Alert archive / New Mexico / High Wind Warnings in 2016
High Wind Warning 18, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this high wind warning at Apr 16, 2016, 2:15 AM MDT for Eddy County, New Mexico. It took effect at Apr 16, 2016, 9:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 9 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 16, 2016, 2:15 AM MDT (08:15 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 16, 2016, 9:00 AM MDT
- Expired
- Apr 16, 2016, 6:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 9 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 08:12 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, 8.3 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
- 1527 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -115 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1702 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 65 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 162 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 3.7
The text
As transmitted.
007 WWUS74 KMAF 160815 NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 315 AM CDT SAT APR 16 2016 ...A HIGH WIND WARNING FOR GUADALUPE PASS TODAY... .THE APPROACH OF A CUT OFF LOW AND STRONG WIND ALOFT MIXING DOWN TO THE SURFACE WILL RESULT IN HIGH WIND BEING CHANNELED THROUGH THE GUADALUPE PASS. WIND SPEEDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY. TXZ258-170000- /O.NEW.KMAF.HW.W.0018.160416T1500Z-160417T0000Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP...PINE SPRINGS 315 AM CDT SAT APR 16 2016 /215 AM MDT SAT APR 16 2016/ ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM CDT /9 AM MDT/ THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM CDT /9 AM MDT/ THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. * TIMING...TODAY. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS CAN CAUSE POWER DISRUPTIONS...HAZARDS TO TRAILERS AND HIGH PROFILE 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
787 WWUS74 KMAF 161932 NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 232 PM CDT SAT APR 16 2016 ...A HIGH WIND WARNING FOR GUADALUPE PASS TODAY... .THE APPROACH OF A CUT OFF LOW AND STRONG WIND ALOFT MIXING DOWN TO THE SURFACE WILL RESULT IN STRONG SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS IN THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS. WIND SPEEDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY. NMZ027-170000- /O.EXA.KMAF.HW.W.0018.000000T0000Z-160417T0000Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...QUEEN 132 PM MDT SAT APR 16 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...TODAY. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS CAN CAUSE POWER DISRUPTIONS...HAZARDS TO TRAILERS AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ TXZ258-170000- /O.CON.KMAF.HW.W.0018.000000T0000Z-160417T0000Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP...PINE SPRINGS 232 PM CDT SAT APR 16 2016 /132 PM MDT SAT APR 16 2016/ ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... * TIMING...TODAY. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS CAN CAUSE POWER DISRUPTIONS...HAZARDS TO TRAILERS AND HIGH PROFILE 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 2:30 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | MAF | 18 hr | |
| Apr 16, 2:52 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Mitchell | 38 min |
| Apr 16, 3:04 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Mitchell | 56 min |
| Apr 16, 4:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Mitchell, Scurry | 30 min |
| Apr 16, 4:09 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Glasscock, Midland | 51 min |
| Apr 16, 4:46 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Howard | 44 min |
| Apr 16, 4:55 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Borden, Glasscock, Howard, Mitchell | 50 min |
| Apr 16, 5:21 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Borden, Howard, Mitchell, Scurry | 54 min |
| Apr 16, 5:43 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Borden, Howard, Mitchell, Scurry | 47 min |
| Apr 16, 5:48 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Upton | 27 min |
| Apr 16, 5:56 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Glasscock | 34 min |
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.