Alert archive / New Mexico / High Wind Warnings in 2012
High Wind Warning 26, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this high wind warning at May 23, 2012, 3:07 AM MDT for Eddy County, New Mexico. It took effect at May 23, 2012, 12:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 30 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
- May 23, 2012, 3:07 AM MDT (09:07 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 23, 2012, 12:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- May 24, 2012, 6:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 30 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
County Eddy County, NM
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 9.1 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
- 430 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -263 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3073 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 120 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
510 WWUS74 KMAF 230907 NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 407 AM CDT WED MAY 23 2012 ...WINDY CONDITIONS FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND PORTIONS OF WEST TEXAS THROUGH THURSDAY... .A STRENGTHENING SURFACE TROUGH AHEAD OF AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL DRIFT SOUTH INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS TODAY AND TONIGHT...RESULTING IN INCREASING SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS OVER MUCH OF THE REGION. NMZ027-TXZ258-232100- /O.UPG.KMAF.HW.A.0020.120523T1500Z-120524T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMAF.HW.W.0026.120523T1800Z-120525T0000Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP... PINE SPRINGS 307 AM MDT WED MAY 23 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM MDT THURSDAY... * EVENT...STRONG WINDS. * TIMING...NOON TODAY TO 6 PM MDT THURSDAY. * IMPACTS...LOOSE OBJECTS MAY BECOME AIRBORNE. STRONG CROSSWINDS MAY MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. * WINDS...THIS AFTERNOON...SOUTHWEST 30 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 70 MPH. TONIGHT...SOUTHWEST 30 TO 50 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 70 MPH IN THE EVENING. THURSDAY...SOUTHWEST 30 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 65 MPH. 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. && $$ NMZ028-TXZ057-058-074-232100- /O.NEW.KMAF.WI.Y.0014.120523T1800Z-120524T1200Z/ EDDY COUNTY PLAINS-VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR- REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARTESIA...CARLSBAD... CARLSBAD CAVERNS NP...VAN HORN...PECOS...ALPINE...FORT DAVIS 407 AM CDT WED MAY 23 2012 /307 AM MDT WED MAY 23 2012/ ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 AM CDT /6 AM MDT/ THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 AM CDT /6 AM MDT/ THURSDAY. * EVENT...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS. * TIMING...1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 AM CDT /6 AM MDT/ THURSDAY. * IMPACTS...STRONG CROSSWINDS MAY IMPACT HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. * WINDS...THIS AFTERNOON...SOUTHWEST TO WEST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 55 MPH. TONIGHT...SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 55 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
3 follow-up statements
856 WWUS74 KMAF 232004 NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 304 PM CDT WED MAY 23 2012 ...WINDY CONDITIONS FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND PORTIONS OF WEST TEXAS THROUGH THURSDAY... .A STRENGTHENING SURFACE TROUGH AHEAD OF AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL DRIFT SOUTH INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS TODAY AND TONIGHT... RESULTING IN INCREASING SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS OVER MUCH OF THE REGION. NMZ027-TXZ258-240545- /O.CON.KMAF.HW.W.0026.000000T0000Z-120525T0000Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP... PINE SPRINGS 204 PM MDT WED MAY 23 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THURSDAY... * EVENT...STRONG WINDS. * TIMING...NOON TODAY TO 6 PM MDT THURSDAY. * IMPACTS...LOOSE OBJECTS MAY BECOME AIRBORNE. STRONG CROSSWINDS MAY MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. * WINDS...THIS AFTERNOON...SOUTHWEST 30 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 70 MPH. TONIGHT...SOUTHWEST 30 TO 50 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 70 MPH IN THE EVENING. THURSDAY...SOUTHWEST 30 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 65 MPH. 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. && $$ NMZ028-TXZ057-058-074-240400- /O.EXT.KMAF.WI.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-120524T0400Z/ EDDY COUNTY PLAINS-VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR- REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARTESIA...CARLSBAD... CARLSBAD CAVERNS NP...VAN HORN...PECOS...ALPINE...FORT DAVIS 304 PM CDT WED MAY 23 2012 /204 PM MDT WED MAY 23 2012/ ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT /10 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... * EVENT...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS. * TIMING...UNTIL 11 PM CDT /10 PM MDT/. * IMPACTS...STRONG CROSSWINDS MAY IMPACT HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. * WINDS...THIS AFTERNOON...SOUTHWEST TO WEST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 55 MPH. THIS EVENING...SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 55 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
982 WWUS74 KMAF 240910 NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 410 AM CDT THU MAY 24 2012 ...WINDY CONDITIONS FOR THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS AND VAN HORN AND THE HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR TODAY... .A SURFACE TROUGH WILL MOVE EAST INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS TODAY...RESULTING IN PERSISTENT WINDY CONDITIONS WINDS OVER MUCH OF THE REGION. NMZ027-TXZ258-241800- /O.EXT.KMAF.HW.W.0026.000000T0000Z-120524T1800Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP... PINE SPRINGS 310 AM MDT THU MAY 24 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TODAY... * EVENT...HIGH WINDS. * TIMING...UNTIL NOON MDT TODAY. * IMPACTS...LOOSE OBJECTS MAY BECOME AIRBORNE. STRONG CROSSWINDS MAY MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. 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. && $$ TXZ057-242100- /O.NEW.KMAF.WI.Y.0015.120524T1200Z-120525T0000Z/ VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...VAN HORN 410 AM CDT THU MAY 24 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * EVENT...WINDY. * TIMING...UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...STRONG CROSSWINDS MAY IMPACT HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ 44
253 WWUS74 KMAF 241758 AAA NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 1258 PM CDT THU MAY 24 2012 ...WINDY CONDITIONS FOR THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS AND VAN HORN AND THE HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR TODAY... .A SURFACE TROUGH WILL MOVE EAST INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS TODAY... RESULTING IN PERSISTENT VERY WINDY CONDITIONS WINDS OVER MUCH OF THE MOUNTAINS. NMZ027-TXZ258-250000- /O.EXT.KMAF.HW.W.0026.000000T0000Z-120525T0000Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP... PINE SPRINGS 1158 AM MDT THU MAY 24 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... * EVENT...HIGH WINDS. * TIMING...UNTIL 6 MDT TODAY. * IMPACTS...LOOSE OBJECTS MAY BECOME AIRBORNE. STRONG CROSSWINDS MAY MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH A FEW GUSTS TO 60 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOUNTAIN WAVES CAN RESULT IN SEVERE TURBULENCE AND ARE HAZARDOUS FOR LIGHT AIRCRAFT. 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. && $$ TXZ057-250000- /O.CON.KMAF.WI.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-120525T0000Z/ VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...VAN HORN 1258 PM CDT THU MAY 24 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * EVENT...VERY WINDY. * TIMING...UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...STRONG CROSSWINDS MAY IMPACT HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH A GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH IN THE MOUNTAINS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOUNTAIN WAVES CAN RESULT IN SEVERE TURBULENCE AND ARE HAZARDOUS FOR LIGHT AIRCRAFT. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 2:47 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | MAF | 12 hr | |
| May 23, 2:47 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | MAF | 42 hr | |
| May 23, 3:07 AM MDT | Wind Advisory | MAF | Eddy | 19 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.