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High Wind Warning 22, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this high wind warning at May 9, 2016, 11:30 AM MDT for Eddy County, New Mexico. It was in force for 10 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 9, 2016, 11:30 AM MDT (17:30 UTC)
- Expired
- May 9, 2016, 9:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 10 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 17:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 5.5 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
- 3214 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 65 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -103 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -50 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
175 WWUS74 KMAF 091730 NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 1230 PM CDT MON MAY 9 2016 NMZ027-TXZ258-100300- /O.NEW.KMAF.HW.W.0022.160509T1730Z-160510T0300Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP... PINE SPRINGS 1230 PM CDT MON MAY 9 2016 /1130 AM MDT MON MAY 9 2016/ ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT /9 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS... * TIMING...NOW UNTIL 9 PM MDT. * WINDS...WEST 45 TO 55 MPG AND GUSTS OVER 70 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
646 WWUS74 KMAF 091731 CCA NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 1231 PM CDT MON MAY 9 2016 NMZ027-TXZ258-100300- /O.COR.KMAF.HW.W.0022.160509T1730Z-160510T0300Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP... PINE SPRINGS 1231 PM CDT MON MAY 9 2016 /1131 AM MDT MON MAY 9 2016/ ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT /9 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS... * TIMING...NOW UNTIL 9 PM MDT. * WINDS...WEST 45 TO 55 MPH AND GUSTS OVER 70 MPH. * IMPACTS...BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL DRIVING IN THESE MOUNTAINOUS AREAS. ABRUPT CHANGES IN WIND FORCES OCCUR WHEN ROUNDING SHARP TURNS OR PASSING OBSTACLES TO THE WIND RESULTING IN LOSS OF CONTROL OF VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 2:57 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | MAF | 18 hr | |
| May 8, 7:18 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Reagan | 42 min |
| May 8, 7:37 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Reagan | 113 min |
| May 9, 12:52 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Mitchell | 38 min |
| May 9, 1:34 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Mitchell | 41 min |
| May 9, 1:45 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Scurry | 45 min |
| May 9, 2:07 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Howard | 38 min |
| May 9, 2:21 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Howard, Mitchell, Scurry | 39 min |
| May 9, 2:37 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Howard, Mitchell | 53 min |
| May 9, 3:35 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Mitchell | 25 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.