Alert archive / New Mexico / High Wind Warnings in 2012
High Wind Warning 3, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this high wind warning at Jan 20, 2012, 2:49 AM MST for Eddy County, New Mexico. It took effect at Jan 20, 2012, 5:00 AM MST. It was in force for 15 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
- Jan 20, 2012, 2:49 AM MST (09:49 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 20, 2012, 5:00 AM MST
- Expired
- Jan 20, 2012, 8:00 PM MST
- In force
- 15 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 09:51 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, 9.8 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
- 4041 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 116 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.
778 WWUS74 KMAF 200949 NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 349 AM CST FRI JAN 20 2012 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED IN THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS TODAY... .A WEAK UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL PASS OVER THE CENTRAL ROCKIES THIS MORNING AND MOVE OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS THIS EVENING. AS THIS OCCURS...STRONG MID LEVEL WINDS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS. HIGH WINDS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING. NMZ027-TXZ258-202100- /O.UPG.KMAF.HW.A.0002.120120T1200Z-120121T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KMAF.HW.W.0003.120120T1200Z-120121T0300Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP... PINE SPRINGS 249 AM MST FRI JAN 20 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * EVENT...HIGH WINDS THROUGH THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS. * TIMING...FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...STRONG CROSSWINDS ALONG ROADWAYS MAY IMPACT MOTORISTS TRAVELING THROUGH THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS...ESPECIALLY THOSE IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. AVIATION INTERESTS MAY EXPERIENCE LOCALIZED BUT EXTREME TURBULENCE IF FLYING IN THE VICINITY OF THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS. * WINDS...WEST WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
212 WWUS74 KMAF 202100 NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 300 PM CST FRI JAN 20 2012 ...STRONG WINDS IN THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS THROUGH THIS EVENING... .A WEAK UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM PASSING OVER THE CENTRAL ROCKIES AND SOUTHERN PLAINS HAS CAUSED STRONG MID LEVEL WINDS TO DEVELOP OVER THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS. HIGH WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING BEFORE TAPERING OFF AROUND MIDNIGHT. NMZ027-TXZ258-210300- /O.CON.KMAF.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120121T0300Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP... PINE SPRINGS 200 PM MST FRI JAN 20 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING... * EVENT...HIGH WINDS THROUGH THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...STRONG CROSSWINDS ALONG ROADWAYS MAY IMPACT MOTORISTS TRAVELING THROUGH THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS... ESPECIALLY THOSE IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. AVIATION INTERESTS MAY EXPERIENCE LOCALIZED BUT EXTREME TURBULENCE IF FLYING IN THE VICINITY OF THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS. * WINDS...WEST WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 60 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 20, 1:48 PM MST | Fire Weather Watch | MAF | Andrews, Borden, Crane, Dawson, Ector, Gaines and 12 more | 16 hr |
| Jan 20, 1:48 PM MST | Red Flag Warning | MAF | 30 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.