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High Wind Warning 53, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

November 19, 2011Eddy County, New Mexico

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this high wind warning at Nov 19, 2011, 3:09 AM MST for Eddy County, New Mexico. It was in force for 20 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 19, 2011, 3:09 AM MST (10:09 UTC)
Expired
Nov 19, 2011, 11:00 PM MST
In force
20 hr
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

County Eddy County, NM

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 10.2 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 2011-11-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2011-11-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 98 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2476 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
98 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
158 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.

853 
WWUS74 KMAF 191009
NPWMAF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
409 AM CST SAT NOV 19 2011

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON FOR
THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS...

.A STRONG...WESTERLY LOW LEVEL JET WILL MOVE OVER THE GUADALUPE
MOUNTAINS THIS MORNING THROUGH MID AFTERNOON...RESULTING IN WINDY
AND GUSTY CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS.

NMZ027-TXZ258-192200-
/O.NEW.KMAF.HW.W.0053.111119T1009Z-111119T2200Z/
GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP...
PINE SPRINGS
309 AM MST SAT NOV 19 2011

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A HIGH
WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON.  

* EVENT...HIGH WINDS.

* TIMING...UNTIL 3 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS...MOTORISTS DRIVING HIGH PROFILE AND LIGHTWEIGHT VEHICLES
  MAY EXPERIENCE CONSIDERABLE DIFFICULTY.  MOTORISTS MAY WANT TO
  CONSIDER ALTERNATE ROUTES.  MOUNTAINS WAVES NEAR THE MOUNTAINS
  WILL BE HAZARDOUS TO LOW FLYING AIRCRAFT.

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST TO WEST 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 60
  MPH.  WINDS STRONGER AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS.

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.

&&

$$

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1 follow-up statement
077 
WWUS74 KMAF 191943
NPWMAF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
143 PM CST SAT NOV 19 2011

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST TONIGHT FOR
THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS...

.HIGH WINDS WILL CONTINUE IN THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS THROUGH LATE
THIS EVENING...AS AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM MOVES ONSHORE NEAR
NORTH CENTRAL CALIFORNIA. STRONG WINDS IN THE MID LEVELS OF THE
ATMOSPHERE WILL HELP MAINTAIN BREEZY CONDITIONS ACROSS THE REGION
THROUGH EARLY TOMORROW MORNING...BUT THE HIGH WINDS SHOULD SUBSIDE
AROUND MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.

NMZ027-TXZ258-200345-
/O.EXT.KMAF.HW.W.0053.000000T0000Z-111120T0600Z/
GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP...
PINE SPRINGS
1243 PM MST SAT NOV 19 2011

...HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING...

* EVENT...HIGH WINDS.

* TIMING...UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING.

* IMPACTS...MOTORISTS DRIVING HIGH PROFILE AND LIGHTWEIGHT
  VEHICLES MAY EXPERIENCE CONSIDERABLE DIFFICULTY. MOTORISTS MAY
  WANT TO CONSIDER ALTERNATE ROUTES. MOUNTAINS WAVES WILL ALSO BE
  HAZARDOUS TO LOW FLYING AIRCRAFT.

* WINDS...WEST SOUTHWEST 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 60 MPH.
  THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL IMPACT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS.

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

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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.