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High Wind Warning 25, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this high wind warning at Dec 20, 2015, 8:23 PM MST for Eddy County, New Mexico. It was in force for 7 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 20, 2015, 8:23 PM MST (03:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 21, 2015, 3:00 AM MST
- In force
- 7 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 03:21 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, 3.4 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
- 2003 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 82 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 294 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 298 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
696 WWUS74 KMAF 210323 NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 923 PM CST SUN DEC 20 2015 ...HIGH WIND WARNING TONIGHT FOR THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS FOR GUSTS TO 60 MPH... .A BAND OF STRONG JET STREAM LEVEL WINDS WILL REMAIN NEAR THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS TONIGHT FAVORING STRONG WINDS. TERRAIN ENHANCEMENT OF WINDS IS ALSO EXPECTED. NMZ027-TXZ258-211000- /O.NEW.KMAF.HW.W.0025.151221T0323Z-151221T1000Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP... PINE SPRINGS 823 PM MST SUN DEC 20 2015 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM MST MONDAY... * TIMING...THROUGH 3 AM MST MONDAY. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 25 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. | * IMPACTS...SEVERE TURBULENCE IS EXPECTED TO RESULT IN HAZARDOUS FLYING CONDITIONS ESPECIALLY FOR LOW FLYING LIGHT AIRCRAFT IN AROUND THE MOUNTAINS. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY BE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. HIKERS COULD EXPERIENCE DIFFICULT CONDITIONS ON EXPOSED RIDGETOPS. 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
144 WWUS74 KMAF 211009 NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 409 AM CST MON DEC 21 2015 ...A HIGH WIND WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FOR GUSTS OF 60 TO 65 MPH.... .JET STREAM LEVEL WINDS WILL SLOWLY STRENGTHEN INTO TUESDAY AND PERSIST THROUGH WEDNESDAY SETTING UP A PROLONGED PERIOD WHEN HIGH WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. NMZ027-TXZ258-212045- /O.EXP.KMAF.HW.W.0025.000000T0000Z-151221T1000Z/ /O.NEW.KMAF.HW.A.0022.151222T1800Z-151224T0000Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP... PINE SPRINGS 309 AM MST MON DEC 21 2015 ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... ...HIGH WIND WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * TIMING...TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST AND WEST 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 TO 65 MPH. * IMPACTS...SEVERE TURBULENCE IS EXPECTED TO RESULT IN HAZARDOUS FLYING CONDITIONS ESPECIALLY FOR LOW FLYING LIGHT AIRCRAFT IN AROUND THE MOUNTAINS. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY BE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. HIKERS COULD EXPERIENCE DIFFICULT CONDITIONS ON EXPOSED RIDGETOPS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 21, 3:09 AM MST | High Wind Watch | MAF | 25 hr |
Nearby
High Wind Warnings in New Mexico, 2015High Wind Warnings in Texas, 2015Every high wind warning in 2015
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.