Alert archive / Texas / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 3, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this wind advisory at Feb 20, 2012, 4:55 AM CST for 8 counties in Texas; Eddy County, Lea County, New Mexico. It took effect at Feb 20, 2012, 11:00 AM CST. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 20, 2012, 4:55 AM CST (10:55 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 20, 2012, 11:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Feb 20, 2012, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Counties Eddy County, NM, Lea County, NM, Andrews County, TX, Borden County, TX, Dawson County, TX, Gaines County, TX, Howard County, TX, Martin County, TX, Mitchell County, TX, Scurry County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:58 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, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 66 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
- 1853 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 98 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 190 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
557 WWUS74 KMAF 201055 NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 455 AM CST MON FEB 20 2012 NMZ027-TXZ258-202200- /O.CON.KMAF.HW.W.0010.120220T1200Z-120221T0000Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP... PINE SPRINGS 355 AM MST MON FEB 20 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... * EVENT...HIGH WINDS IN THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS. * TIMING...TODAY. * WINDS...WEST WINDS 35 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 70 MPH. * IMPACTS...THESE WINDS MAY MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT THROUGH THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS FOR MOTORISTS DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SUCH AS CAMPERS...VANS...AND TRACTOR TRAILERS. MOUNTAINS WAVES NEAR THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS WILL RESULT IN EXTREME TURBULENCE. LIGHT AIRCRAFT SHOULD AVOID FLYING AROUND AND NEAR THE MOUNTAINS 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. && $$ NMZ028-029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-074-202200- /O.NEW.KMAF.WI.Y.0003.120220T1700Z-120221T0000Z/ EDDY COUNTY PLAINS-NORTHERN LEA COUNTY-CENTRAL LEA COUNTY- SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY-GAINES-DAWSON-BORDEN-SCURRY-ANDREWS-MARTIN- HOWARD-MITCHELL-DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARTESIA...CARLSBAD... CARLSBAD CAVERNS NP...TATUM...HOBBS...LOVINGTON...EUNICE...JAL... SEMINOLE...LAMESA...GAIL...SNYDER...ANDREWS...STANTON... BIG SPRING...COLORADO CITY...ALPINE...FORT DAVIS 455 AM CST MON FEB 20 2012 /355 AM MST MON FEB 20 2012/ ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM CST /10 AM MST/ THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM CST /10 AM MST/ THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING. * EVENT...WINDY ACROSS SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND NORTHERN PERMIAN BASIN. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...WEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH * IMPACTS...MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING IN THE WIND ADVISORY AREA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
3 follow-up statements
843 WWUS74 KMAF 201700 AAA NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 1100 AM CST MON FEB 20 2012 NMZ027-TXZ258-210000- /O.CON.KMAF.HW.W.0010.000000T0000Z-120221T0000Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP... PINE SPRINGS 1000 AM MST MON FEB 20 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... * EVENT...HIGH WINDS IN THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS. * TIMING...TODAY. * WINDS...WEST WINDS 35 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 70 MPH. * IMPACTS...THESE WINDS MAY MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT THROUGH THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS FOR MOTORISTS DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SUCH AS CAMPERS...VANS...AND TRACTOR TRAILERS. MOUNTAINS WAVES NEAR THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS WILL RESULT IN EXTREME TURBULENCE. LIGHT AIRCRAFT SHOULD AVOID FLYING AROUND AND NEAR THE MOUNTAINS 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. && $$ NMZ028-029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-074-210000- /O.CON.KMAF.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-120221T0000Z/ EDDY COUNTY PLAINS-NORTHERN LEA COUNTY-CENTRAL LEA COUNTY- SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY-GAINES-DAWSON-BORDEN-SCURRY-ANDREWS-MARTIN- HOWARD-MITCHELL-DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARTESIA...CARLSBAD... CARLSBAD CAVERNS NP...TATUM...HOBBS...LOVINGTON...EUNICE...JAL... SEMINOLE...LAMESA...GAIL...SNYDER...ANDREWS...STANTON... BIG SPRING...COLORADO CITY...ALPINE...FORT DAVIS 1100 AM CST MON FEB 20 2012 /1000 AM MST MON FEB 20 2012/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING... * EVENT...WINDY ACROSS SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND NORTHERN PERMIAN BASIN. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...WEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH * IMPACTS...MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING IN THE WIND ADVISORY AREA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
482 WWUS74 KMAF 201736 AAB NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 1136 AM CST MON FEB 20 2012 NMZ027-TXZ258-210000- /O.CON.KMAF.HW.W.0010.000000T0000Z-120221T0000Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP... PINE SPRINGS 1036 AM MST MON FEB 20 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... * EVENT...HIGH WINDS IN THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS. * TIMING...TODAY. * WINDS...WEST WINDS 35 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 70 MPH. * IMPACTS...THESE WINDS MAY MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT THROUGH THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS FOR MOTORISTS DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SUCH AS CAMPERS...VANS...AND TRACTOR TRAILERS. MOUNTAINS WAVES NEAR THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS WILL RESULT IN EXTREME TURBULENCE. LIGHT AIRCRAFT SHOULD AVOID FLYING AROUND AND NEAR THE MOUNTAINS 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. && $$ NMZ028-029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-074-210000- /O.CON.KMAF.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-120221T0000Z/ EDDY COUNTY PLAINS-NORTHERN LEA COUNTY-CENTRAL LEA COUNTY- SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY-GAINES-DAWSON-BORDEN-SCURRY-ANDREWS-MARTIN- HOWARD-MITCHELL-DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARTESIA...CARLSBAD... CARLSBAD CAVERNS NP...TATUM...HOBBS...LOVINGTON...EUNICE...JAL... SEMINOLE...LAMESA...GAIL...SNYDER...ANDREWS...STANTON... BIG SPRING...COLORADO CITY...ALPINE...FORT DAVIS 1136 AM CST MON FEB 20 2012 /1036 AM MST MON FEB 20 2012/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING... * EVENT...WINDY ACROSS SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND NORTHERN PERMIAN BASIN. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...WEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH * IMPACTS...MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING IN THE WIND ADVISORY AREA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
041 WWUS74 KMAF 202022 NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 222 PM CST MON FEB 20 2012 NMZ027-TXZ258-210000- /O.CON.KMAF.HW.W.0010.000000T0000Z-120221T0000Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP... PINE SPRINGS 122 PM MST MON FEB 20 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... * EVENT...HIGH WINDS IN THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS. * TIMING...REST OF TODAY. * WINDS...WEST WINDS 35 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 70 MPH. * IMPACTS...THESE WINDS MAY MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT THROUGH THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS FOR MOTORISTS DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SUCH AS CAMPERS...VANS...AND TRACTOR TRAILERS. MOUNTAINS WAVES NEAR THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS WILL RESULT IN EXTREME TURBULENCE. LIGHT AIRCRAFT SHOULD AVOID FLYING AROUND AND NEAR THE MOUNTAINS 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. && $$ NMZ028-029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-074-210000- /O.CON.KMAF.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-120221T0000Z/ EDDY COUNTY PLAINS-NORTHERN LEA COUNTY-CENTRAL LEA COUNTY- SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY-GAINES-DAWSON-BORDEN-SCURRY-ANDREWS-MARTIN- HOWARD-MITCHELL-DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARTESIA...CARLSBAD... CARLSBAD CAVERNS NP...TATUM...HOBBS...LOVINGTON...EUNICE...JAL... SEMINOLE...LAMESA...GAIL...SNYDER...ANDREWS...STANTON... BIG SPRING...COLORADO CITY...ALPINE...FORT DAVIS 222 PM CST MON FEB 20 2012 /122 PM MST MON FEB 20 2012/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING... * EVENT...WINDY ACROSS SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND NORTHERN PERMIAN BASIN. * TIMING...REST OF THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...WEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING IN THE WIND ADVISORY AREA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
Nearby
Wind Advisories in Texas, 2012Wind Advisories in New Mexico, 2012Every wind advisory 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.