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High Wind Warning 21, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this high wind warning at May 8, 2016, 3:26 AM MDT for Eddy County, New Mexico. It took effect at May 8, 2016, 9:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 12 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
- May 8, 2016, 3:26 AM MDT (09:26 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 8, 2016, 9:00 AM MDT
- Expired
- May 8, 2016, 9:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 12 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 09:31 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, 9.4 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
- 376 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -149 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2866 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 117 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
As transmitted.
807 WWUS74 KMAF 080926 NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 426 AM CDT SUN MAY 8 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT TODAY FOR THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS... .A LARGE CUTOFF LOW WILL APPROACH THE REGION TODAY WITH STRONG MID LEVEL WINDS AHEAD OF IT MIXING DOWN OVER THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS. SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. NMZ027-TXZ258-090300- /O.UPG.KMAF.HW.A.0015.160508T1500Z-160509T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KMAF.HW.W.0021.160508T1500Z-160509T0300Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP... PINE SPRINGS 426 AM CDT SUN MAY 8 2016 /326 AM MDT SUN MAY 8 2016/ ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM CDT /9 AM MDT/ THIS MORNING TO 10 PM CDT /9 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 10 PM CDT /9 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...THIS MORNING UNTIL THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. * IMPACTS...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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 2:36 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | MAF | 24 hr | |
| May 8, 1:54 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Glasscock, Reagan | 25 min |
| May 8, 2:26 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Reagan | 34 min |
| May 8, 2:44 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Upton | 46 min |
| May 8, 3:09 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Pecos, Reagan, Upton | 2 hr |
| May 8, 3:37 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Reagan | 53 min |
| May 8, 3:56 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Upton | 49 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.