Alert archive / New Mexico / High Wind Warnings in 2015
High Wind Warning 23, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this high wind warning at Dec 14, 2015, 12:52 PM MST for Eddy County, New Mexico. It took effect at Dec 14, 2015, 2:00 PM MST. It was in force for 27 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
- Dec 14, 2015, 12:52 PM MST (19:52 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 14, 2015, 2:00 PM MST
- Expired
- Dec 15, 2015, 5:00 PM MST
- In force
- 27 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 19:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2997 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 117 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 147 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
068 WWUS74 KMAF 141952 NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 152 PM CST MON DEC 14 2015 ...STRONG WINDS POSSIBLE IN THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON INTO TUESDAY AFTERNOON... .STRENGTHENING WESTERLY WINDS IN ADVANCE OF ANOTHER UPPER LOW WILL MIX INTO THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON. THESE STRONGER WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DESCEND WITH HIGH WINDS BECOMING MORE LIKELY TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. NMZ027-TXZ258-151115- /O.UPG.KMAF.HW.A.0021.151215T0000Z-151216T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMAF.HW.W.0023.151214T2100Z-151216T0000Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP... PINE SPRINGS 1252 PM MST MON DEC 14 2015 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST TUESDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON * WINDS...WEST WINDS 30 TO 45 MPH GUSTING TO 65 MPH. * IMPACTS...HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL BE HARD TO CONTROL. SEVERE TURBULENCE WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR LIGHT LOW FLYING 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
449 WWUS74 KMAF 150932 NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 332 AM CST TUE DEC 15 2015 ...HIGH WIND WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS TODAY... .INCREASING WESTERLY WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH AN UPPER LOW HAVE MIXED DOWN ACROSS THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS THIS MORNING AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY. WIND SPEEDS SHOULD BEGIN TO TAPER OFF LATE THIS AFTERNOON. NMZ027-TXZ258-160000- /O.CON.KMAF.HW.W.0023.000000T0000Z-151216T0000Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP... PINE SPRINGS 232 AM MST TUE DEC 15 2015 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...TODAY. * WINDS...WEST WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH GUSTING TO 65 MPH. * IMPACTS...HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY BE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL ON U.S. 62/180 GOING THROUGH THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS. SEVERE TURBULENCE WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR LIGHT LOW FLYING AIRCRAFT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$
995 WWUS74 KMAF 152045 NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 245 PM CST TUE DEC 15 2015 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS... .INCREASING SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH AN UPPER TROUGH HAVE MIXED DOWN ACROSS THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON. WIND SPEEDS SHOULD BEGIN TO TAPER OFF LATE THIS AFTERNOON. NMZ027-TXZ258-160000- /O.CON.KMAF.HW.W.0023.000000T0000Z-151216T0000Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP... PINE SPRINGS 145 PM MST TUE DEC 15 2015 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST TO WEST 35 TO 45 MPH GUSTING TO AROUND 60 MPH. * IMPACTS...HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY BE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL ON U.S. 62/180 GOING THROUGH THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS. SEVERE TURBULENCE WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR LIGHT LOW FLYING 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 14, 1:56 AM MST | High Wind Watch | MAF | Eddy | 11 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.