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High Wind Warning 22, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

May 9, 2016Eddy County, New Mexico

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.

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, 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 2016-05-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 2016-05-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -103 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 9, 2:57 AM MDTRed Flag WarningMAF18 hr
May 8, 7:18 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFReagan42 min
May 8, 7:37 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFReagan113 min
May 9, 12:52 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFMitchell38 min
May 9, 1:34 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFMitchell41 min
May 9, 1:45 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFScurry45 min
May 9, 2:07 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFHoward38 min
May 9, 2:21 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFHoward, Mitchell, Scurry39 min
May 9, 2:37 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFHoward, Mitchell53 min
May 9, 3:35 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFMitchell25 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.