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High Wind Watch 21, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

December 14, 2015Eddy County, New Mexico

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.

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, 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2015-12-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2015-12-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 188 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 14, 12:52 PM MSTHigh Wind WarningMAF28 hr

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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.