Alert archive / New Mexico / High Wind Warnings in 2011
High Wind Warning 49, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this high wind warning at Nov 4, 2011, 1:39 PM MDT for Eddy County, New Mexico. It took effect at Nov 5, 2011, 3:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 15 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
- Nov 4, 2011, 1:39 PM MDT (19:39 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 5, 2011, 3:00 AM MDT
- Expired
- Nov 5, 2011, 6:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 15 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 19:40 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, 7.7 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
- 2643 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 155 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 167 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
875 WWUS74 KMAF 041939 NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 239 PM CDT FRI NOV 4 2011 ...STRONG WINDS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS ABOVE 6000 FT SATURDAY... ...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED SATURDAY IN THE VAN HORN AREA...SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...AND THE UPPER TRANS PECOS.... .A POTENT UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL QUICKLY MOVE FROM THE FOUR CORNERS REGION TO THE CENTRAL PLAINS DURING THE DAY SATURDAY. STRONG WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS AND PARTS OF THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS SATURDAY AS THIS SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO WITH GUSTS OF 60 TO 65 MPH. IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS VERY WINDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH. NMZ027-TXZ258-051145- /O.UPG.KMAF.HW.A.0033.111105T1200Z-111106T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMAF.HW.W.0049.111105T0900Z-111106T0000Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP... PINE SPRINGS 139 PM MDT FRI NOV 4 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 6 PM MDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 6 PM MDT SATURDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * EVENT...HIGH WINDS IN THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS SATURDAY. * TIMING...SATURDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 35 TO 45 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH. * IMPACTS...MOTORISTS DRIVING HIGH PROFILE AND LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES MAY EXPERIENCE CONSIDERABLE DIFFICULTY ALONG U.S. HIGHWAY 62 180 THROUGH GUADALUPE PASS. MOTORISTS MAY WANT TO CONSIDER ALTERNATE ROUTES. MOUNTAINS WAVES NEAR THE MOUNTAINS WILL BE HAZARDOUS TO LOW FLYING 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. && $$ TXZ074-051145- /O.NEW.KMAF.HW.W.0049.111105T0900Z-111106T0000Z/ DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALPINE...FORT DAVIS 239 PM CDT FRI NOV 4 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 7 PM CDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 7 PM CDT SATURDAY. * EVENT...HIGH WINDS IN THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS ABOVE 6000 FT SATURDAY. * TIMING...SATURDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 30 TO 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. * IMPACTS...MOTORISTS DRIVING HIGH PROFILE AND LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES MAY EXPERIENCE CONSIDERABLE DIFFICULTY. MOTORISTS MAY WANT TO CONSIDER ALTERNATE ROUTES. MOUNTAINS WAVES NEAR THE MOUNTAINS WILL BE HAZARDOUS TO LOW FLYING AIRCRAFT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ NMZ028-029-033-034-TXZ057-058-051145- /O.NEW.KMAF.WI.Y.0024.111105T1500Z-111106T0000Z/ EDDY COUNTY PLAINS-NORTHERN LEA COUNTY-CENTRAL LEA COUNTY- SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY-VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR- REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARTESIA...CARLSBAD... CARLSBAD CAVERNS NP...TATUM...HOBBS...LOVINGTON...EUNICE...JAL... VAN HORN...PECOS 239 PM CDT FRI NOV 4 2011 /139 PM MDT FRI NOV 4 2011/ ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM CDT /9 AM MDT/ TO 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM CDT /9 AM MDT/ TO 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ SATURDAY. * EVENT...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS. * TIMING...SATURDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...GUSTY WINDS MAY MAKE FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL. LOCAL VISIBILITIES MAY FALL TO LESS THAN 3 MILES IN BLOWING DUST. 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
772 WWUS74 KMAF 050849 NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 349 AM CDT SAT NOV 5 2011 ...HIGH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TODAY IN THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS AND THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS ABOVE 6000 FT... ...WINDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TODAY IN THE VAN HORN AREA...SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...AND THE UPPER TRANS PECOS.... .A POTENT UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OVER THE GREAT BASIN THIS MORNING WILL QUICKLY MOVE ACROSS NEW MEXICO TODAY AND OVER THE PANHANDLE BY THIS EVENING. HIGH WINDS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS AND HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS TODAY AS THIS SYSTEM MOVES EAST. WINDY CONDITIONS ARE ALSO EXPECTED ACROSS THE ADJACENT PLAINS. WIND SPEEDS WILL DECREASE BY THIS EVENING. NMZ027-TXZ074-258-052100- /O.CON.KMAF.HW.W.0049.111105T0900Z-111106T0000Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA- GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...ALPINE...FORT DAVIS... GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP...PINE SPRINGS 349 AM CDT SAT NOV 5 2011 /249 AM MDT SAT NOV 5 2011/ ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... * EVENT...HIGH WINDS IN THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS AND IN THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS ABOVE 6000 FT SATURDAY. * TIMING...TODAY * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 35 TO 45 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH. * IMPACTS...MOTORISTS DRIVING HIGH PROFILE AND LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES MAY EXPERIENCE CONSIDERABLE DIFFICULTY. MOTORISTS MAY WANT TO CONSIDER ALTERNATE ROUTES. MOUNTAINS WAVES NEAR THE MOUNTAINS WILL BE HAZARDOUS TO LOW FLYING AIRCRAFT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ NMZ028-029-033-034-TXZ057-058-052100- /O.CON.KMAF.WI.Y.0024.111105T1500Z-111106T0000Z/ EDDY COUNTY PLAINS-NORTHERN LEA COUNTY-CENTRAL LEA COUNTY- SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY-VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR- REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARTESIA...CARLSBAD... CARLSBAD CAVERNS NP...TATUM...HOBBS...LOVINGTON...EUNICE...JAL... VAN HORN...PECOS 349 AM CDT SAT NOV 5 2011 /249 AM MDT SAT NOV 5 2011/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM CDT /9 AM MDT/ THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... * EVENT...WINDY CONDITIONS FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS AND PORTIONS OF THE UPPER TRANS PECOS. * TIMING...TODAY. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...GUSTY WINDS MAY MAKE FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL. LOCAL VISIBILITIES MAY FALL TO LESS THAN 3 MILES IN BLOWING DUST. 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. && $$
977 WWUS74 KMAF 051826 AAA NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 126 PM CDT SAT NOV 5 2011 ...HIGH WINDS ARE OCCURING IN THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS AND THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS ABOVE 6000 FT... ...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TODAY IN THE VAN HORN AREA...SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...THE UPPER TRANS PECOS...AND THE WEST AND NORTHWEST PERMIAN BASIN.... .A POTENT UPPER LEVEL TROUGH NEAR THE FOUR CORNERS REGION WILL QUICKLY MOVE ACROSS NEW MEXICO TODAY AND OVER THE PANHANDLE BY THIS EVENING. AS A RESULT HIGH WINDS HAVE DEVELOPED IN THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS AND HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS. VERY WINDY CONDITIONS ARE STARTING TO DEVELOP IN THE PLAINS OF SOUTHEAST AND ARE EXPECTED TO SPREAD INTO THE PARTS OF THE WEST AND NORTHWEST PERMIAN BASIN. WIND SPEEDS WILL DECREASE THIS EVENING. NMZ027-TXZ074-258-060000- /O.CON.KMAF.HW.W.0049.000000T0000Z-111106T0000Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA- GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...ALPINE...FORT DAVIS... GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP...PINE SPRINGS 126 PM CDT SAT NOV 5 2011 /1226 PM MDT SAT NOV 5 2011/ ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... * EVENT...HIGH WINDS IN THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS AND IN THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS ABOVE 6000 FT SATURDAY. * TIMING...TODAY * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 35 TO 45 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 60 TO 75 MPH. * IMPACTS...MOTORISTS DRIVING HIGH PROFILE AND LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES MAY EXPERIENCE CONSIDERABLE DIFFICULTY. MOTORISTS MAY WANT TO CONSIDER ALTERNATE ROUTES. MOUNTAINS WAVES NEAR THE MOUNTAINS WILL BE HAZARDOUS TO LOW FLYING AIRCRAFT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ TXZ045-050-059-060000- /O.EXA.KMAF.WI.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-111106T0000Z/ GAINES-ANDREWS-LOVING- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SEMINOLE...ANDREWS...MENTONE... RED BLUFF LAKE 126 PM CDT SAT NOV 5 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * EVENT...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS FOR THE NORTHWEST AND WESTERN PERMIAN BASIN. * TIMING...TODAY. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...GUSTY WINDS MAY MAKE FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL. LOCAL VISIBILITIES MAY FALL TO LESS THAN 3 MILES IN BLOWING DUST. 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. && $$ NMZ028-029-033-034-TXZ057-058-060000- /O.CON.KMAF.WI.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-111106T0000Z/ EDDY COUNTY PLAINS-NORTHERN LEA COUNTY-CENTRAL LEA COUNTY- SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY-VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR- REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARTESIA...CARLSBAD... CARLSBAD CAVERNS NP...TATUM...HOBBS...LOVINGTON...EUNICE...JAL... VAN HORN...PECOS 126 PM CDT SAT NOV 5 2011 /1226 PM MDT SAT NOV 5 2011/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... * EVENT...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS...VAN HORN...AND PORTIONS OF THE UPPER TRANS PECOS. * TIMING...TODAY. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...GUSTY WINDS MAY MAKE FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL. LOCAL VISIBILITIES MAY FALL TO LESS THAN 3 MILES IN BLOWING DUST. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
454 WWUS74 KMAF 060014 NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 714 PM CDT SAT NOV 5 2011 NMZ027-TXZ074-258-060115- /O.EXP.KMAF.HW.W.0049.000000T0000Z-111106T0000Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA- GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...ALPINE...FORT DAVIS... GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP...PINE SPRINGS 714 PM CDT SAT NOV 5 2011 /614 PM MDT SAT NOV 5 2011/ ...HIGH WIND WARNING HAS EXPIRED... STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS IN THE GUADALUPE AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS WERE DECREASING THIS EVENING. SINCE THE THREAT OF DAMAGING WINDS HAS PAST...THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$ NMZ028-029-033-034-TXZ045-050-057>059-060115- /O.EXP.KMAF.WI.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-111106T0000Z/ EDDY COUNTY PLAINS-NORTHERN LEA COUNTY-CENTRAL LEA COUNTY- SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY-GAINES-ANDREWS- VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR- REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-LOVING- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARTESIA...CARLSBAD... CARLSBAD CAVERNS NP...TATUM...HOBBS...LOVINGTON...EUNICE...JAL... SEMINOLE...ANDREWS...VAN HORN...PECOS...MENTONE...RED BLUFF LAKE 714 PM CDT SAT NOV 5 2011 /614 PM MDT SAT NOV 5 2011/ ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS WERE ON THE DECREASE BEHIND A COLD FRONT MOVING EAST ACROSS THE AREA. THEREFORE...THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 4, 3:50 AM MDT | High Wind Watch | MAF | 10 hr | |
| Nov 4, 1:11 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | MAF | Crane, Loving, Pecos, Upton, Ward, Winkler | 15 hr |
| Nov 4, 1:39 PM MDT | Wind Advisory | MAF | Andrews, Gaines, Loving | 28 hr |
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.