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Wind Advisory 12, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this wind advisory at Apr 13, 2011, 2:34 PM CDT for 18 counties in Texas; Eddy County, Lea County, New Mexico. It took effect at Apr 14, 2011, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 13, 2011, 2:34 PM CDT (19:34 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 14, 2011, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 14, 2011, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 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 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, 7.6 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
- 3508 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 143 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 194 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
865 WWUS74 KMAF 131934 NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 234 PM CDT WED APR 13 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS... ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS...TRANS PECOS...PERMIAN BASIN...DAVIS MOUNTAINS AND MARFA PLATEAU... .AN AREA OF SURFACE LOW PRESSURE WILL DEEPEN ACROSS EASTERN NEW MEXICO THIS EVENING...AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE. THE MID TO UPPER LEVEL WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING ACROSS THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS. BOTH OF THESE FEATURES WILL RESULT IN HIGH WINDS FIRST DEVELOPING THIS EVENING...AND CONTINUING THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY EVENING. THERE MAY BE A BRIEF BREAK IN HIGH WIND SPEEDS TONIGHT...BUT THEY WILL INCREASE TO AGAIN TO ABOVE HIGH WIND LIMITS LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. WINDY CONDITIONS WILL ALSO DEVELOP ACROSS MUCH OF THE REMAINDER OF WEST TEXAS AND THE SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS BY EARLY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. NMZ027-TXZ258-141000- /O.CON.KMAF.HW.W.0026.000000T0000Z-110415T0000Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP... PINE SPRINGS 134 PM MDT WED APR 13 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THURSDAY... * TIMING...THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY EVENING. * WINDS...WEST 40 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 70 MPH. * IMPACTS...HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES TRAVELING THROUGH THE MOUNTAINS SHOULD USE CAUTION. AVIATION INTERESTS MAY EXPERIENCE LOCALIZED BUT EXTREME TURBULENCE...OR STRONG DOWNWARD AIRFLOWS...IF FLYING IN THE VICINITY OF 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. && $$ NMZ028-029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075-080- 141000- /O.NEW.KMAF.WI.Y.0012.110414T1800Z-110415T0000Z/ EDDY COUNTY PLAINS-NORTHERN LEA COUNTY-CENTRAL LEA COUNTY- SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY-GAINES-DAWSON-BORDEN-SCURRY-ANDREWS-MARTIN- HOWARD-MITCHELL-VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR- REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-LOVING-WINKLER-ECTOR-MIDLAND- GLASSCOCK-WARD-CRANE-UPTON-REAGAN-DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA- PECOS-MARFA PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARTESIA...CARLSBAD... CARLSBAD CAVERNS NP...TATUM...HOBBS...LOVINGTON...EUNICE...JAL... SEMINOLE...LAMESA...GAIL...SNYDER...ANDREWS...STANTON... BIG SPRING...COLORADO CITY...VAN HORN...PECOS...MENTONE... RED BLUFF LAKE...KERMIT...ODESSA...MIDLAND...GARDEN CITY... MONAHANS...CRANE...MCCAMEY...RANKIN...BIG LAKE...ALPINE... FORT DAVIS...FORT STOCKTON...MARFA 234 PM CDT WED APR 13 2011 /134 PM MDT WED APR 13 2011/ ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ TO 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ TO 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THURSDAY. * TIMING...THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS...WEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
3 follow-up statements
823 WWUS74 KMAF 140809 NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 309 AM CDT THU APR 14 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS TODAY... ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS...VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR...TRANS PECOS...PERMIAN BASIN...DAVIS MOUNTAINS AND MARFA PLATEAU... NMZ027-TXZ258-142015- /O.CON.KMAF.HW.W.0026.000000T0000Z-110415T0000Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP... PINE SPRINGS 209 AM MDT THU APR 14 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS TONIGHT. * WINDS...WEST 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 65 MPH. * IMPACTS...HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES TRAVELING THROUGH THE MOUNTAINS SHOULD USE CAUTION. AVIATION INTERESTS MAY EXPERIENCE LOCALIZED BUT EXTREME TURBULENCE...OR STRONG DOWNWARD AIRFLOWS...IF FLYING IN THE VICINITY OF 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. && $$ NMZ028-029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075-080- 142015- /O.CON.KMAF.WI.Y.0012.110414T1800Z-110415T0000Z/ EDDY COUNTY PLAINS-NORTHERN LEA COUNTY-CENTRAL LEA COUNTY- SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY-GAINES-DAWSON-BORDEN-SCURRY-ANDREWS-MARTIN- HOWARD-MITCHELL-VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR- REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-LOVING-WINKLER-ECTOR-MIDLAND- GLASSCOCK-WARD-CRANE-UPTON-REAGAN-DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA- PECOS-MARFA PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARTESIA...CARLSBAD... CARLSBAD CAVERNS NP...TATUM...HOBBS...LOVINGTON...EUNICE...JAL... SEMINOLE...LAMESA...GAIL...SNYDER...ANDREWS...STANTON... BIG SPRING...COLORADO CITY...VAN HORN...PECOS...MENTONE... RED BLUFF LAKE...KERMIT...ODESSA...MIDLAND...GARDEN CITY... MONAHANS...CRANE...MCCAMEY...RANKIN...BIG LAKE...ALPINE... FORT DAVIS...FORT STOCKTON...MARFA 309 AM CDT THU APR 14 2011 /209 AM MDT THU APR 14 2011/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...WEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 45 TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
811 WWUS74 KMAF 142024 NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 324 PM CDT THU APR 14 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING... ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING FOR THE SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS...VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR... TRANS PECOS...PERMIAN BASIN...DAVIS MOUNTAINS AND MARFA PLATEAU... NMZ027-TXZ258-150000- /O.CON.KMAF.HW.W.0026.000000T0000Z-110415T0000Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP... PINE SPRINGS 224 PM MDT THU APR 14 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. * WINDS...WEST 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. * IMPACTS...HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES TRAVELING THROUGH THE MOUNTAINS SHOULD USE CAUTION. AVIATION INTERESTS MAY EXPERIENCE LOCALIZED BUT EXTREME TURBULENCE...OR STRONG DOWNWARD AIRFLOWS...IF FLYING IN THE VICINITY OF 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. && $$ NMZ028-029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075-080- 150000- /O.CON.KMAF.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-110415T0000Z/ EDDY COUNTY PLAINS-NORTHERN LEA COUNTY-CENTRAL LEA COUNTY- SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY-GAINES-DAWSON-BORDEN-SCURRY-ANDREWS-MARTIN- HOWARD-MITCHELL-VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR- REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-LOVING-WINKLER-ECTOR-MIDLAND- GLASSCOCK-WARD-CRANE-UPTON-REAGAN-DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA- PECOS-MARFA PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARTESIA...CARLSBAD... CARLSBAD CAVERNS NP...TATUM...HOBBS...LOVINGTON...EUNICE...JAL... SEMINOLE...LAMESA...GAIL...SNYDER...ANDREWS...STANTON... BIG SPRING...COLORADO CITY...VAN HORN...PECOS...MENTONE... RED BLUFF LAKE...KERMIT...ODESSA...MIDLAND...GARDEN CITY... MONAHANS...CRANE...MCCAMEY...RANKIN...BIG LAKE...ALPINE... FORT DAVIS...FORT STOCKTON...MARFA 324 PM CDT THU APR 14 2011 /224 PM MDT THU APR 14 2011/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. * WINDS...WEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
957 WWUS74 KMAF 150016 NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 716 PM CDT THU APR 14 2011 ...WIND WARNING AND ADVISORY HAVE EXPIRED... .THE WIND WARNING FOR THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS...AS WELL AS THE WIND ADVISORY FOR THE SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS AND MOST OF WEST TEXAS...HAVE EXPIRED...AS WINDS HAVE FALLEN BELOW WARNING AND ADVISORY CRITERIA. NMZ027-TXZ258-150130- /O.EXP.KMAF.HW.W.0026.000000T0000Z-110415T0000Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP... PINE SPRINGS 616 PM MDT THU APR 14 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING HAS EXPIRED... SUSTAINED WEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...AND GUSTING TO 55 MPH...CAN BE EXPECTED OCCASIONALLY FOR THE NEXT COUPLE HOURS...DIMINISHING THEREAFTER. $$ NMZ028-029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075-080- 150130- /O.EXP.KMAF.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-110415T0000Z/ EDDY COUNTY PLAINS-NORTHERN LEA COUNTY-CENTRAL LEA COUNTY- SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY-GAINES-DAWSON-BORDEN-SCURRY-ANDREWS-MARTIN- HOWARD-MITCHELL-VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR- REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-LOVING-WINKLER-ECTOR-MIDLAND- GLASSCOCK-WARD-CRANE-UPTON-REAGAN-DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA- PECOS-MARFA PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARTESIA...CARLSBAD... CARLSBAD CAVERNS NP...TATUM...HOBBS...LOVINGTON...EUNICE...JAL... SEMINOLE...LAMESA...GAIL...SNYDER...ANDREWS...STANTON... BIG SPRING...COLORADO CITY...VAN HORN...PECOS...MENTONE... RED BLUFF LAKE...KERMIT...ODESSA...MIDLAND...GARDEN CITY... MONAHANS...CRANE...MCCAMEY...RANKIN...BIG LAKE...ALPINE... FORT DAVIS...FORT STOCKTON...MARFA 716 PM CDT THU APR 14 2011 /616 PM MDT THU APR 14 2011/ ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... SUSTAINED WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...AND GUSTING TO 45 MPH...CAN BE EXPECTED OCCASIONALLY FOR THE NEXT COUPLE HOURS...DIMINISHING THEREAFTER. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 13, 4:06 AM CDT | High Wind Warning | MAF | 39 hr |
Nearby
Wind Advisories in Texas, 2011Wind Advisories in New Mexico, 2011Every wind advisory 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.