM MDT TUE APR 19 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...MID MORNING THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 35 TO 45 MPH...GUSTS TO 60 MPH. * IMPACTS...HIGH PROFILE AND LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES MAY EXPERIENCE SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND...WHICH COULD RESULT IN LOSS OF CONTROL. AVIATION INTERESTS MAY EXPERIENCE LOCALIZED BUT EXTREME TURBULENCE...OR STRONG DOWNWARD AIRFLOWS...IF FLYING IN THE VICINITY OF THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$
504 WWUS74 KMAF 192005 NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 305 PM CDT TUE APR 19 2011 NMZ027-TXZ258-192115- /O.CAN.KMAF.HW.W.0029.000000T0000Z-110420T0300Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP... PINE SPRINGS 205 PM MDT TUE APR 19 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS CANCELED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. STRONG WESTERLY WINDS THROUGH THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS DO NOT APPEAR LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON OR THIS EVENING AS THE FLOW ALOFT HAS DECREASED OVER THE AREA. THEREFORE...THE HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS HAS BEEN CANCELED. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 17, 3:25 AM MDT | High Wind Watch | MAF | Eddy | 11 hr |
| Apr 17, 3:25 AM MDT | High Wind Warning | MAF | Eddy | 15 hr |
Nearby
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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.