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Wind Advisory 7, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this wind advisory at Mar 15, 2014, 5:27 AM CDT for 17 counties in Texas; Eddy County, Lea County, New Mexico. It took effect at Mar 15, 2014, 10:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 18 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 15, 2014, 5:27 AM CDT (10:27 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 15, 2014, 10:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 16, 2014, 4:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 18 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Counties Eddy County, NM, Lea County, NM, Andrews County, TX, Borden County, TX, Crane County, TX, Dawson County, TX, Ector County, TX, Gaines County, TX, Glasscock County, TX, Howard County, TX, Loving County, TX, Martin County, TX, Midland County, TX, Mitchell County, TX, Reagan County, TX, Scurry County, TX, Upton County, TX, Ward County, TX, Winkler County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 23 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:24 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, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 22 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
- 3132 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
773 WWUS74 KMAF 151027 NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 527 AM CDT SAT MAR 15 2014 ...HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY... ...WIND ADVISORY FOR THE SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS...PERMIAN BASIN...WESTERN LOW ROLLING PLAINS...DAVIS MOUNTAINS...VAN HORN CORRIDOR AND THE HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR...AND THE UPPER TRANS PECOS TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY... .STRONG WESTERLY WINDS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH GUADALUPE PASS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTH TO NORTHEAST BEHIND A COLD FRONT THAT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT. STRONG WINDS WILL OCCUR IN THE MOUNTAINS AND PLAINS ALONG AND BEHIND THIS FRONT TONIGHT AND INTO THE DAY SUNDAY. BLOWING DUST WILL LIKELY ACCOMPANY THE WINDY CONDITIONS. NMZ027-TXZ258-152030- /O.UPG.KMAF.HW.A.0009.140315T1800Z-140316T0900Z/ /O.NEW.KMAF.HW.W.0015.140315T1800Z-140317T0000Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP... PINE SPRINGS 427 AM MDT SAT MAR 15 2014 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM MDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM MDT SUNDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * EVENT...HIGH WINDS. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS...THIS AFTERNOON...WESTERLY 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH BECOMING NORTHERLY 35 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 65 MPH TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...THESE WINDS COULD MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT FOR MOTORISTS DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SUCH AS CAMPERS... VANS...AND TRACTOR TRAILERS. TURBULENCE ACROSS AND NEAR THE MOUNTAINS WILL BE HAZARDOUS FOR LIGHT AIRCRAFT. 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. && $$ NMZ028-029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-080- 152030- /O.NEW.KMAF.WI.Y.0007.140316T0300Z-140316T2100Z/ EDDY COUNTY PLAINS-NORTHERN LEA COUNTY-CENTRAL LEA COUNTY- SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY-GAINES-DAWSON-BORDEN-SCURRY-ANDREWS-MARTIN- HOWARD-MITCHELL-VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR- REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-LOVING-WINKLER-ECTOR-MIDLAND- GLASSCOCK-WARD-CRANE-UPTON-REAGAN-DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA- MARFA PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARTESIA...CARLSBAD... CARLSBAD CAVERNS NP...TATUM...HOBBS...LOVINGTON...EUNICE...JAL... SEMINOLE...LAMESA...GAIL...SNYDER...ANDREWS...STANTON... BIG SPRING...COLORADO CITY...VAN HORN...PECOS...MENTONE... RED BLUFF LAKE...KERMIT...ODESSA...MIDLAND...GARDEN CITY... MONAHANS...CRANE...MCCAMEY...RANKIN...BIG LAKE...ALPINE... FORT DAVIS...MARFA 527 AM CDT SAT MAR 15 2014 /427 AM MDT SAT MAR 15 2014/ ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM CDT /9 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING TO 4 PM CDT /3 PM MDT/ SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM CDT /9 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING TO 4 PM CDT /3 PM MDT/ SUNDAY. * EVENT...STRONG WINDS. * TIMING...TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. * WINDS...NORTHERLY 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...LAWN FURNITURE AND GARBAGE CANS COULD BE BLOWN ABOUT BY THE WIND. VANS...CAMPERS...TRAILERS...AND OTHER HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLES COULD BRIEFLY BE HARD TO HANDLE. BLOWING DUST MAY REDUCE VISIBILITY TO 2 TO 5 MILES AT TIMES...COULD BE LOWER NEAR OPEN FIELDS AND CONSTRUCTION SITES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
3 follow-up statements
077 WWUS74 KMAF 152002 NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 302 PM CDT SAT MAR 15 2014 ...HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS REMAINS THROUGH SUNDAY... ...WIND ADVISORY FOR THE SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS...PERMIAN BASIN...WESTERN LOW ROLLING PLAINS...DAVIS MOUNTAINS...VAN HORN CORRIDOR AND THE HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR...AND THE UPPER TRANS PECOS REMAINS FOR TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY... .STRONG WESTERLY WINDS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH GUADALUPE PASS WILL SHIFT FROM THE NORTH TO NORTHEAST BEHIND A COLD FRONT THAT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT. STRONG WINDS WILL OCCUR IN THE MOUNTAINS AND PLAINS ALONG AND BEHIND THIS FRONT TONIGHT AND INTO THE DAY SUNDAY. BLOWING DUST WILL LIKELY ACCOMPANY THE WINDY CONDITIONS. NMZ027-TXZ258-161000- /O.CON.KMAF.HW.W.0015.000000T0000Z-140317T0000Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP... PINE SPRINGS 202 PM MDT SAT MAR 15 2014 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT SUNDAY... * EVENT...HIGH WINDS. * TIMING...THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS...WESTERLY 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH BECOMING NORTHERLY 35 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 65 MPH TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...THESE WINDS COULD MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT FOR MOTORISTS DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SUCH AS CAMPERS... VANS...AND TRACTOR TRAILERS. TURBULENCE ACROSS AND NEAR THE MOUNTAINS WILL BE HAZARDOUS FOR LIGHT AIRCRAFT. 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. && $$ NMZ028-029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-080- 161000- /O.CON.KMAF.WI.Y.0007.140316T0300Z-140316T2100Z/ EDDY COUNTY PLAINS-NORTHERN LEA COUNTY-CENTRAL LEA COUNTY- SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY-GAINES-DAWSON-BORDEN-SCURRY-ANDREWS-MARTIN- HOWARD-MITCHELL-VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR- REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-LOVING-WINKLER-ECTOR-MIDLAND- GLASSCOCK-WARD-CRANE-UPTON-REAGAN-DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA- MARFA PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARTESIA...CARLSBAD... CARLSBAD CAVERNS NP...TATUM...HOBBS...LOVINGTON...EUNICE...JAL... SEMINOLE...LAMESA...GAIL...SNYDER...ANDREWS...STANTON... BIG SPRING...COLORADO CITY...VAN HORN...PECOS...MENTONE... RED BLUFF LAKE...KERMIT...ODESSA...MIDLAND...GARDEN CITY... MONAHANS...CRANE...MCCAMEY...RANKIN...BIG LAKE...ALPINE... FORT DAVIS...MARFA 302 PM CDT SAT MAR 15 2014 /202 PM MDT SAT MAR 15 2014/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM CDT /9 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING TO 4 PM CDT /3 PM MDT/ SUNDAY... * EVENT...STRONG WINDS. * TIMING...TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. * WINDS...NORTHERLY 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...LAWN FURNITURE AND GARBAGE CANS COULD BE BLOWN ABOUT BY THE WIND. VANS...CAMPERS...TRAILERS...AND OTHER HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLES COULD BRIEFLY BE HARD TO HANDLE. BLOWING DUST MAY REDUCE VISIBILITY TO 2 TO 5 MILES AT TIMES...COULD BE LOWER NEAR OPEN FIELDS AND CONSTRUCTION SITES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
375 WWUS74 KMAF 160921 NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 421 AM CDT SUN MAR 16 2014 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS... ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT /3 PM MDT/ THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS...WESTERN LOW ROLLING PLAINS...VAN HORN AND THE HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR...REEVES COUNTY AND THE UPPER TRANS PECOS...PERMIAN BASIN...DAVIS AND APACHE MOUNTAINS...AND MARFA PLATEAU... .STRONG NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS HAVE DEVELOPED BEHIND A COLD FRONT THAT MOVED THROUGH THE REGION LAST NIGHT...AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. BLOWING DUST WILL LIKELY ACCOMPANY THE WINDY CONDITIONS... ESPECIALLY IN AREAS THAT HAVE NOT RECEIVED RAIN. NMZ027-TXZ258-162100- /O.CON.KMAF.HW.W.0015.000000T0000Z-140317T0000Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP... PINE SPRINGS 321 AM MDT SUN MAR 16 2014 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... * EVENT...HIGH WINDS. * TIMING...UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 40 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 65 MPH. * IMPACTS...THESE WINDS COULD MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT FOR MOTORISTS DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SUCH AS CAMPERS... VANS...AND TRACTOR TRAILERS. TURBULENCE ACROSS AND NEAR THE MOUNTAINS WILL BE HAZARDOUS FOR LIGHT AIRCRAFT. 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. && $$ NMZ028-029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-080- 162100- /O.CON.KMAF.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-140316T2100Z/ EDDY COUNTY PLAINS-NORTHERN LEA COUNTY-CENTRAL LEA COUNTY- SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY-GAINES-DAWSON-BORDEN-SCURRY-ANDREWS-MARTIN- HOWARD-MITCHELL-VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR- REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-LOVING-WINKLER-ECTOR-MIDLAND- GLASSCOCK-WARD-CRANE-UPTON-REAGAN-DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA- MARFA PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARTESIA...CARLSBAD... CARLSBAD CAVERNS NP...TATUM...HOBBS...LOVINGTON...EUNICE...JAL... SEMINOLE...LAMESA...GAIL...SNYDER...ANDREWS...STANTON... BIG SPRING...COLORADO CITY...VAN HORN...PECOS...MENTONE... RED BLUFF LAKE...KERMIT...ODESSA...MIDLAND...GARDEN CITY... MONAHANS...CRANE...MCCAMEY...RANKIN...BIG LAKE...ALPINE... FORT DAVIS...MARFA 421 AM CDT SUN MAR 16 2014 /321 AM MDT SUN MAR 16 2014/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT /3 PM MDT/ THIS AFTERNOON... * EVENT...STRONG WINDS. * TIMING...UNTIL 4 PM CDT /3 PM MDT/ THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...NORTH 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...LAWN FURNITURE AND GARBAGE CANS COULD BE BLOWN ABOUT BY THE WIND. VANS...CAMPERS...TRAILERS...AND OTHER HIGH- PROFILE VEHICLES COULD BRIEFLY BE HARD TO HANDLE. BLOWING DUST MAY REDUCE VISIBILITY TO 2 TO 5 MILES AT TIMES...COULD BE LOWER NEAR OPEN FIELDS AND CONSTRUCTION SITES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
058 WWUS74 KMAF 162105 AAA NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 405 PM CDT SUN MAR 16 2014 NMZ027-TXZ258-162215- /O.CAN.KMAF.HW.W.0015.000000T0000Z-140317T0000Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP... PINE SPRINGS 305 PM MDT SUN MAR 16 2014 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. THE CONCERN FOR HIGH WINDS IN THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS HAS ENDED...THUS THE CANCELLATION. $$ NMZ028-029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-080- 162215- /O.EXP.KMAF.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-140316T2100Z/ EDDY COUNTY PLAINS-NORTHERN LEA COUNTY-CENTRAL LEA COUNTY- SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY-GAINES-DAWSON-BORDEN-SCURRY-ANDREWS-MARTIN- HOWARD-MITCHELL-VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR- REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-LOVING-WINKLER-ECTOR-MIDLAND- GLASSCOCK-WARD-CRANE-UPTON-REAGAN-DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA- MARFA PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARTESIA...CARLSBAD... CARLSBAD CAVERNS NP...TATUM...HOBBS...LOVINGTON...EUNICE...JAL... SEMINOLE...LAMESA...GAIL...SNYDER...ANDREWS...STANTON... BIG SPRING...COLORADO CITY...VAN HORN...PECOS...MENTONE... RED BLUFF LAKE...KERMIT...ODESSA...MIDLAND...GARDEN CITY... MONAHANS...CRANE...MCCAMEY...RANKIN...BIG LAKE...ALPINE... FORT DAVIS...MARFA 405 PM CDT SUN MAR 16 2014 /305 PM MDT SUN MAR 16 2014/ ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE WINDS ACROSS MOST AREAS HAVE DECREASED BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS AND THUS THE ADVISORY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. THERE ARE STILL SOME LOCATIONS ACROSS THE BASIN WHERE WINDS ARE NEAR ADVISORY LEVEL WITH BLOWING DUST...THESE WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO SUBSIDE THROUGH 6 PM CDT. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 15, 5:27 AM CDT | High Wind Warning | MAF | 35 hr | |
| Mar 15, 6:08 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | MAF | Loving, Pecos, Ward, Winkler | 16 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.