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Wind Advisory 10, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this wind advisory at Apr 9, 2011, 5:19 AM CDT for 18 counties in Texas; Eddy County, Lea County, New Mexico. It took effect at Apr 9, 2011, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 9, 2011, 5:19 AM CDT (10:19 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 9, 2011, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 9, 2011, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Counties Eddy County, NM, Lea County, NM, Andrews County, TX, Borden County, TX, Crane County, TX, Dawson County, TX, Ector County, TX, Gaines County, TX, Glasscock County, TX, Howard County, TX, Loving County, TX, Martin County, TX, Midland County, TX, Mitchell County, TX, Pecos County, TX, Reagan County, TX, Scurry County, TX, Upton County, TX, Ward County, TX, Winkler County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 17 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:21 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, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 16 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
- 4321 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
843
WWUS74 KMAF 091019
NPWMAF
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
519 AM CDT SAT APR 9 2011
...HIGH WINDS EXPECTED ACROSS THE GUADALUPE AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS
TODAY AND SUNDAY... WITH HIGH WINDS EXPECTED OVER EDDY AND
CULBERSON COUNTIES ON SUNDAY...
...WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED ACROSS MOST OF WEST TEXAS AND
SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO THIS AFTERNOON AND SUNDAY...
.THE APPROACH OF A STRONG UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL RESULT IN
INCREASING WIND SPEEDS TODAY AND TOMORROW. THE COMBINATION OF
THESE STRONG UPPER WINDS ALONG WITH A TIGHTENING SURFACE PRESSURE
GRADIENT WILL PRODUCE VERY WINDY CONDITIONS ACROSS THE GUADALUPE
AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS BEGINNING THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING
THROUGH SUNDAY. THESE HIGH WINDS WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE VAN HORN
AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR AND EDDY COUNTY PLAINS SUNDAY. WINDY
CONDITIONS CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED ACROSS MOST OF THE REST OF WEST
TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO THIS AFTERNOON AND AGAIN ON SUNDAY
RESULTING IN AREAS OF BLOWING DUST. AS THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH MOVES
EAST OF THE REGION SUNDAY NIGHT... WIND SPEEDS WILL DECREASE.
NMZ028-TXZ057-092200-
/O.UPG.KMAF.HW.A.0016.110410T0600Z-110411T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KMAF.WI.Y.0010.110409T1800Z-110410T0100Z/
/O.EXB.KMAF.HW.W.0024.110410T1500Z-110411T0000Z/
EDDY COUNTY PLAINS-VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARTESIA...CARLSBAD...
CARLSBAD CAVERNS NP...VAN HORN
519 AM CDT SAT APR 9 2011 /419 AM MDT SAT APR 9 2011/
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ THIS
AFTERNOON TO 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING...
...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM CDT /9 AM MDT/ TO 7 PM
CDT /6 PM MDT/ SUNDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A HIGH
WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM CDT /9 AM MDT/ TO
7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ SUNDAY. A WIND ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED.
THIS WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ THIS
AFTERNOON TO 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. THE HIGH WIND
WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
* TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON AND AGAIN SUNDAY.
* WINDS...SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH TODAY.
WEST 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH.
* IMPACTS...THESE WINDS COULD MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT FOR
MOTORISTS DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SUCH AS CAMPERS...
VANS...AND TRACTOR TRAILERS. BLOWING DUST WILL REDUCE
VISIBILITIES.
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.
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.
&&
$$
TXZ074-092200-
/O.UPG.KMAF.HW.A.0016.110409T1800Z-110411T0000Z/
/O.EXA.KMAF.HW.W.0024.110409T1800Z-110411T0000Z/
DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALPINE...FORT DAVIS
519 AM CDT SAT APR 9 2011
...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM
CDT SUNDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A HIGH
WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
7 PM CDT SUNDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
* TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY.
* WINDS...SOUTHWEST 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 60 MPH.
* IMPACTS...HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES TRAVELING THROUGH THE
MOUNTAINS SHOULD USE CAUTION AND REMAIN ALERT FOR HAZARDOUS
DRIVING CONDITIONS. BLOWING DUST WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED
OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS
OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE.
&&
$$
NMZ027-TXZ258-092200-
/O.CON.KMAF.HW.W.0024.110409T1800Z-110411T0000Z/
GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP...
PINE SPRINGS
419 AM MDT SAT APR 9 2011
...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM
MDT SUNDAY...
* TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY.
* WINDS...SOUTHWEST 35 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 75 MPH TODAY.
WEST 40 TO 60 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 85 MPH SUNDAY.
* IMPACTS...HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES TRAVELING THROUGH THE
MOUNTAINS SHOULD USE CAUTION AND REMAIN ALERT FOR HAZARDOUS
DRIVING CONDITIONS. AVIATION INTERESTS MAY EXPERIENCE
LOCALIZED BUT EXTREME TURBULENCE...OR STRONG DOWNWARD
AIRFLOWS...IF FLYING IN THE VICINITY OF THE GUADALUPE
MOUNTAINS. BLOWING DUST WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES.
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.
&&
$$
NMZ029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-058>063-067>070-075-080-092200-
/O.NEW.KMAF.WI.Y.0010.110409T1800Z-110410T0100Z/
/O.NEW.KMAF.WI.Y.0011.110410T1500Z-110411T0000Z/
NORTHERN LEA COUNTY-CENTRAL LEA COUNTY-SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY-GAINES-
DAWSON-BORDEN-SCURRY-ANDREWS-MARTIN-HOWARD-MITCHELL-
REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-LOVING-WINKLER-ECTOR-MIDLAND-
GLASSCOCK-WARD-CRANE-UPTON-REAGAN-PECOS-MARFA PLATEAU-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TATUM...HOBBS...LOVINGTON...EUNICE...
JAL...SEMINOLE...LAMESA...GAIL...SNYDER...ANDREWS...STANTON...
BIG SPRING...COLORADO CITY...PECOS...MENTONE...RED BLUFF LAKE...
KERMIT...ODESSA...MIDLAND...GARDEN CITY...MONAHANS...CRANE...
MCCAMEY...RANKIN...BIG LAKE...FORT STOCKTON...MARFA
519 AM CDT SAT APR 9 2011 /419 AM MDT SAT APR 9 2011/
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ THIS
AFTERNOON TO 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING...
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM CDT /9 AM MDT/ TO 7 PM CDT
/6 PM MDT/ SUNDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ THIS
AFTERNOON TO 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. A WIND ADVISORY
HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED FROM 10 AM CDT /9 AM MDT/ TO 7 PM CDT /6 PM
MDT/ SUNDAY.
* TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON AND SUNDAY.
* WINDS...SOUTHWEST TO WEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH.
* IMPACTS...SUDDEN GUSTS MAY AFFECT DRIVING. BLOWING DUST WILL
REDUCE VISIBILITIES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS
THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.
&&
$$1 follow-up statement
071 WWUS74 KMAF 091923 NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 223 PM CDT SAT APR 9 2011 ...HIGH WINDS ACROSS THE GUADALUPE AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS ABOVE 6000 FT TODAY AND SUNDAY...WITH HIGH WINDS EXPECTED OVER EDDY AND CULBERSON COUNTIES ON SUNDAY... ...WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED ACROSS MOST OF WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON AND AGAIN SUNDAY... .THE APPROACH OF A STRONG UPPER LEVEL TROUGH HAS RESULTED IN VERY WINDY CONDITIONS TODAY AND WILL AGAIN SUNDAY. THE COMBINATION OF THESE STRONG UPPER WINDS ALONG WITH A DEEPENING SURFACE LOW WILL RESULT IN PROLONGED VERY WINDY CONDITIONS ACROSS THE GUADALUPE AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS CONTINUING THROUGH SUNDAY. THESE HIGH WINDS WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR AND EDDY COUNTY PLAINS SUNDAY. VERY WINDY CONDITIONS CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED ACROSS MOST OF THE REST OF WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AGAIN ON SUNDAY RESULTING IN AREAS OF BLOWING DUST. AS THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH MOVES EAST OF THE REGION SUNDAY NIGHT...WIND SPEEDS WILL DECREASE. NMZ028-TXZ057-100100- /O.CON.KMAF.HW.W.0024.110410T1500Z-110411T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMAF.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-110410T0100Z/ EDDY COUNTY PLAINS-VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARTESIA...CARLSBAD... CARLSBAD CAVERNS NP...VAN HORN 223 PM CDT SAT APR 9 2011 /123 PM MDT SAT APR 9 2011/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM CDT /9 AM MDT/ TO 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ SUNDAY... * TIMING...THROUGH EARLY EVENING SATURDAY AND AGAIN SUNDAY. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH TODAY. WEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...THESE WINDS COULD MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT FOR MOTORISTS DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SUCH AS CAMPERS... VANS...AND TRACTOR TRAILERS. BLOWING DUST WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES. EXTREME TURBULENCE NEAR 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. 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. && $$ NMZ027-TXZ074-258-100100- /O.CON.KMAF.HW.W.0024.000000T0000Z-110411T0000Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA- GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...ALPINE...FORT DAVIS... GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP...PINE SPRINGS 223 PM CDT SAT APR 9 2011 /123 PM MDT SAT APR 9 2011/ ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ SUNDAY... * TIMING...REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 35 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH IN THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS ABOVE 6000 FT AND TO NEAR 75 MPH IN THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS TODAY. WEST 40 TO 60 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH TO 75 MPH AGAIN ON SUNDAY. * IMPACTS...HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES TRAVELING THROUGH THE MOUNTAINS SHOULD USE CAUTION AND REMAIN ALERT FOR HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. AVIATION INTERESTS MAY EXPERIENCE LOCALIZED BUT EXTREME TURBULENCE...OR STRONG DOWNWARD AIRFLOWS...IF FLYING IN THE VICINITY OF THE GUADALUPE AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS. BLOWING DUST WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ NMZ029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-058>063-067>070-075-080-100100- /O.CON.KMAF.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-110410T0100Z/ /O.CON.KMAF.WI.Y.0011.110410T1500Z-110411T0000Z/ NORTHERN LEA COUNTY-CENTRAL LEA COUNTY-SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY-GAINES- DAWSON-BORDEN-SCURRY-ANDREWS-MARTIN-HOWARD-MITCHELL- REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-LOVING-WINKLER-ECTOR-MIDLAND- GLASSCOCK-WARD-CRANE-UPTON-REAGAN-PECOS-MARFA PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TATUM...HOBBS...LOVINGTON...EUNICE... JAL...SEMINOLE...LAMESA...GAIL...SNYDER...ANDREWS...STANTON... BIG SPRING...COLORADO CITY...PECOS...MENTONE...RED BLUFF LAKE... KERMIT...ODESSA...MIDLAND...GARDEN CITY...MONAHANS...CRANE... MCCAMEY...RANKIN...BIG LAKE...FORT STOCKTON...MARFA 223 PM CDT SAT APR 9 2011 /123 PM MDT SAT APR 9 2011/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM CDT /9 AM MDT/ TO 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ SUNDAY... * TIMING...REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON AND SUNDAY. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...SUDDEN GUSTS MAY AFFECT DRIVING. BLOWING DUST WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES. 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 9, 5:19 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | MAF | Andrews, Borden, Crane, Dawson, Ector, Gaines and 12 more | 41 hr |
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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.