Alert archive / Texas / Wind Advisories in 2015
Wind Advisory 3, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this wind advisory at Mar 25, 2015, 3:02 PM CDT for 19 counties in Texas; Eddy County, Lea County, New Mexico. It took effect at Mar 25, 2015, 7:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 25, 2015, 3:02 PM CDT (20:02 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 25, 2015, 7:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 26, 2015, 3:26 AM CDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
All 21 counties
Eddy County, NM, Lea County, NM, Andrews County, TX, Borden County, TX, Crane County, TX, Dawson County, TX, Ector County, TX, Gaines County, TX, Glasscock County, TX, Howard County, TX, Loving County, TX, Martin County, TX, Midland County, TX, Mitchell County, TX, Pecos County, TX, Reagan County, TX, Scurry County, TX, Terrell County, TX, Upton County, TX, Ward County, TX, Winkler County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 11 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:08 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 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 10 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
- 193 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -262 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2278 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 109 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
648 WWUS74 KMAF 252002 NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 302 PM CDT WED MAR 25 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY TONIGHT FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND MUCH OF WEST TEXAS... ...HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THE GUADALUPE PASS OF WEST TEXAS TONIGHT THROUGH MID THURSDAY MORNING... .A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO TONIGHT. BEHIND THIS FRONT VERY WINDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO FUNNEL THROUGH THE GUADALUPE PASS OF WEST TEXAS TONIGHT THROUGH MID THURSDAY MORNING. TXZ258-260930- /O.CON.KMAF.HW.W.0010.150326T0400Z-150326T1500Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP...PINE SPRINGS 202 PM MDT WED MAR 25 2015 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM MDT THURSDAY... * EVENT...HIGH WIND. * TIMING...FROM 10 PM MDT TODAY THROUGH 9 AM MDT THURSDAY. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 40 TO 60 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH. * IMPACTS...THIS WIND COULD MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT FOR MOTORISTS DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SUCH AS CAMPERS...VANS AND TRACTOR TRAILERS. 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. && $$ NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-260930- /O.NEW.KMAF.WI.Y.0003.150326T0000Z-150326T1300Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-EDDY COUNTY PLAINS- NORTHERN LEA COUNTY-CENTRAL LEA COUNTY-SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY-GAINES- DAWSON-BORDEN-SCURRY-ANDREWS-MARTIN-HOWARD-MITCHELL- VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR- REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-LOVING-WINKLER-ECTOR-MIDLAND- GLASSCOCK-WARD-CRANE-UPTON-REAGAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...ARTESIA...CARLSBAD... CARLSBAD CAVERNS NP...TATUM...HOBBS...LOVINGTON...EUNICE...JAL... SEMINOLE...LAMESA...GAIL...SNYDER...ANDREWS...STANTON... BIG SPRING...COLORADO CITY...VAN HORN...PECOS...MENTONE... RED BLUFF LAKE...KERMIT...ODESSA...MIDLAND...GARDEN CITY... MONAHANS...CRANE...MCCAMEY...RANKIN...BIG LAKE 302 PM CDT WED MAR 25 2015 /202 PM MDT WED MAR 25 2015/ ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING TO 8 AM CDT /7 AM MDT/ THURSDAY... * EVENT...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS. * TIMING...FROM 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT WEDNESDAY THROUGH 8 AM CDT / 7 AM MDT THURSDAY. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH. * IMPACTS...THIS WIND COULD MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT FOR MOTORISTS DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SUCH AS CAMPERS...VANS AND TRACTOR TRAILERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ TXZ074-075-080>082-260930- /O.NEW.KMAF.WI.Y.0003.150326T0500Z-150326T1300Z/ DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA-PECOS-MARFA PLATEAU-BIG BEND AREA- TERRELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALPINE...FORT DAVIS...FORT STOCKTON... MARFA...BIG BEND NP...MARATHON...SANDERSON 302 PM CDT WED MAR 25 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 AM CDT THURSDAY... * EVENT...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS. * TIMING...FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH 8 AM CDT THURSDAY. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH. * IMPACTS...THIS WIND COULD MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT FOR MOTORISTS DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SUCH AS CAMPERS...VANS AND TRACTOR TRAILERS. 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
825 WWUS74 KMAF 260826 NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 326 AM CDT THU MAR 26 2015 ...HIGH WIND WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE GUADALUPE PASS OF WEST TEXAS THROUGH MID THURSDAY MORNING... .A STRONG COLD FRONT HAS MOVED THROUGH WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO TONIGHT WITH VERY WINDY CONDITIONS IN ITS WAKE. ALTHOUGH WINDS ARE GUSTY, THEY HAVE DIMINISHED BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA FOR MOST LOCATIONS. AS A RESULT...THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. ON THE OTHER HAND...STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH GUADALUPE PASS THROUGH MID THURSDAY MORNING. NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 080>082-260930- /O.CAN.KMAF.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-150326T1300Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-EDDY COUNTY PLAINS- NORTHERN LEA COUNTY-CENTRAL LEA COUNTY-SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY-GAINES- DAWSON-BORDEN-SCURRY-ANDREWS-MARTIN-HOWARD-MITCHELL- VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR- REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-LOVING-WINKLER-ECTOR-MIDLAND- GLASSCOCK-WARD-CRANE-UPTON-REAGAN-DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA- PECOS-MARFA PLATEAU-BIG BEND AREA-TERRELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...ARTESIA...CARLSBAD... CARLSBAD CAVERNS NP...TATUM...HOBBS...LOVINGTON...EUNICE...JAL... SEMINOLE...LAMESA...GAIL...SNYDER...ANDREWS...STANTON... BIG SPRING...COLORADO CITY...VAN HORN...PECOS...MENTONE... RED BLUFF LAKE...KERMIT...ODESSA...MIDLAND...GARDEN CITY... MONAHANS...CRANE...MCCAMEY...RANKIN...BIG LAKE...ALPINE... FORT DAVIS...FORT STOCKTON...MARFA...BIG BEND NP...MARATHON... SANDERSON 326 AM CDT THU MAR 26 2015 /226 AM MDT THU MAR 26 2015/ ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WIND SPEEDS HAVE DIMINISHED BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA. $$ TXZ258-261500- /O.CON.KMAF.HW.W.0010.000000T0000Z-150326T1500Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP...PINE SPRINGS 226 AM MDT THU MAR 26 2015 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MDT THIS MORNING... * EVENT...HIGH WIND. * TIMING...THROUGH 9 AM MDT THURSDAY. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 40 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. * IMPACTS...THIS WIND COULD MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT FOR MOTORISTS DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SUCH AS CAMPERS...VANS AND TRACTOR TRAILERS. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 25, 3:41 AM CDT | High Wind Warning | MAF | 30 hr |
Nearby
Wind Advisories in Texas, 2015Wind Advisories in New Mexico, 2015Every wind advisory 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.