Alert archive / New Mexico / High Wind Warnings in 2014
High Wind Warning 16, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this high wind warning at Mar 17, 2014, 3:00 AM MDT for Eddy County, New Mexico. It took effect at Mar 17, 2014, 12:00 PM MDT. 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
- Mar 17, 2014, 3:00 AM MDT (09:00 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 17, 2014, 12:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Mar 17, 2014, 6:00 PM MDT
- 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 09:00 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, 9.0 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
- 2921 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 74 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 110 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
695 WWUS74 KMAF 170900 NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 400 AM CDT MON MAR 17 2014 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS... .AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL APPROACH THE CENTRAL PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON...RESULTING IN INCREASING SOUTHWEST WINDS THROUGH THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS. NMZ027-TXZ258-171700- /O.NEW.KMAF.HW.W.0016.140317T1800Z-140318T0000Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP... PINE SPRINGS 300 AM MDT MON MAR 17 2014 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... * EVENT...HIGH WINDS. * TIMING...NOON TODAY TO 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...THESE WINDS COULD MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT FOR MOTORISTS DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SUCH AS CAMPERS... VANS...AND TRACTOR TRAILERS. TURBULENCE ACROSS AND NEAR THE MOUNTAINS WILL BE HAZARDOUS FOR LIGHT AIRCRAFT. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 17, 3:55 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | MAF | 14 hr | |
| Mar 17, 1:45 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | MAF | 14 hr |
Nearby
High Wind Warnings in New Mexico, 2014High Wind Warnings in Texas, 2014Every high wind warning in 2014
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.