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High Wind Warning 38, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

May 20, 2011Eddy County, New Mexico

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2011-05-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 11 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2011-05-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 22 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 19, 10:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBorden, Dawson, Howard, Martin62 min
May 19, 11:16 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMartin29 min
May 19, 11:37 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBorden, Howard53 min
May 20, 12:28 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMartin, Midland32 min
May 20, 12:38 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBorden, Howard, Mitchell, Scurry52 min
May 20, 1:12 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMitchell, Scurry63 min
May 20, 1:23 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMidland67 min
May 20, 1:27 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos, Terrell63 min
May 20, 2:24 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos, Terrell66 min
May 20, 1:29 PM MDTRed Flag WarningMAF31 hr
May 20, 1:29 PM MDTRed Flag WarningMAF55 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.