Alert archive / New Mexico / High Wind Warnings in 2016
High Wind Warning 5, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this high wind warning at Jan 23, 2016, 1:16 PM MST for Eddy County, New Mexico. It took effect at Jan 24, 2016, 8:00 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 23, 2016, 1:16 PM MST (20:16 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 24, 2016, 8:00 AM MST
- Expired
- Jan 24, 2016, 8:00 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 20:13 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, 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2405 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 131 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 219 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
002 WWUS74 KMAF 232016 NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 216 PM CST SAT JAN 23 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS FROM SUNDAY MORNING UNTIL MONDAY MORNING... .AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH MOVING OVER THE REGION SUNDAY WILL RESULT IN HIGH WINDS ACROSS THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS. THE HIGH WINDS FOR THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN SUNDAY MORNING AND LAST INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING. NMZ027-TXZ258-241100- /O.UPG.KMAF.HW.A.0003.160124T1500Z-160125T0900Z/ /O.NEW.KMAF.HW.W.0005.160124T1500Z-160125T0900Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP... PINE SPRINGS 116 PM MST SAT JAN 23 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM SUNDAY TO 2 AM MST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM SUNDAY TO 2 AM MST MONDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SUNDAY MORNING UNTIL MONDAY MORNING. * WINDS... WEST 40 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 70 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
452 WWUS74 KMAF 240946 NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 346 AM CST SUN JAN 24 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON... .AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH MOVING OVER THE REGION SUNDAY WILL RESULT IN HIGH WINDS ACROSS THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS. THE HIGH WINDS FOR THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN SUNDAY MORNING AND LAST THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON. NMZ027-TXZ258-250000- /O.EXT.KMAF.HW.W.0005.160124T1500Z-160125T0000Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP... PINE SPRINGS 246 AM MST SUN JAN 24 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...SUNDAY MORNING UNTIL MONDAY MORNING. * WINDS... WEST 40 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 70 MPH. * IMPACTS...SEVERE TURBULENCE IS EXPECTED TO RESULT IN HAZARDOUS FLYING CONDITIONS ESPECIALLY FOR LOW FLYING LIGHT AIRCRAFT IN AROUND THE MOUNTAINS. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY BE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. HIKERS COULD EXPERIENCE DIFFICULT CONDITIONS ON EXPOSED RIDGETOPS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ STROBIN
733 WWUS74 KMAF 242007 NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 207 PM CST SUN JAN 24 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS THROUGH THIS EVENING... .AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH MOVING BY TO THE NORTH OF THE REGION WILL RESULT IN HIGH WINDS ACROSS THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS. THE HIGH WINDS WILL LAST THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING BEFORE SUBSIDING. NMZ027-TXZ258-250300- /O.EXT.KMAF.HW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-160125T0300Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP... PINE SPRINGS 107 PM MST SUN JAN 24 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * WINDS... WEST 40 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 70 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. && $$
620 WWUS74 KMAF 242305 NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 505 PM CST SUN JAN 24 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS THROUGH THIS EVENING... ...WIND ADVISORY FOR EDDY COUNTY UNTIL EVENING... .AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH MOVING BY TO THE NORTH OF THE REGION WILL RESULT IN HIGH WINDS ACROSS THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS. THE HIGH WINDS WILL LAST THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING BEFORE SUBSIDING. THIS HIGH WIND HAS SPILLED ACROSS THE PLAINS OF EDDY COUNTY RESULTING IN THE NEED FOR A WIND ADVISORY. NMZ027-TXZ258-250300- /O.CON.KMAF.HW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-160125T0300Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP... PINE SPRINGS 405 PM MST SUN JAN 24 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * WINDS... WEST 40 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 70 MPH. * IMPACTS...SEVERE TURBULENCE IS EXPECTED TO RESULT IN HAZARDOUS FLYING CONDITIONS ESPECIALLY FOR LOW FLYING LIGHT AIRCRAFT IN AROUND THE MOUNTAINS. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY BE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. HIKERS COULD EXPERIENCE DIFFICULT CONDITIONS ON EXPOSED RIDGETOPS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ NMZ028-250200- /O.NEW.KMAF.WI.Y.0003.160124T2305Z-160125T0200Z/ EDDY COUNTY PLAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARTESIA...CARLSBAD... CARLSBAD CAVERNS NP 405 PM MST SUN JAN 24 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...NOW INTO THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 30 TO 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...SECURE LAWN FURNITURE...GARBAGE CANS...OR OTHER OBJECTS WHICH COULD BE BLOWN ABOUT BY THE WIND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 23, 2:35 AM MST | Fire Weather Watch | MAF | 24 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.