Alert archive / New Mexico / High Wind Warnings in 2011
High Wind Warning 42, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this high wind warning at Jun 19, 2011, 10:00 AM MDT for Eddy County, New Mexico. It took effect at Jun 19, 2011, 11:00 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
- Jun 19, 2011, 10:00 AM MDT (16:00 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 19, 2011, 11:00 AM MDT
- Expired
- Jun 19, 2011, 9:00 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 16:06 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, 4.0 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
- 385 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -500 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2830 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 236 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 238 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
631 WWUS74 KMAF 191600 AAA NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 1100 AM CDT SUN JUN 19 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT TODAY FOR THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS UNTIL 9 PM MDT... ...A HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT ALONG THE RIO GRANDE FROM THE PRESIDIO VALLEY TO SOUTHERN TERRELL COUNTY THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... ...A HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT INTO MONDAY NIGHT FOR ECTOR...HOWARD...MIDLAND...AND PECOS COUNTIES... .THE STRETCH OF RECORD SETTING HEAT WILL CONTINUE OVER MUCH OF WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO TODAY AND MONDAY... CONTINUING ALONG THE RIO GRANDE RIVER THROUGH TUESDAY. FOR TODAY AND MONDAY... HIGH TEMPERATURES OF 105 TO 110 DEGREES WILL CONTINUE NEAR THE CITIES OF BIG SPRING... FORT STOCKTON... MIDLAND... AND ODESSA... WITH TEMPERATURES OF 110 TO 115 DEGREES ALONG THE RIO GRANDE. OVERNIGHT LOWS EACH NIGHT WILL RANGE FROM THE MID 70S TO THE LOWER 80S. FOR TUESDAY A WEAK FRONT SHOULD RESULT IN SLIGHTLY COOLER DAYTIME HIGHS FOR MOST OF THE REGION... BUT VERY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE RIO GRANDE ANOTHER DAY. ALSO HIGH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON. WESTERLY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY IN GAPS AND PASSES AND ON EXPOSED RIDGES. NMZ027-TXZ258-200000- /O.NEW.KMAF.HW.W.0042.110619T1700Z-110620T0300Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP... PINE SPRINGS 1000 AM MDT SUN JUN 19 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...NOON MDT UNTIL 9 PM MDT. * WINDS...WEST WIND 30 TO 40 MPH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL ALONG HIGHWAY 62 AND 180 WILL BE DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. TURBULENCE IN AND AROUND THE MOUNTAIN WILL BE POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOR AIRCRAFT. 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. && $$ TXZ052-061-062-075-200000- /O.CON.KMAF.HT.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-110621T0600Z/ HOWARD-ECTOR-MIDLAND-PECOS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BIG SPRING...ODESSA...MIDLAND... FORT STOCKTON 1100 AM CDT SUN JUN 19 2011 ...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT TUESDAY... * TEMPERATURE...AFTERNOON HIGHS OF 105 TO 110 DEGREES. NIGHTTIME LOWS 75 TO 80 DEGREES. * IMPACTS...SUNSTROKE...HEAT CRAMPS...OR HEAT EXHAUSTION IS LIKELY WITH PROLONGED EXPOSURE AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER. TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE IS AN EMERGENCY...CALL 911. && $$ TXZ079-081-082-200000- /O.CON.KMAF.HT.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-110622T0300Z/ PRESIDIO VALLEY-BIG BEND AREA-TERRELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRESIDIO...BIG BEND NP...MARATHON... SANDERSON 1100 AM CDT SUN JUN 19 2011 ...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT TUESDAY... * TEMPERATURE...AFTERNOON HIGHS OF 110 TO 115 DEGREES. NIGHTTIME LOWS 75 TO 80 DEGREES. * IMPACTS...SUNSTROKE...HEAT CRAMPS...OR HEAT EXHAUSTION IS LIKELY WITH PROLONGED EXPOSURE AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER. TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE IS AN EMERGENCY...CALL 911. && $$
1 follow-up statement
312 WWUS74 KMAF 191940 NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 240 PM CDT SUN JUN 19 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT THIS EVENING FOR THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS UNTIL 9 PM MDT... ...A HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT ALONG THE RIO GRANDE FROM THE PRESIDIO VALLEY TO SOUTHERN TERRELL COUNTY THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... ...A HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT INTO MONDAY NIGHT FOR ECTOR...HOWARD...MIDLAND...AND PECOS COUNTIES OF WEST TEXAS... .THE STRING OF RECORD SETTING HEAT WILL CONTINUE OVER MUCH OF WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO THROUGH MONDAY... CONTINUING ALONG THE RIO GRANDE RIVER THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. FOR MONDAY... HIGH TEMPERATURES OF 105 TO 110 DEGREES WILL CONTINUE NEAR THE CITIES OF BIG SPRING... FORT STOCKTON... MIDLAND... AND ODESSA... WITH TEMPERATURES OF 110 TO 115 DEGREES ALONG THE RIO GRANDE. OVERNIGHT LOWS TONIGHT AND MONDAY NIGHT WILL RANGE FROM THE MID 70S TO THE LOWER 80S. FOR TUESDAY A WEAK FRONT SHOULD RESULT IN SLIGHTLY COOLER DAYTIME HIGHS FOR MOST OF THE REGION... BUT VERY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE RIO GRANDE ANOTHER DAY. ALSO HIGH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE IN THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS THROUGH MID EVENING. WESTERLY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY IN GAPS AND PASSES AND ON EXPOSED RIDGES. NMZ027-TXZ258-200300- /O.CON.KMAF.HW.W.0042.000000T0000Z-110620T0300Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP... PINE SPRINGS 140 PM MDT SUN JUN 19 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...UNTIL 9 PM MDT. * WINDS...WEST WIND 30 TO 40 MPH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL ALONG HIGHWAY 62 AND 180 WILL BE DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. TURBULENCE IN AND AROUND THE MOUNTAIN WILL BE POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOR AIRCRAFT. 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. && $$ TXZ052-061-062-075-201200- /O.CON.KMAF.HT.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-110621T0600Z/ HOWARD-ECTOR-MIDLAND-PECOS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BIG SPRING...ODESSA...MIDLAND... FORT STOCKTON 240 PM CDT SUN JUN 19 2011 ...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT TUESDAY... * TEMPERATURE...AFTERNOON HIGHS OF 105 TO 110 DEGREES. NIGHTTIME LOWS 75 TO 80 DEGREES. * IMPACTS...SUNSTROKE...HEAT CRAMPS...OR HEAT EXHAUSTION IS LIKELY WITH PROLONGED EXPOSURE AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER. TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE IS AN EMERGENCY...CALL 911. && $$ TXZ079-081-082-201200- /O.CON.KMAF.HT.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-110622T0300Z/ PRESIDIO VALLEY-BIG BEND AREA-TERRELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRESIDIO...BIG BEND NP...MARATHON... SANDERSON 240 PM CDT SUN JUN 19 2011 ...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT TUESDAY... * TEMPERATURE...AFTERNOON HIGHS OF 110 TO 115 DEGREES. NIGHTTIME LOWS 75 TO 80 DEGREES. * IMPACTS...SUNSTROKE...HEAT CRAMPS...OR HEAT EXHAUSTION IS LIKELY WITH PROLONGED EXPOSURE AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER. TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE IS AN EMERGENCY...CALL 911. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 3:54 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | MAF | 41 hr | |
| Jun 19, 4:21 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 54 min |
| Jun 19, 4:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos, Terrell | 30 min |
| Jun 19, 5:10 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Terrell | 33 min |
| Jun 19, 5:42 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Terrell | 35 min |
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.