Alert archive / New Mexico / High Wind Warnings in 2011
High Wind Warning 41, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this high wind warning at May 30, 2011, 3:34 AM MDT for Eddy County, New Mexico. It took effect at May 30, 2011, 6:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 12 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 30, 2011, 3:34 AM MDT (09:34 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 30, 2011, 6:00 AM MDT
- Expired
- May 30, 2011, 6:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 12 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 09:34 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, 9.6 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
- 1477 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -264 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3068 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 103 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
938 WWUS74 KMAF 300934 NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 434 AM CDT MON MAY 30 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS TODAY... .THE MID TO UPPER LEVEL WINDS IN THE ATMOSPHERE WILL INCREASE OVER THE AREA...BUT PARTICULARLY OVER THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS...AS AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM MOVES INTO THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS. THESE WINDS WILL BE STRONG ENOUGH NEAR MOUNTAIN PEAKS AND THROUGH PASSES TO PRODUCE HIGH WINDS IN THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS TODAY. NMZ027-TXZ258-310000- /O.UPG.KMAF.HW.A.0031.110530T1200Z-110531T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMAF.HW.W.0041.110530T1200Z-110531T0000Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP... PINE SPRINGS 334 AM MDT MON MAY 30 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 60 MPH. * IMPACTS...THESE WINDS COULD MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT FOR MOTORISTS TRAVELING IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SUCH AS TRACTOR TRAILERS... CAMPERS...AND VANS. IN ADDITION...SMALL OR LOW FLYING AIRCRAFT MAY EXPERIENCE LOCALIZED BUT EXTREME TURBULENCE NEAR 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
859 WWUS74 KMAF 302009 NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 309 PM CDT MON MAY 30 2011 ...STRONG WEST WINDS ACROSS THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS INTO EARLY THIS EVENING... .THE MID TO UPPER LEVEL WINDS IN THE ATMOSPHERE WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE OVER THE AREA...PARTICULARLY OVER THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS...AS AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM MOVES INTO THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS. THESE WINDS WILL BE STRONG ENOUGH NEAR MOUNTAIN PEAKS AND THROUGH PASSES TO CONTINUE HIGH WINDS IN THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL REMAIN GUSTY THROUGH THIS EVENING...BUT SHOULD DROP BELOW HIGH WIND LEVELS. NMZ027-TXZ258-310000- /O.CON.KMAF.HW.W.0041.000000T0000Z-110531T0000Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP... PINE SPRINGS 209 PM MDT MON MAY 30 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 60 MPH. * IMPACTS...THESE WINDS COULD MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT FOR MOTORISTS TRAVELING IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SUCH AS TRACTOR TRAILERS... CAMPERS...AND VANS. IN ADDITION...SMALL OR LOW FLYING AIRCRAFT MAY EXPERIENCE LOCALIZED BUT EXTREME TURBULENCE NEAR THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$
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.