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High Wind Warning 33, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

November 23, 2014Eddy County, New Mexico

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this high wind warning at Nov 23, 2014, 2:52 AM MST for Eddy County, New Mexico. It was in force for 14 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
Nov 23, 2014, 2:52 AM MST (09:52 UTC)
Expired
Nov 23, 2014, 5:07 PM MST
In force
14 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 09:52 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, 9.9 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2014-11-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 604 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2014-11-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -48 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
604 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-34 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1229 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-48 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-68 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

485 
WWUS74 KMAF 230952
NPWMAF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
352 AM CST SUN NOV 23 2014

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR THE
GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS AND THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS ABOVE 6000 FEET...

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS
AFTERNOON FOR THE SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS AND MUCH OF WEST
TEXAS...

.STRONG MID LEVEL WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH AN UPPER LEVEL STORM
SYSTEM OVER THE ROCKIES AND PLAINS WILL PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS
OVER THE MOUNTAINS THROUGH THIS EVENING AND VERY WINDY CONDITIONS
IN THE PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON.

NMZ027-TXZ074-258-232100-
/O.UPG.KMAF.HW.A.0020.141123T1200Z-141124T0300Z/
/O.NEW.KMAF.HW.W.0033.141123T0952Z-141124T0600Z/
GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA-
GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...ALPINE...FORT DAVIS...
GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP...PINE SPRINGS
352 AM CST SUN NOV 23 2014 /252 AM MST SUN NOV 23 2014/

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/
TONIGHT...

* EVENT...DAMAGING WINDS.

* TIMING...TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING.

* IMPACTS...STRONG CROSSWINDS ON NORTH TO SOUTH AND NORTHEAST TO
  SOUTHWEST ORIENTED ROADS ARE EXPECTED AND WILL PRODUCE VERY 
  DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. AVIATION INTERESTS MAY EXPERIENCE
  LOCALIZED BUT EXTREME TURBULENCE...OR STRONG DOWNWARD AIRFLOWS...
  IF FLYING IN THE VICINITY OF THE GUADALUPE AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS. 

* WINDS...WEST WINDS 40 TO 65 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 85 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.

&&

$$

NMZ028-029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-075-080-082-
232100-
/O.NEW.KMAF.WI.Y.0019.141123T1700Z-141124T0000Z/
EDDY COUNTY PLAINS-NORTHERN LEA COUNTY-CENTRAL LEA COUNTY-
SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY-GAINES-DAWSON-BORDEN-SCURRY-ANDREWS-MARTIN-
HOWARD-MITCHELL-VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR-
REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-LOVING-WINKLER-ECTOR-MIDLAND-
GLASSCOCK-WARD-CRANE-UPTON-REAGAN-PECOS-MARFA PLATEAU-TERRELL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARTESIA...CARLSBAD...
CARLSBAD CAVERNS NP...TATUM...HOBBS...LOVINGTON...EUNICE...JAL...
SEMINOLE...LAMESA...GAIL...SNYDER...ANDREWS...STANTON...
BIG SPRING...COLORADO CITY...VAN HORN...PECOS...MENTONE...
RED BLUFF LAKE...KERMIT...ODESSA...MIDLAND...GARDEN CITY...
MONAHANS...CRANE...MCCAMEY...RANKIN...BIG LAKE...FORT STOCKTON...
MARFA...SANDERSON
352 AM CST SUN NOV 23 2014 /252 AM MST SUN NOV 23 2014/

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM CST /10 AM MST/ THIS
MORNING TO 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING...

* EVENT...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS. 

* TIMING...LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS...DRIVING MAY BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY IN HIGH 
  PROFILE VEHICLES. LIGHT WEIGHT OBJECTS MAY BE TOSSED AROUND 
  BY THE WIND.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS
THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$
3 follow-up statements
090 
WWUS74 KMAF 231027
NPWMAF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
427 AM CST SUN NOV 23 2014

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR THE
GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS AND THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS ABOVE 6000 FEET...

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS
AFTERNOON FOR THE SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS AND MUCH OF WEST
TEXAS...

.STRONG MID LEVEL WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH AN UPPER LEVEL STORM
SYSTEM OVER THE ROCKIES AND PLAINS WILL PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS
OVER THE MOUNTAINS THROUGH THIS EVENING AND VERY WINDY CONDITIONS
IN THE PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON.

NMZ027-TXZ074-258-232230-
/O.CON.KMAF.HW.W.0033.000000T0000Z-141124T0600Z/
GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA-
GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...ALPINE...FORT DAVIS...
GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP...PINE SPRINGS
427 AM CST SUN NOV 23 2014 /327 AM MST SUN NOV 23 2014/

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM
MST/ TONIGHT...

* EVENT...DAMAGING WINDS.

* TIMING...TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING.

* WINDS...WEST WINDS 40 TO 65 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 85 MPH.

* IMPACTS...STRONG CROSSWINDS ON NORTH TO SOUTH AND NORTHEAST TO 
  SOUTHWEST ORIENTED ROADS ARE EXPECTED AND WILL PRODUCE VERY 
  DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. AVIATION INTERESTS MAY 
  EXPERIENCE LOCALIZED BUT EXTREME TURBULENCE...OR STRONG 
  DOWNWARD AIRFLOWS... IF FLYING IN THE VICINITY OF THE 
  GUADALUPE AND DAVIS 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.

&&

$$

NMZ028-029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-075-080-082-
232230-
/O.CON.KMAF.WI.Y.0019.141123T1700Z-141124T0000Z/
EDDY COUNTY PLAINS-NORTHERN LEA COUNTY-CENTRAL LEA COUNTY-
SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY-GAINES-DAWSON-BORDEN-SCURRY-ANDREWS-MARTIN-
HOWARD-MITCHELL-VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR-
REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-LOVING-WINKLER-ECTOR-MIDLAND-
GLASSCOCK-WARD-CRANE-UPTON-REAGAN-PECOS-MARFA PLATEAU-TERRELL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARTESIA...CARLSBAD...
CARLSBAD CAVERNS NP...TATUM...HOBBS...LOVINGTON...EUNICE...JAL...
SEMINOLE...LAMESA...GAIL...SNYDER...ANDREWS...STANTON...
BIG SPRING...COLORADO CITY...VAN HORN...PECOS...MENTONE...
RED BLUFF LAKE...KERMIT...ODESSA...MIDLAND...GARDEN CITY...
MONAHANS...CRANE...MCCAMEY...RANKIN...BIG LAKE...FORT STOCKTON...
MARFA...SANDERSON
427 AM CST SUN NOV 23 2014 /327 AM MST SUN NOV 23 2014/

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM CST /10 AM MST/
THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING...

* EVENT...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS.

* TIMING...LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.

* WINDS...WEST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH.

* IMPACTS...DRIVING MAY BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY IN HIGH 
  PROFILE VEHICLES. LIGHT WEIGHT OBJECTS MAY BE TOSSED AROUND BY 
  THE WIND. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS
THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$
778 
WWUS74 KMAF 231946
NPWMAF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
146 PM CST SUN NOV 23 2014

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR THE
GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS AND THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS ABOVE 6000 FEET...

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE
SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS AND MUCH OF WEST TEXAS...

.STRONG MID LEVEL WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH AN UPPER LEVEL STORM
SYSTEM OVER THE ROCKIES AND PLAINS WILL PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS
OVER THE MOUNTAINS THROUGH THIS EVENING AND VERY WINDY CONDITIONS
IN THE PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON.

NMZ027-TXZ074-258-240000-
/O.CON.KMAF.HW.W.0033.000000T0000Z-141124T0600Z/
GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA-
GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...ALPINE...FORT DAVIS...
GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP...PINE SPRINGS
146 PM CST SUN NOV 23 2014 /1246 PM MST SUN NOV 23 2014/

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM
MST/ TONIGHT...

* EVENT...DAMAGING WINDS.

* TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING.

* WINDS...WEST WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH.

* IMPACTS...STRONG CROSSWINDS ON NORTH TO SOUTH AND NORTHEAST TO 
  SOUTHWEST ORIENTED ROADS ARE EXPECTED AND WILL PRODUCE VERY 
  DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. AVIATION INTERESTS MAY 
  EXPERIENCE LOCALIZED BUT EXTREME TURBULENCE...OR STRONG 
  DOWNWARD AIRFLOWS... IF FLYING IN THE VICINITY OF THE 
  GUADALUPE AND DAVIS 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.

&&

$$

NMZ028-029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-075-080-082-
240000-
/O.CON.KMAF.WI.Y.0019.000000T0000Z-141124T0000Z/
EDDY COUNTY PLAINS-NORTHERN LEA COUNTY-CENTRAL LEA COUNTY-
SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY-GAINES-DAWSON-BORDEN-SCURRY-ANDREWS-MARTIN-
HOWARD-MITCHELL-VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR-
REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-LOVING-WINKLER-ECTOR-MIDLAND-
GLASSCOCK-WARD-CRANE-UPTON-REAGAN-PECOS-MARFA PLATEAU-TERRELL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARTESIA...CARLSBAD...
CARLSBAD CAVERNS NP...TATUM...HOBBS...LOVINGTON...EUNICE...JAL...
SEMINOLE...LAMESA...GAIL...SNYDER...ANDREWS...STANTON...
BIG SPRING...COLORADO CITY...VAN HORN...PECOS...MENTONE...
RED BLUFF LAKE...KERMIT...ODESSA...MIDLAND...GARDEN CITY...
MONAHANS...CRANE...MCCAMEY...RANKIN...BIG LAKE...FORT STOCKTON...
MARFA...SANDERSON
146 PM CST SUN NOV 23 2014 /1246 PM MST SUN NOV 23 2014/

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS
EVENING...

* EVENT...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS.

* TIMING...THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.

* WINDS...WEST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH.

* IMPACTS...DRIVING MAY BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY IN HIGH 
  PROFILE VEHICLES. LIGHT WEIGHT OBJECTS MAY BE TOSSED AROUND BY 
  THE WIND. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS
THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$
522 
WWUS74 KMAF 240007
NPWMAF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
607 PM CST SUN NOV 23 2014


NMZ027-TXZ074-258-240115-
/O.CAN.KMAF.HW.W.0033.000000T0000Z-141124T0600Z/
GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA-
GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...ALPINE...FORT DAVIS...
GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP...PINE SPRINGS
607 PM CST SUN NOV 23 2014 /507 PM MST SUN NOV 23 2014/

...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...

HIGH WINDS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED IN THE GUADALUPE OR DAVIS
MOUNTAINS. THEREFORE, THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

$$

NMZ028-029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-075-080-082-
240115-
/O.EXP.KMAF.WI.Y.0019.000000T0000Z-141124T0000Z/
EDDY COUNTY PLAINS-NORTHERN LEA COUNTY-CENTRAL LEA COUNTY-
SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY-GAINES-DAWSON-BORDEN-SCURRY-ANDREWS-MARTIN-
HOWARD-MITCHELL-VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR-
REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-LOVING-WINKLER-ECTOR-MIDLAND-
GLASSCOCK-WARD-CRANE-UPTON-REAGAN-PECOS-MARFA PLATEAU-TERRELL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARTESIA...CARLSBAD...
CARLSBAD CAVERNS NP...TATUM...HOBBS...LOVINGTON...EUNICE...JAL...
SEMINOLE...LAMESA...GAIL...SNYDER...ANDREWS...STANTON...
BIG SPRING...COLORADO CITY...VAN HORN...PECOS...MENTONE...
RED BLUFF LAKE...KERMIT...ODESSA...MIDLAND...GARDEN CITY...
MONAHANS...CRANE...MCCAMEY...RANKIN...BIG LAKE...FORT STOCKTON...
MARFA...SANDERSON
607 PM CST SUN NOV 23 2014 /507 PM MST SUN NOV 23 2014/

...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

WINDS HAVE BEGUN TO SUBSIDE ACROSS SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND WEST
TEXAS THIS EVENING. THEREFORE, THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEE ALLOWED
TO EXPIRE.

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 23, 2:52 AM MSTWind AdvisoryMAFAndrews, Borden, Crane, Dawson, Ector, Gaines and 13 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.