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High Wind Warning 27, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

May 12, 2014

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this high wind warning at May 12, 2014, 1:45 PM CDT. It took effect at May 13, 2014, 1:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 13 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
May 12, 2014, 1:45 PM CDT (18:45 UTC)
In effect from
May 13, 2014, 1:00 AM CDT
Expired
May 13, 2014, 2:23 PM CDT
In force
13 hr
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

564 
WWUS74 KMAF 121845
NPWMAF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
145 PM CDT MON MAY 12 2014

...HIGH WIND WARNING FOR GUADALUPE PASS TONIGHT AND TUESDAY...

.A REINFOCING COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION TONIGHT.  AS
THE PRESSURE GRADIENT TIGHTENS WIND SPEEDS WILL PICK UP ACROSS THE
AREA.  WHEN THIS AIRMASS IS CHANNELED THROUGH THE GUADALUPE
MOUNTAINS HIGH WINDS WILL OCCUR THROUGH THE PASS.

TXZ258-131000-
/O.UPG.KMAF.HW.A.0017.140513T0600Z-140513T1800Z/
/O.NEW.KMAF.HW.W.0027.140513T0600Z-140513T2100Z/
GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP...PINE SPRINGS
1245 PM MDT MON MAY 12 2014

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 3 PM MDT
TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A HIGH
WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 3 PM
MDT TUESDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

* EVENT...HIGH WINDS FOR GUADALUPE PASS.

* TIMING...TONIGHT AND TUESDAY.

* WINDS...NORTHEAST 35 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 70 MPH.

* IMPACTS...MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION WHILE 
  DRIVING THROUGH THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS TONIGHT. 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 AIR FLOWS...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
453 
WWUS74 KMAF 130832
NPWMAF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
332 AM CDT TUE MAY 13 2014

...HIGH WIND WARNING FOR GUADALUPE PASS TONIGHT AND TUESDAY...

.A REINFORCING COLD FRONT HAS MOVED THROUGH THE REGION...AND
COLD AIR IS BUILDING ALONG THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE GUADALUPE
MOUNTAINS. THIS IS INCREASING A SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT THROUGH 
THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS CAUSING HIGH WINDS TO OCCUR THROUGH THE
PASS. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE LATE THIS AFTERNOON.

TXZ258-132100-
/O.CON.KMAF.HW.W.0027.000000T0000Z-140513T2100Z/
GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP...PINE SPRINGS
232 AM MDT TUE MAY 13 2014

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM MDT THIS
AFTERNOON...

* EVENT...HIGH WINDS FOR GUADALUPE PASS.

* TIMING...THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON.

* WINDS...NORTHEAST 35 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH.

* IMPACTS...MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION WHILE 
  DRIVING THROUGH THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS TONIGHT. 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 AIR FLOWS...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.

&&

$$
114 
WWUS74 KMAF 131923
NPWMAF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
223 PM CDT TUE MAY 13 2014

...HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THE GUADALUPE PASS HAS BEEN CANCELLED...

.NORTHEAST WINDS IN THE WAKE OF A STRONG COLD FRONT HAD DECREASED
BELOW WARNING CRITERIA. THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.


TXZ258-132030-
/O.CAN.KMAF.HW.W.0027.000000T0000Z-140513T2100Z/
GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP...PINE SPRINGS
123 PM MDT TUE MAY 13 2014

...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS CANCELLED THE
HIGH WIND WARNING. 

WINDS HAVE FALLEN BELOW WARNING CRITERIA AND THUS THE CANCELLATION.


$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 12, 4:47 AM CDTHigh Wind WatchMAF9 hr

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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.