Alert archive / New Mexico / High Wind Warnings in 2012
High Wind Warning 18, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this high wind warning at Mar 7, 2012, 4:08 AM MST for Eddy County, New Mexico. It took effect at Mar 7, 2012, 8:00 AM MST. It was in force for 11 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
- Mar 7, 2012, 4:08 AM MST (11:08 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 7, 2012, 8:00 AM MST
- Expired
- Mar 7, 2012, 7:00 PM MST
- In force
- 11 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 11:11 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, 11.1 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
- 1523 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 196 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 201 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
969 WWUS74 KMAF 071108 NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 508 AM CST WED MAR 7 2012 ...STRONG WINDS WILL AFFECT THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS TODAY AND THURSDAY... .AN APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL BRING STRONG WINDS TO THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS TODAY. SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL BE ON THE INCREASE BEGINNING THIS MORNING AND REMAIN GUSTY UNTIL EVENING. AS THIS LOW PASSES OVER WEST TEXAS IT WILL DRIVE A STRONG COLD FRONT THROUGH THE AREA THURSDAY. A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT BEHIND THIS FRONT WILL RESULT IN WINDY CONDITIONS THROUGH MOUNTAINS PASSES IN THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS THURSDAY. NMZ027-TXZ258-072200- /O.UPG.KMAF.HW.A.0012.120307T1500Z-120308T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMAF.HW.W.0018.120307T1500Z-120308T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KMAF.HW.A.0013.120308T1800Z-120309T0600Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP... PINE SPRINGS 408 AM MST WED MAR 7 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM MST THIS EVENING... ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM MST THIS EVENING. A HIGH WIND WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS HIGH WIND WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * EVENT...HIGH WINDS. * TIMING...TODAY AND AGAIN THURSDAY. * WINDS...TODAY SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. THURSDAY NORTHEAST WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. * IMPACTS...DRIVERS SHOULD BE ALERT TO SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND THAT MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. EXTRA ATTENTION SHOULD BE GIVEN TO CROSS WINDS WHEN DRIVING THROUGH THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS. AVIATION INTERESTS MAY EXPERIENCE LOCALIZED BUT EXTREME TURBULENCE...OR STRONG DOWNWARD AIRFLOWS... IF FLYING IN THE VICINITY OF THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS. PILOTS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR STANDING WAVE CLOUDS OR OTHER EVIDENCE OF MOUNTAIN WAVE ACTIVITY. 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 HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$
1 follow-up statement
232 WWUS74 KMAF 072043 NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 243 PM CST WED MAR 7 2012 ...STRONG WINDS IN PARTS OF THE THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS INTO THE EVENING AND THURSDAY... .AN APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL LOW HAS BROUGHT STRONG WINDS TO THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS. SOUTHWEST WINDS WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 60 MPH WILL PERSIST UNTIL EVENING. AS THIS LOW PASSES OVER WEST TEXAS IT WILL DRIVE A STRONG COLD FRONT THROUGH THE AREA THURSDAY. A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT BEHIND THIS FRONT WILL RESULT IN WINDY CONDITIONS THROUGH THE MOUNTAINS PASSES IN THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS THURSDAY AS WELL. ALSO AREAS OF BLOWING DUST CAN BE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE AREA AND PERSIST INTO THE MID EVENING TONIGHT. NMZ027-TXZ258-080200- /O.EXT.KMAF.HW.A.0013.120308T2100Z-120309T0900Z/ /O.CON.KMAF.HW.W.0018.000000T0000Z-120308T0200Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP... PINE SPRINGS 143 PM MST WED MAR 7 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MST THIS EVENING... ...HIGH WIND WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT... * EVENT...HIGH WINDS. * TIMING...INTO THIS EVENING AND AGAIN THURSDAY. * WINDS...TODAY SOUTHWEST 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. THURSDAY...WEST SHIFTING TO NORTHEAST 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 60 MPH. * IMPACTS...DRIVERS SHOULD BE ALERT TO SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND THAT MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. EXTRA ATTENTION SHOULD BE GIVEN TO CROSS WINDS WHEN DRIVING THROUGH THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS. AVIATION INTERESTS MAY EXPERIENCE LOCALIZED BUT EXTREME TURBULENCE...OR STRONG DOWNWARD AIRFLOWS... IF FLYING IN THE VICINITY OF THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS. PILOTS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR STANDING WAVE CLOUDS OR OTHER EVIDENCE OF MOUNTAIN WAVE ACTIVITY. 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 7, 4:08 AM MST | High Wind Watch | MAF | 23 hr | |
| Mar 7, 5:26 AM MST | Fire Weather Watch | MAF | 21 hr |
Nearby
High Wind Warnings in New Mexico, 2012High Wind Warnings in Texas, 2012Every high wind warning in 2012
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.