Alert archive / New Mexico / High Wind Warnings in 2012
High Wind Warning 7, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this high wind warning at Feb 13, 2012, 10:57 AM MST for Eddy County, New Mexico. It took effect at Feb 13, 2012, 11:25 AM MST. It was in force for 6 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
- Feb 13, 2012, 10:57 AM MST (17:57 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 13, 2012, 11:25 AM MST
- Expired
- Feb 13, 2012, 5:00 PM MST
- In force
- 6 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 18:01 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, 6.0 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
- 1034 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 76 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 106 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
858 WWUS74 KMAF 131757 NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 1157 AM CST MON FEB 13 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS... ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED... ..AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH IS MOVING THROUGH THE AREA TODAY...WHICH WILL RESULT IN HIGHER WIND SPEEDS IN THE MID LEVELS. WEST WINDS IN THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS WILL REMAIN STRONG THROUGH THIS EVENING. BASED ON SATELLITE DATA AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS THE FOG OVER THE AREA HAS DISSIPATED. NMZ028-029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-058>063-067>070-075-079-081- 082-131900- /O.CAN.KMAF.FG.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-120213T1800Z/ EDDY COUNTY PLAINS-NORTHERN LEA COUNTY-CENTRAL LEA COUNTY- SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY-GAINES-DAWSON-BORDEN-SCURRY-ANDREWS-MARTIN- HOWARD-MITCHELL-REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-LOVING- WINKLER-ECTOR-MIDLAND-GLASSCOCK-WARD-CRANE-UPTON-REAGAN-PECOS- PRESIDIO VALLEY-BIG BEND AREA-TERRELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARTESIA...CARLSBAD... CARLSBAD CAVERNS NP...TATUM...HOBBS...LOVINGTON...EUNICE...JAL... SEMINOLE...LAMESA...GAIL...SNYDER...ANDREWS...STANTON... BIG SPRING...COLORADO CITY...PECOS...MENTONE...RED BLUFF LAKE... KERMIT...ODESSA...MIDLAND...GARDEN CITY...MONAHANS...CRANE... MCCAMEY...RANKIN...BIG LAKE...FORT STOCKTON...PRESIDIO... BIG BEND NP...MARATHON...SANDERSON 1157 AM CST MON FEB 13 2012 /1057 AM MST MON FEB 13 2012/ ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS CANCELLED THE DENSE FOG ADVISORY. BASED ON SATELLITE DATA AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS THE FOG OVER THE AREA HAS DISSIPATED.. $$ NMZ027-TXZ258-140000- /O.NEW.KMAF.HW.W.0007.120213T1757Z-120214T0000Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP... PINE SPRINGS 1057 AM MST MON FEB 13 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * EVENT...HIGH WIND WARNING * TIMING...THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON * IMPACTS...THESE WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT THROUGH GUADALUPE PASS FOR MOTORISTS DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SUCH AS CAMPERS...VANS...AND TRACTOR TRAILERS. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$
2 follow-up statements
619 WWUS74 KMAF 131825 CCA NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 1225 PM CST MON FEB 13 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS... ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED... ..AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH IS MOVING THROUGH THE AREA TODAY...WHICH WILL RESULT IN HIGHER WIND SPEEDS IN THE MID LEVELS. WEST WINDS IN THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS WILL REMAIN STRONG THROUGH THIS EVENING. BASED ON SATELLITE DATA AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS THE FOG OVER THE AREA HAS DISSIPATED. NMZ028-029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-058>063-067>070-075-079-081- 082-131930- /O.CAN.KMAF.FG.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-120213T1800Z/ EDDY COUNTY PLAINS-NORTHERN LEA COUNTY-CENTRAL LEA COUNTY- SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY-GAINES-DAWSON-BORDEN-SCURRY-ANDREWS-MARTIN- HOWARD-MITCHELL-REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-LOVING- WINKLER-ECTOR-MIDLAND-GLASSCOCK-WARD-CRANE-UPTON-REAGAN-PECOS- PRESIDIO VALLEY-BIG BEND AREA-TERRELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARTESIA...CARLSBAD... CARLSBAD CAVERNS NP...TATUM...HOBBS...LOVINGTON...EUNICE...JAL... SEMINOLE...LAMESA...GAIL...SNYDER...ANDREWS...STANTON... BIG SPRING...COLORADO CITY...PECOS...MENTONE...RED BLUFF LAKE... KERMIT...ODESSA...MIDLAND...GARDEN CITY...MONAHANS...CRANE... MCCAMEY...RANKIN...BIG LAKE...FORT STOCKTON...PRESIDIO... BIG BEND NP...MARATHON...SANDERSON 1225 PM CST MON FEB 13 2012 /1125 AM MST MON FEB 13 2012/ ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS CANCELLED THE DENSE FOG ADVISORY. BASED ON SATELLITE DATA AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS THE FOG OVER THE AREA HAS DISSIPATED.. $$ NMZ027-TXZ258-140000- /O.COR.KMAF.HW.W.0007.120213T1825Z-120214T0000Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP... PINE SPRINGS 1125 AM MST MON FEB 13 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * EVENT...HIGH WIND WARNING * TIMING...THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON * IMPACTS...THESE WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT THROUGH GUADALUPE PASS FOR MOTORISTS DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SUCH AS CAMPERS...VANS...AND TRACTOR TRAILERS. * WINDS...WEST 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$
077 WWUS74 KMAF 132033 NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 233 PM CST MON FEB 13 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... ....HIGH WIND WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS FOR WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... ..AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH IS MOVING THROUGH THE AREA TODAY...WHICH WILL RESULT IN HIGHER WIND SPEEDS IN THE MID LEVELS. WEST WINDS IN THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS WILL REMAIN STRONG THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE NEXT UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA WEDNESDAY...RESULTING IN WINDY CONDITIONS ACROSS THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS AGAIN. NMZ027-TXZ258-140445- /O.NEW.KMAF.HW.A.0007.120215T1200Z-120216T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMAF.HW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-120214T0000Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP... PINE SPRINGS 133 PM MST MON FEB 13 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * EVENT...HIGH WIND WARNING THIS AFTERNOON...HIGH WIND WATCH WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...HIGH WIND WARNING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. HIGH WIND WATCH WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...THESE WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT THROUGH GUADALUPE PASS FOR MOTORISTS DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SUCH AS CAMPERS...VANS...AND TRACTOR TRAILERS. * WINDS...WEST 30 TO 40 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. 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 12, 5:54 PM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | MAF | Eddy | 5 hr |
| Feb 13, 7:41 AM MST | Dense Fog Advisory | MAF | Eddy, Lea | 4 hr |
| Feb 13, 1:33 PM MST | High Wind Watch | MAF | Eddy | 23 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.