Alert archive / New Mexico / High Wind Warnings in 2016
High Wind Warning 17, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this high wind warning at Apr 10, 2016, 2:49 AM MDT for Eddy County, New Mexico. It took effect at Apr 10, 2016, 12:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 6 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
- Apr 10, 2016, 2:49 AM MDT (08:49 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 10, 2016, 12:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Apr 10, 2016, 6:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 6 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 08:55 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, 8.8 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
- 2523 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 112 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
861 WWUS74 KMAF 100849 NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 349 AM CDT SUN APR 10 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FOR THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON... ...WIND ADVISORY IN AFFECT FOR THE VAN HORN/HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR...MARFA PLATEAU AND THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON... .AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL APPROACH THE AREA TODAY WITH STRONG WINDS MIXING TO THE SURFACE...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN. STRONG WINDS WILL DECREASE AROUND SUNSET THIS EVENING. NMZ027-TXZ258-110000- /O.NEW.KMAF.HW.W.0017.160410T1800Z-160411T0000Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP... PINE SPRINGS 349 AM CDT SUN APR 10 2016 /249 AM MDT SUN APR 10 2016/ ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 35 TO 45 WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. * IMPACTS...WINDS WILL BE PARTICULARLY HAZARDOUS AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS WHERE THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE LIKELY TO OCCUR. BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL DRIVING IN THESE MOUNTAINOUS AREAS. ABRUPT CHANGES IN WIND FORCES OCCUR WHEN ROUNDING SHARP TURNS OR PASSING OBSTACLES TO THE WIND RESULTING IN LOSS OF CONTROL OF VEHICLES. 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. && $$ TXZ057-074-080-110000- /O.NEW.KMAF.WI.Y.0015.160410T1800Z-160411T0000Z/ VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR-DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA- MARFA PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VAN HORN...ALPINE...FORT DAVIS...MARFA 349 AM CDT SUN APR 10 2016 /249 AM MDT SUN APR 10 2016/ ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...SECURE LAWN FURNITURE...GARBAGE CANS OR OTHER OBJECTS WHICH COULD BE BLOWN ABOUT BY THE WIND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ RHLUCHAN
1 follow-up statement
150 WWUS74 KMAF 101840 NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 140 PM CDT SUN APR 10 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON... ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN AFFECT FOR THE VAN HORN/HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR... MARFA PLATEAU AND THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON... .AN UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL APPROACH THE AREA TODAY WITH STRONG WINDS MIXING TO THE SURFACE...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN. STRONG WINDS WILL DECREASE AROUND SUNSET THIS EVENING. NMZ027-TXZ258-110000- /O.CON.KMAF.HW.W.0017.000000T0000Z-160411T0000Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP... PINE SPRINGS 140 PM CDT SUN APR 10 2016 /1240 PM MDT SUN APR 10 2016/ ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 35 TO 45 WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. * IMPACTS...WINDS WILL BE PARTICULARLY HAZARDOUS AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS WHERE THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE LIKELY TO OCCUR. BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL DRIVING IN THESE MOUNTAINOUS AREAS. ABRUPT CHANGES IN WIND FORCES OCCUR WHEN ROUNDING SHARP TURNS OR PASSING OBSTACLES TO THE WIND RESULTING IN LOSS OF CONTROL OF VEHICLES. 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. && $$ TXZ057-074-080-110000- /O.CON.KMAF.WI.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-160411T0000Z/ VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR-DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA- MARFA PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VAN HORN...ALPINE...FORT DAVIS...MARFA 140 PM CDT SUN APR 10 2016 /1240 PM MDT SUN APR 10 2016/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...SECURE LAWN FURNITURE...GARBAGE CANS OR OTHER OBJECTS WHICH COULD BE BLOWN ABOUT BY THE WIND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 10, 2:13 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | MAF | Pecos, Terrell | 17 hr |
| Apr 10, 2:49 AM MDT | Wind Advisory | MAF | 15 hr |
Nearby
High Wind Warnings in New Mexico, 2016High Wind Warnings in Texas, 2016Every high wind warning in 2016
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.