Alert archive / New Mexico / High Wind Warnings in 2011
High Wind Warning 38, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this high wind warning at May 20, 2011, 4:01 AM MDT for Eddy County, New Mexico. It took effect at May 20, 2011, 9:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 4 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 20, 2011, 4:01 AM MDT (10:01 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 20, 2011, 9:00 AM MDT
- Expired
- May 20, 2011, 1:21 PM MDT
- In force
- 4 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 10:02 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
- 11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -67 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3474 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
205 WWUS74 KMAF 201001 NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 501 AM CDT FRI MAY 20 2011 ...STRONG WINDS ARE POSSIBLE AGAIN IN PARTS OF THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS TODAY... .AS AN UPPER LOW SLOWLY MOVES ACROSS THE CENTRAL ROCKIES TODAY...A BAND OF STRONGER JET STREAM LEVEL WINDS WILL MOVE NEAR THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS RESULTING IN HIGH WINDS AT LEAST IN THE FAVORED AREAS OF THE MOUNTAINS. THIS INCLUDES THE HIGHEST TERRAIN AND LOCATIONS SUCH AS GAPS AND PASSES. NMZ027-TXZ258-202000- /O.UPG.KMAF.HW.A.0027.110520T1500Z-110521T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KMAF.HW.W.0038.110520T1500Z-110521T0200Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP... PINE SPRINGS 401 AM MDT FRI MAY 20 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 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 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WINDS...WEST AND SOUTHWEST 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 60 MPH. * IMPACTS...HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY HAVE DIFFICULTY MAINTAINING CONTROL. LOW FLYING AIRCRAFT MAY EXPERIENCE EXTREME MOUNTAIN WAVE TURBULENCE. 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
468 WWUS74 KMAF 201921 NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 221 PM CDT FRI MAY 20 2011 NMZ027-TXZ258-202030- /O.CAN.KMAF.HW.W.0038.000000T0000Z-110521T0200Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP... PINE SPRINGS 121 PM MDT FRI MAY 20 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. WINDS IN THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS HAVE DECREASED EARLIER THAN ANTICIPATED. THEREFORE THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 10:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Borden, Dawson, Howard, Martin | 62 min |
| May 19, 11:16 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Martin | 29 min |
| May 19, 11:37 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Borden, Howard | 53 min |
| May 20, 12:28 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Martin, Midland | 32 min |
| May 20, 12:38 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Borden, Howard, Mitchell, Scurry | 52 min |
| May 20, 1:12 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Mitchell, Scurry | 63 min |
| May 20, 1:23 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Midland | 67 min |
| May 20, 1:27 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos, Terrell | 63 min |
| May 20, 2:24 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos, Terrell | 66 min |
| May 20, 1:29 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | MAF | 31 hr | |
| May 20, 1:29 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | MAF | 55 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.