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High Wind Warning 2, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

January 12, 2014Eddy County, New Mexico

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2014-01-12Temperature 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°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2014-01-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 77 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 12, 2:41 AM MSTRed Flag WarningMAFAndrews, Borden, Crane, Dawson, Ector, Gaines and 12 more14 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.