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High Wind Warning 9, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

February 4, 2014Eddy County, New Mexico

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this high wind warning at Feb 4, 2014, 5:33 PM MST for Eddy County, New Mexico. It was in force for 3 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
Feb 4, 2014, 5:33 PM MST (00:33 UTC)
Expired
Feb 4, 2014, 8:29 PM MST
In force
3 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 00:34 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, 0.6 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 2014-02-05Temperature 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 2014-02-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 116 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
2626 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
83 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
116 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
187 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.

847 
WWUS74 KMAF 050033
NPWMAF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
633 PM CST TUE FEB 4 2014

...HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING
FOR THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS...

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM WEDNESDAY TO 6 AM MST
THURSDAY FOR GUADALUPE PASS...

.AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM HAS BROUGHT HIGH WINDS TO MUCH OF
WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO.  THESE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO
DIMINISH LATE TONIGHT. A COLD FRONT WEDNESDAY NIGHT WILL RESULT IN
STRONG NORTHEAST GAP WINDS THROUGH GUADALUPE PASS.

TXZ258-050600-
/O.NEW.KMAF.HW.W.0009.140205T0033Z-140205T0600Z/
/O.CON.KMAF.HW.W.0008.140206T0100Z-140206T1300Z/
GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP...PINE SPRINGS
533 PM MST TUE FEB 4 2014

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING...
...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM WEDNESDAY TO
6 AM MST THURSDAY...

* EVENT...HIGH WINDS.

* TIMING...UNTIL 11 PM MST TONIGHT...AND FROM 6 PM WEDNESDAY TO 6 AM
  MST THURSDAY.

* WINDS...TONIGHT...WEST 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 55 MPH.
  WEDNESDAY NIGHT...NORTHEAST 45 TO 55 MPH.

* IMPACTS...TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE... 
  AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. THE HIGH WINDS 
  CAN TOPPLE TREES...DOWN POWER LINES...AND DAMAGE SOME 
  STRUCTURES. LOW FLYING LIGHT AIRCRAFT ARE ADVISED TO AVOID 
  NEARING THE MOUNTAINS TODAY DUE TO CLEAR AIR TURBULENCE. 

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.

&&

$$

NMZ027-050600-
/O.NEW.KMAF.HW.W.0009.140205T0033Z-140205T0600Z/
GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...QUEEN
533 PM MST TUE FEB 4 2014

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING...

* EVENT...HIGH WINDS.

* TIMING...UNTIL 11 PM MST TONIGHT.

* WINDS...TONIGHT...WEST 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 55 MPH.

* IMPACTS...TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE... 
  AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. THE HIGH WINDS 
  CAN TOPPLE TREES...DOWN POWER LINES...AND DAMAGE SOME 
  STRUCTURES. LOW FLYING LIGHT AIRCRAFT ARE ADVISED TO AVOID 
  NEARING THE MOUNTAINS TODAY DUE TO CLEAR AIR TURBULENCE. 

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
904 
WWUS74 KMAF 050329
NPWMAF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
929 PM CST TUE FEB 4 2014

...HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS TONIGHT HAS BEEN 
CANCELLED...

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM WEDNESDAY TO 6
AM MST THURSDAY FOR GUADALUPE PASS...

.AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH BROUGHT HIGH WIND TO THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS
TODAY.  THIS HIGH WIND HAS DROPPED OFF THIS EVENING SO THE WARNING
WAS CANCELLED.  A COLD FRONT WEDNESDAY WILL RESULT IN STRONG
NORTHEAST GAP WINDS THROUGH GUADALUPE PASS WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

TXZ258-050430-
/O.CAN.KMAF.HW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-140205T0600Z/
/O.CON.KMAF.HW.W.0008.140206T0100Z-140206T1300Z/
GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP...PINE SPRINGS
829 PM MST TUE FEB 4 2014

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM WEDNESDAY TO
6 AM MST THURSDAY...
...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...

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

* EVENT...HIGH WIND.

* TIMING...FROM 6 PM WEDNESDAY TO 6 AM MST THURSDAY.

* WINDS...NORTHEAST 45 TO 55 MPH.

* IMPACTS...TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE... 
  AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. THE HIGH WINDS 
  CAN TOPPLE TREES...DOWN POWER LINES...AND DAMAGE SOME 
  STRUCTURES. LOW FLYING LIGHT AIRCRAFT ARE ADVISED TO AVOID 
  NEARING THE MOUNTAINS TODAY DUE TO CLEAR AIR TURBULENCE. 

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.

&&

$$

NMZ027-050430-
/O.CAN.KMAF.HW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-140205T0600Z/
GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...QUEEN
829 PM MST TUE FEB 4 2014

...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...

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

WIND SPEEDS HAVE FALLEN OFF THIS EVENING SO THE WARNING WAS
CANCELLED A FEW HOURS EARLY. 

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 5, 8:34 AM MSTFreezing Fog AdvisoryMAFPecos5 hr
Feb 5, 2:14 PM MSTWinter Weather AdvisoryMAFBorden, Dawson, Glasscock, Howard, Martin, Midland and 2 more21 hr
Feb 5, 2:24 PM MSTFreezing Fog AdvisoryMAFPecos18 hr

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.