Alert archive / New Mexico / High Wind Watches in 2012
High Wind Watch 2, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this high wind watch at Jan 19, 2012, 2:58 AM MST for Eddy County, New Mexico. It took effect at Jan 20, 2012, 5:00 AM MST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 19, 2012, 2:58 AM MST (09:58 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 20, 2012, 5:00 AM MST
- Expired
- Jan 20, 2012, 2:49 AM MST
- In force
- 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 10:00 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, 10.0 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
- 3083 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 227 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 232 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
972 WWUS74 KMAF 190958 NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 358 AM CST THU JAN 19 2012 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED IN THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS FRIDAY... .A WEAK UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL PASS OVER THE CENTRAL ROCKIES NEAR COLORADO FRIDAY. AS THIS OCCURS...STRONG MID LEVEL WINDS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS. HIGH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP EARLY FRIDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. NMZ027-TXZ258-192200- /O.NEW.KMAF.HW.A.0002.120120T0900Z-120121T0300Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP... PINE SPRINGS 258 AM MST THU JAN 19 2012 ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. * EVENT...HIGH WINDS THROUGH THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS. * TIMING...EARLY FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...STRONG CROSSWINDS ALONG ROADWAYS MAY IMPACT MOTORISTS TRAVELING THROUGH THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS FRIDAY...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 65 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
367 WWUS74 KMAF 192049 NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 249 PM CST THU JAN 19 2012 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED IN THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS FRIDAY... .A WEAK UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL PASS OVER THE CENTRAL ROCKIES NEAR COLORADO FRIDAY. AS THIS OCCURS...STRONG MID LEVEL WINDS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS. HIGH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP FRIDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. NMZ027-TXZ258-201100- /O.EXT.KMAF.HW.A.0002.120120T1200Z-120121T0300Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP... PINE SPRINGS 149 PM MST THU JAN 19 2012 ...HIGH WIND WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... * EVENT...HIGH WINDS THROUGH THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS. * TIMING...FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...STRONG CROSSWINDS ALONG ROADWAYS MAY IMPACT MOTORISTS TRAVELING THROUGH THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS FRIDAY... ESPECIALLY THOSE IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. AVIATION INTERESTS MAY EXPERIENCE LOCALIZED BUT EXTREME TURBULENCE IF FLYING IN THE VICINITY OF THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS. * WINDS...WEST WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 60 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$
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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 19, 1:48 PM MST | Red Flag Warning | MAF | Andrews, Borden, Crane, Dawson, Ector, Gaines and 10 more | 27 hr |
Nearby
High Wind Watches in New Mexico, 2012High Wind Watches in Texas, 2012Every high wind watch 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.