Alert archive / New Mexico / High Wind Watches in 2013

High Wind Watch 16, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

April 13, 2013Eddy County, New Mexico

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this high wind watch at Apr 13, 2013, 11:18 AM MDT for Eddy County, New Mexico. It took effect at Apr 15, 2013, 6:00 AM MDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 13, 2013, 11:18 AM MDT (17:18 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 15, 2013, 6:00 AM MDT
Expired
Apr 15, 2013, 2:43 AM MDT
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 17:23 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, 5.3 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 2013-04-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 2013-04-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 66 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1733 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
66 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
20 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this high wind watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this high wind watch went out at Apr 13, 5:07 AM MDT, 6 hours 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 13, 5:07 AM MDT, 6 hours 11 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 13, 2:32 AM MDT, 8 hours 46 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
332 AM CDT SAT APR 13 2013

NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075-
079>082-258-140845-
GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-EDDY COUNTY PLAINS-
NORTHERN LEA COUNTY-CENTRAL LEA COUNTY-SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY-GAINES-
DAWSON-BORDEN-SCURRY-ANDREWS-MARTIN-HOWARD-MITCHELL-
VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR-REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-
LOVING-WINKLER-ECTOR-MIDLAND-GLASSCOCK-WARD-CRANE-UPTON-REAGAN-
DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA-PECOS-PRESIDIO VALLEY-MARFA PLATEAU-
BIG BEND AREA-TERRELL-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS-
332 AM CDT SAT APR 13 2013 /232 AM MDT SAT APR 13 2013/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEW
MEXICO...SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND WEST TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND WEST
TEXAS.  A FEW OF THE STORMS OVER THE DAVIS AND GLASS MOUNTAINS IN
PARTICULAR...COULD PRODUCE HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS TO 50 MPH.  ANY
STORMS THAT DEVELOP OVER THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS WILL BE MORE APT
TO PRODUCE DRY LIGHTNING STRIKES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

WESTERLY WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH AND GUSTS TO 60 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE
IN THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS SUNDAY.  A HIGH WIND WATCH HAS BEEN
ISSUED FOR MUCH OF THE DAY.

DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS WILL AFFECT LOCATIONS ALONG AND NORTH OF
A MARFA TO PECOS TO MIDLAND TO COLORADO CITY LINE SUNDAY AFTERNOON
AND EVENING. THEREFORE...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR
THESE AREAS.  IT WILL BE DRY AND BREEZY AREAWIDE SUNDAY...BUT
WESTERLY WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST IN THE ABOVE LOCATIONS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WATCHES...WARNINGS...ADVISORIES...
AND STATEMENTS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN
MIDLAND CAN BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET AT /LOWER CASE/
HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MIDLAND

The office that day

Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 13, 2:53 AM MDTHigh Wind WatchMAF24 hr
Apr 13, 12:39 PM MDTFire Weather WatchMAFAndrews, Dawson, Gaines39 hr
Apr 13, 12:51 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFJeff Davis24 min
Apr 13, 1:30 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFJeff Davis30 min
Apr 13, 2:22 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMAF23 min
Apr 13, 2:33 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster57 min
Apr 13, 2:56 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFPresidio34 min
Apr 13, 3:22 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFPresidio23 min
Apr 13, 3:27 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFBrewster3 hr
Apr 13, 3:42 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFBrewster33 min
Apr 13, 3:54 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFBrewster36 min
Apr 13, 4:38 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster67 min

Nearby

High Wind Watches in New Mexico, 2013High Wind Watches in Texas, 2013Every high wind watch in 2013

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.