Alert archive / New Mexico / High Wind Warnings in 2014
High Wind Warning 2, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this high wind warning at Jan 12, 2014, 2:58 AM MST for Eddy County, New Mexico. It took effect at Jan 12, 2014, 11:00 AM MST. It was in force for 7 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
- Jan 12, 2014, 2:58 AM MST (09:58 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 12, 2014, 11:00 AM MST
- Expired
- Jan 12, 2014, 6:00 PM MST
- In force
- 7 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 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
- 2934 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 77 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 184 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
146 WWUS74 KMAF 120958 NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 358 AM CST SUN JAN 12 2014 ...A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING... .MOUNTAIN TOP WINDS WILL INCREASE TODAY WITH THE APPROACH OF A MID LEVEL TROUGH AND GUSTS OF 60 TO 65 MPH ARE EXPECTED IN THE FAVORED AREAS. THESE WINDS WILL PERSIST INTO THE EARLY EVENING BEFORE SUBSIDING. NMZ027-TXZ258-122200- /O.UPG.KMAF.HW.A.0002.140112T1800Z-140113T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KMAF.HW.W.0002.140112T1800Z-140113T0100Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP... PINE SPRINGS 258 AM MST SUN JAN 12 2014 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM MST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM MST THIS EVENING. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * EVENT...HIGH WINDS. * TIMING...11 AM THROUGH 6 PM MST. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL THROUGH GUADALUPE PASS MAY BE IMPACTED AND LOW FLYING AIRCRAFT MAY EXPERIENCE SEVERE TURBULENCE. * WINDS...WEST 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 60 TO 65 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
330 WWUS74 KMAF 122024 NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 224 PM CST SUN JAN 12 2014 ...A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS UNTIL EARLY EVENING... .MOUNTAIN TOP WINDS HAVE INCREASED WITH THE APPROACH OF A MID LEVEL TROUGH AND GUSTS OF 60 TO 65 MPH ARE EXPECTED IN THE FAVORED AREAS. THESE WINDS WILL PERSIST INTO THE EARLY EVENING BEFORE SUBSIDING. NMZ027-TXZ258-130100- /O.CON.KMAF.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140113T0100Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP... PINE SPRINGS 124 PM MST SUN JAN 12 2014 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS EVENING... * EVENT...HIGH WINDS. * TIMING...THROUGH 6 PM MST. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL THROUGH GUADALUPE PASS MAY BE IMPACTED AND LOW FLYING AIRCRAFT MAY EXPERIENCE SEVERE TURBULENCE. * WINDS...WEST 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 60 TO 65 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 12, 2:41 AM MST | Red Flag Warning | MAF | Andrews, Borden, Crane, Dawson, Ector, Gaines and 12 more | 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.