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High Wind Watch 21, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this high wind watch at Dec 14, 2015, 1:56 AM MST for Eddy County, New Mexico. It took effect at Dec 14, 2015, 5:00 PM MST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 14, 2015, 1:56 AM MST (08:56 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 14, 2015, 5:00 PM MST
- Expired
- Dec 14, 2015, 12:52 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 08:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 8.9 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
- 1955 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 188 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 394 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
385 WWUS74 KMAF 140856 NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 256 AM CST MON DEC 14 2015 ...STRONG WINDS POSSIBLE IN THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY AFTERNOON... .ONE UPPER LEVEL LOW IS LEAVING THE AREA...BUT ANOTHER WILL QUICKLY FOLLOW LATER TODAY. STRONG WESTERLY WINDS ON THE SOUTHERN PERIPHERY OF THIS LOW WILL MIX INTO THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS BEGINNING TONIGHT AND LASTING THROUGH THE DAY ON TUESDAY. NMZ027-TXZ258-142200- /O.NEW.KMAF.HW.A.0021.151215T0000Z-151216T0000Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP... PINE SPRINGS 156 AM MST MON DEC 14 2015 ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * TIMING...TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON * WINDS...WEST WINDS 40 TO 55 MPH GUSTING TO 70 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 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
068 WWUS74 KMAF 141952 NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 152 PM CST MON DEC 14 2015 ...STRONG WINDS POSSIBLE IN THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON INTO TUESDAY AFTERNOON... .STRENGTHENING WESTERLY WINDS IN ADVANCE OF ANOTHER UPPER LOW WILL MIX INTO THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON. THESE STRONGER WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DESCEND WITH HIGH WINDS BECOMING MORE LIKELY TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. NMZ027-TXZ258-151115- /O.UPG.KMAF.HW.A.0021.151215T0000Z-151216T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMAF.HW.W.0023.151214T2100Z-151216T0000Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP... PINE SPRINGS 1252 PM MST MON DEC 14 2015 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST TUESDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON * WINDS...WEST WINDS 30 TO 45 MPH GUSTING TO 65 MPH. * IMPACTS...HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL BE HARD TO CONTROL. SEVERE TURBULENCE WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR LIGHT LOW FLYING AIRCRAFT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 14, 12:52 PM MST | High Wind Warning | MAF | 28 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.