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High Wind Watch 21, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this high wind watch at Dec 13, 2014, 4:09 AM MST for Eddy County, New Mexico. It took effect at Dec 14, 2014, 11:00 AM MST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 13, 2014, 4:09 AM MST (11:09 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 14, 2014, 11:00 AM MST
- Expired
- Dec 13, 2014, 1:30 PM MST
- In force
- 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 11:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 11.2 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
- 7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -90 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1582 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
453 WWUS74 KMAF 131109 NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 509 AM CST SAT DEC 13 2014 ...HIGH WIND WATCH FOR THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS SUNDAY... .THE APPROACH OF A STRONG UPPER TROUGH WILL BRING INCREASING WIND SPEEDS TO THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS. AS THIS TROUGH SWINGS ACROSS THE AREA... STRONG WINDS ROUNDING THE BASE OF THE TROUGH WILL PRODUCE HIGH WINDS ACROSS THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS. WIND SPEEDS WILL DECREASE DURING THE EVENING AS THE THE TROUGH MOVES OFF TO THE EAST. NMZ027-TXZ258-132200- /O.NEW.KMAF.HW.A.0021.141214T1800Z-141215T0000Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP... PINE SPRINGS 409 AM MST SAT DEC 13 2014 ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * EVENT...HIGH WIND. * TIMING...SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS...WEST WIND 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. * IMPACTS...STRONG CROSSWINDS ON NORTH TO SOUTH 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 MOUNTAINS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$
1 follow-up statement
548 WWUS74 KMAF 132030 NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 230 PM CST SAT DEC 13 2014 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 5 PM MST SUNDAY FOR THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS... ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY FOR VAN HORN AND THE HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR... .AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL PASS NORTH OF THE REGION SUNDAY...RESULTING IN INCREASED WIND SPEEDS IN THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS AND ON THE ADJACENT PLAINS SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THIS ACTIVITY WILL DIMINISH DURING THE EVENING AS THE TROUGH MOVES OFF TO THE EAST. NMZ027-TXZ258-141300- /O.UPG.KMAF.HW.A.0021.141214T1800Z-141215T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMAF.HW.W.0034.141214T1800Z-141215T0000Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP... PINE SPRINGS 130 PM MST SAT DEC 13 2014 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 5 PM MST SUNDAY... * EVENT...HIGH WINDS. * TIMING...11 AM TO 5 PM MST SUNDAY. * WINDS...WEST 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 60 MPH. * IMPACTS...STRONG CROSSWINDS ON NORTH TO SOUTH ORIENTED ROADS ARE EXPECTED AND WILL PRODUCE VERY DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. AVIATION INTERESTS MAY EXPERIENCE LOCALIZED BUT EXTREME TURBULENCE...OR STRONG DOWNWARD AIRFLOWS...IF FLYING IN THE VICINITY OF THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ TXZ057-141300- /O.NEW.KMAF.WI.Y.0020.141214T1800Z-141215T0000Z/ VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...VAN HORN 230 PM CST SAT DEC 13 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY. * EVENT...STRONG WINDS. * TIMING...NOON TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY. * IMPACTS...SECURE LAWN FURNITURE...GARBAGE CANS...OR OTHER OBJECTS WHICH COULD BE BLOWN ABOUT 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 13, 1:30 PM MST | Wind Advisory | MAF | Eddy, Lea | 28 hr |
| Dec 13, 1:33 PM MST | High Wind Warning | MAF | Eddy | 29 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.