Alert archive / New Mexico / High Wind Warnings in 2015
High Wind Warning 13, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this high wind warning at Apr 7, 2015, 3:05 AM MDT for Eddy County, New Mexico. It took effect at Apr 8, 2015, 11:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 9 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
- Apr 7, 2015, 3:05 AM MDT (09:05 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 8, 2015, 11:00 AM MDT
- Expired
- Apr 8, 2015, 8:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 9 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 09:09 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, 9.1 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
- 1053 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -92 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2201 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 69 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 151 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
646 WWUS74 KMAF 070905 NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 405 AM CDT TUE APR 7 2015 ...A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING... .INCREASING WINDS ALOFT WILL MIX DOWN INTO THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. EXPECT WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS TO INCREASE TO 35 TO 45 MPH BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 65 MPH. THESE STRONGER WINDS WILL LAST INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING BEFORE SUBSIDING. NMZ027-TXZ258-072100- /O.NEW.KMAF.HW.W.0013.150408T1700Z-150409T0200Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP... PINE SPRINGS 305 AM MDT TUE APR 7 2015 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM MDT WEDNESDAY... * EVENT...HIGH WIND. * TIMING...WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST TO WEST 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH. * IMPACTS...HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY HAVE DIFFICULTY DRIVING THROUGH THE PASS. LOW FLYING LIGHT AIRCRAFT SHOULD AVOID FLYING ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS...SEVERE TURBULENCE WILL BE POSSIBLE. 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
205 WWUS74 KMAF 071921 NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 221 PM CDT TUE APR 7 2015 ...A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING... .INCREASING WINDS ALOFT WILL MIX DOWN INTO THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. EXPECT WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS TO INCREASE TO 35 TO 45 MPH BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 65 MPH. THESE STRONGER WINDS WILL LAST INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING BEFORE SUBSIDING. NMZ027-TXZ258-081100- /O.CON.KMAF.HW.W.0013.150408T1700Z-150409T0200Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP... PINE SPRINGS 121 PM MDT TUE APR 7 2015 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM MDT WEDNESDAY... * EVENT...HIGH WIND. * TIMING...WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST TO WEST 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH. * IMPACTS...HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY HAVE DIFFICULTY DRIVING THROUGH THE PASS. LOW FLYING LIGHT AIRCRAFT SHOULD AVOID FLYING ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS...SEVERE TURBULENCE WILL BE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$
322 WWUS74 KMAF 080915 NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 415 AM CDT WED APR 8 2015 ...A HIGH WIND WARNING REMIANS IN EFFECT FOR THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS FROM LATE THIS MORNING UNTIL THIS EVENING... .INCREASING WINDS ALOFT WILL MIX DOWN INTO THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THEREFORE, EXPECT WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS TO INCREASE TO 35 TO 45 MPH BY THIS AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 65 MPH. THESE STRONGER WINDS WILL LAST INTO THIS EVENING BEFORE SUBSIDING. NMZ027-TXZ258-082030- /O.CON.KMAF.HW.W.0013.150408T1700Z-150409T0200Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP... PINE SPRINGS 315 AM MDT WED APR 8 2015 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING... * EVENT...HIGH WIND. * TIMING...FROM LATE THIS MORNING UNTIL THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST TO WEST 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH. * IMPACTS...HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY HAVE DIFFICULTY DRIVING THROUGH THE PASS. LOW FLYING LIGHT AIRCRAFT SHOULD AVOID FLYING ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS...SEVERE TURBULENCE WILL BE POSSIBLE. 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. && $$
727 WWUS74 KMAF 081751 NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 1251 PM CDT WED APR 8 2015 ...A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS UNTIL THIS EVENING... ...A WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS...VAN HORN/HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR AND THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS UNTIL THIS EVENING... .INCREASING WINDS ALOFT WILL MIX DOWN INTO THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THESE STRONGER WINDS WILL LAST INTO THIS EVENING BEFORE SUBSIDING. NMZ027-TXZ258-090200- /O.CON.KMAF.HW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-150409T0200Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP... PINE SPRINGS 1151 AM MDT WED APR 8 2015 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING... * EVENT...HIGH WIND. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST TO WEST 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH. * IMPACTS...HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY HAVE DIFFICULTY DRIVING THROUGH THE PASS. LOW FLYING LIGHT AIRCRAFT SHOULD AVOID FLYING ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS...SEVERE TURBULENCE WILL BE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ NMZ028-029-033-TXZ057-074-090200- /O.NEW.KMAF.WI.Y.0004.150408T1900Z-150409T0200Z/ EDDY COUNTY PLAINS-NORTHERN LEA COUNTY-CENTRAL LEA COUNTY- VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR-DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARTESIA...CARLSBAD... CARLSBAD CAVERNS NP...TATUM...HOBBS...LOVINGTON...VAN HORN... ALPINE...FORT DAVIS 1251 PM CDT WED APR 8 2015 /1151 AM MDT WED APR 8 2015/ ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. * EVENT...STRONG WINDS. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * IMPACTS...MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION AND BE ALERT TO SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND WHICH MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. 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. && $$ RHLUCHAN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 7, 3:57 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | MAF | 24 hr | |
| Apr 7, 3:57 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | MAF | 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.