Alert archive / New Mexico / High Wind Warnings in 2014
High Wind Warning 22, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this high wind warning at Apr 23, 2014, 2:53 AM MDT for Eddy County, New Mexico. It took effect at Apr 23, 2014, 1:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 8 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
- Apr 23, 2014, 2:53 AM MDT (08:53 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 23, 2014, 1:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Apr 23, 2014, 9:23 PM MDT
- In force
- 8 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, 8.9 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
- 3094 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
935 WWUS74 KMAF 230853 NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 353 AM CDT WED APR 23 2014 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING FOR THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS... .STRONG WINDS ARE LIKELY TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING AS AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN SHIFTS EASTWARD TOWARD THE REGION. NMZ027-TXZ258-232000- /O.NEW.KMAF.HW.W.0022.140423T1900Z-140424T0600Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP... PINE SPRINGS 253 AM MDT WED APR 23 2014 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... * EVENT...STRONG WINDS. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST TO WEST AT 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH. * IMPACTS...MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. BE ALERT TO SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND THAT MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. AVIATION INTERESTS MAY EXPERIENCE LOCALIZED BUT EXTREME TURBULENCE...OR STRONG DOWNWARD AIRFLOWS...IF FLYING IN THE VICINITY OF THE GUADALUPE 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
992 WWUS74 KMAF 231851 NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 151 PM CDT WED APR 23 2014 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING FOR THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS... .STRONG WINDS ARE LIKELY TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING AS AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM SHIFTS FROM THE FOUR CORNERS REGION EASTWARD TOWARD THE AREA. NMZ027-TXZ258-240600- /O.CON.KMAF.HW.W.0022.140423T1900Z-140424T0600Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP... PINE SPRINGS 1251 PM MDT WED APR 23 2014 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... * EVENT...STRONG WINDS. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST TO WEST AT 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH. * IMPACTS...MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. BE ALERT TO SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND THAT MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. AVIATION INTERESTS MAY EXPERIENCE LOCALIZED BUT EXTREME TURBULENCE...OR STRONG DOWNWARD AIRFLOWS...IF FLYING IN THE VICINITY OF THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$
768 WWUS74 KMAF 240323 NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 1023 PM CDT WED APR 23 2014 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS... .WINDS HAVE FALLEN BELOW WARNING CRITERIA IN THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS...AND WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH OVERNIGHT. NMZ027-TXZ258-240430- /O.CAN.KMAF.HW.W.0022.000000T0000Z-140424T0600Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP... PINE SPRINGS 923 PM MDT WED APR 23 2014 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... WINDS HAVE FALLEN BELOW WARNING CRITERIA IN THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS...AND WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH OVERNIGHT. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 3:35 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Scurry | 25 min |
| Apr 23, 3:52 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Terrell | 23 min |
| Apr 23, 4:20 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Crockett | 25 min |
| Apr 23, 5:00 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Glasscock | 30 min |
| Apr 23, 5:35 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Glasscock | 25 min |
| Apr 23, 5:37 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Reagan | 38 min |
| Apr 23, 5:46 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Reagan | 29 min |
| Apr 23, 5:55 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Mitchell | 50 min |
Nearby
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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.