Alert archive / New Mexico / High Wind Warnings in 2012
High Wind Warning 24, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this high wind warning at Apr 26, 2012, 2:03 PM MDT for Eddy County, New Mexico. It took effect at Apr 26, 2012, 6:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 10 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
- Apr 26, 2012, 2:03 PM MDT (20:03 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 26, 2012, 6:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Apr 27, 2012, 3:35 AM MDT
- In force
- 10 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 20:03 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, 8.1 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
- 4285 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -70 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
332 WWUS74 KMAF 262003 NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 303 PM CDT THU APR 26 2012 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED ACROSS THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING... .WINDS IN THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS WILL INCREASE SIGNIFICANTLY BY LATE THIS EVENING AS A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM APPROACHES FROM THE WEST COAST. GUSTY WEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT INTO EARLY FRIDAY MORNING...ESPECIALLY FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 6500 FEET. NMZ027-TXZ258-271000- /O.UPG.KMAF.HW.A.0018.120427T0000Z-120427T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMAF.HW.W.0024.120427T0000Z-120427T1500Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP... PINE SPRINGS 203 PM MDT THU APR 26 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM MDT FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM MDT FRIDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * EVENT...HIGH WINDS. * TIMING...THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. * WINDS...WEST WINDS 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 60 MPH. * IMPACTS...THESE WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT FOR MOTORISTS DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SUCH AS CAMPERS... VANS...AND TRACTOR TRAILERS. AVIATION INTERESTS MAY EXPERIENCE LOCALIZED BUT EXTREME TURBULENCE. 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
103 WWUS74 KMAF 270935 NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 435 AM CDT FRI APR 27 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... .AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM TO THE NORTH OF THE REGION WILL MOVE NORTHEAST INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS TODAY...RESULTING IN DECREASING WINDS ACROSS THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS. NMZ027-TXZ258-271045- /O.CAN.KMAF.HW.W.0024.000000T0000Z-120427T1500Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP... PINE SPRINGS 335 AM MDT FRI APR 27 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. WINDS THROUGH THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS ARE EXPECTED TO STAY BELOW WARNING CRITERIA AND DECREASE THROUGH THE DAY. $$ 44
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 3:14 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | MAF | 18 hr | |
| Apr 26, 1:51 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | MAF | 13 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.