Alert archive / New Mexico / High Wind Warnings in 2016
High Wind Warning 3, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this high wind warning at Jan 15, 2016, 2:16 AM MST for Eddy County, New Mexico. It took effect at Jan 15, 2016, 11:00 AM MST. 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
- Jan 15, 2016, 2:16 AM MST (09:16 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 15, 2016, 11:00 AM MST
- Expired
- Jan 15, 2016, 11:00 PM MST
- 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 09:14 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, 9.3 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3532 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 109 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
407 WWUS74 KMAF 150916 NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 316 AM CST FRI JAN 15 2016 ...A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING FOR THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS... ...A HIGH WIND WATCH IS IN EFFECT LATE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY FOR THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS ABOVE 6000 FEET... .AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL APPROACH THE REGION FROM THE NORTHWEST LATER TODAY AND THIS EVENING AND RESULT IN STRONG WINDS IN THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS. AS THIS SYSTEM PASSES BY LATE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY...STRONG WINDS MAY DEVELOP IN THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS ABOVE 6000 FEET. NMZ027-TXZ258-152100- /O.NEW.KMAF.HW.W.0003.160115T1800Z-160116T0600Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP... PINE SPRINGS 216 AM MST FRI JAN 15 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING. * WINDS...WEST 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. * IMPACTS...SEVERE TURBULENCE IS EXPECTED TO RESULT IN HAZARDOUS FLYING CONDITIONS ESPECIALLY FOR LOW FLYING LIGHT AIRCRAFT IN AROUND THE MOUNTAINS. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY BE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. HIKERS COULD EXPERIENCE DIFFICULT CONDITIONS ON EXPOSED RIDGETOPS. 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. && $$ TXZ074-152100- /O.NEW.KMAF.HW.A.0002.160116T0600Z-160116T2100Z/ DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALPINE...FORT DAVIS 316 AM CST FRI JAN 15 2016 ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS ABOVE 6000 FEET... * TIMING...LATE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. * IMPACTS...SEVERE TURBULENCE IS EXPECTED TO RESULT IN HAZARDOUS FLYING CONDITIONS ESPECIALLY FOR LOW FLYING LIGHT AIRCRAFT IN AROUND THE MOUNTAINS. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY BE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. HIKERS COULD EXPERIENCE DIFFICULT CONDITIONS ON EXPOSED RIDGETOPS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$
1 follow-up statement
742 WWUS74 KMAF 151951 NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 151 PM CST FRI JAN 15 2016 ...A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS... ...A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING FOR THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS MAINLY ABOVE 6000 FEET... .AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL APPROACH THE REGION FROM THE NORTHWEST THIS EVENING AND RESULT IN STRONG WINDS IN THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS. AS THIS SYSTEM PASSES BY LATE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY...STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS MAINLY ABOVE 6000 FEET. TXZ074-160200- /O.UPG.KMAF.HW.A.0002.160116T0600Z-160116T2100Z/ /O.NEW.KMAF.HW.W.0004.160116T0600Z-160116T1800Z/ DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALPINE...FORT DAVIS 151 PM CST FRI JAN 15 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST SATURDAY MAINLY ABOVE 6000 FT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST SATURDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...LATE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. * IMPACTS...SEVERE TURBULENCE IS EXPECTED TO RESULT IN HAZARDOUS FLYING CONDITIONS ESPECIALLY FOR LOW FLYING LIGHT AIRCRAFT IN AROUND THE MOUNTAINS. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY BE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. HIKERS COULD EXPERIENCE DIFFICULT CONDITIONS ON EXPOSED RIDGETOPS. 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. && $$ NMZ027-TXZ258-160200- /O.CON.KMAF.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160116T0600Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP... PINE SPRINGS 1251 PM MST FRI JAN 15 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * WINDS...WEST 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. * IMPACTS...SEVERE TURBULENCE IS EXPECTED TO RESULT IN HAZARDOUS FLYING CONDITIONS ESPECIALLY FOR LOW FLYING LIGHT AIRCRAFT IN AROUND THE MOUNTAINS. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY BE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. HIKERS COULD EXPERIENCE DIFFICULT CONDITIONS ON EXPOSED RIDGETOPS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 15, 2:16 AM MST | High Wind Watch | MAF | 11 hr | |
| Jan 15, 12:51 PM MST | High Wind Warning | MAF | 21 hr |
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.