Alert archive / Texas / Wind Advisories in 2016
Wind Advisory 1, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this wind advisory at Jan 16, 2016, 2:58 AM CST for Pecos County, Terrell County, Texas. It took effect at Jan 16, 2016, 9:00 AM CST. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 16, 2016, 2:58 AM CST (08:58 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 16, 2016, 9:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Jan 16, 2016, 1:52 PM CST
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Counties Pecos County, TX, Terrell County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 161 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:03 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 00:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 162 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
- 3344 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 177 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
795 WWUS74 KMAF 160858 NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 258 AM CST SAT JAN 16 2016 ...A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH NOON CST TODAY FOR THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS ABOVE 6000 FEET... ...A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT TODAY FOR PECOS AND TERRELL COUNTIES OF WEST TEXAS... .AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH WEST TEXAS EARLY TODAY. BEHIND THIS SYSTEM WINDY TO VERY WINDY CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS AND PECOS AND TERRELL COUNTIES OF WEST TEXAS. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS ABOVE 6000 FEET THIS MORNING. TXZ074-161800- /O.CON.KMAF.HW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-160116T1800Z/ DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALPINE...FORT DAVIS 258 AM CST SAT JAN 16 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT ABOVE 6000 FEET UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... * TIMING...THIS 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. && $$ TXZ075-082-162100- /O.NEW.KMAF.WI.Y.0001.160116T1500Z-160116T2100Z/ PECOS-TERRELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT STOCKTON...SANDERSON 258 AM CST SAT JAN 16 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...FROM MID MORNING TO LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY EXPERIENCE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
2 follow-up statements
497 WWUS74 KMAF 161641 NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 1041 AM CST SAT JAN 16 2016 ...A HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS ABOVE 6000 FEET HAS BEEN CANCELLED... ...A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT TODAY FOR PECOS AND TERRELL COUNTIES OF WEST TEXAS... .WITH THE UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM MOVING EAST OF THE AREA...WIND SPEEDS HAVE DECREASED ACROSS THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS. WINDY CONDITIONS ARE STILL EXPECTED FOR PECOS AND TERRELL COUNTIES OF WEST TEXAS THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. TXZ074-161745- /O.CAN.KMAF.HW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-160116T1800Z/ DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALPINE...FORT DAVIS 1041 AM CST SAT JAN 16 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. WIND SPEEDS HAVE DECREASED BELOW WARNING THRESHOLDS ACROSS THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS AND WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE THROUGHOUT THE REMAINDER OF TODAY. THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ TXZ075-082-162100- /O.CON.KMAF.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-160116T2100Z/ PECOS-TERRELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT STOCKTON...SANDERSON 1041 AM CST SAT JAN 16 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...FROM MID MORNING TO LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY EXPERIENCE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
141 WWUS74 KMAF 161952 AAA NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 152 PM CST SAT JAN 16 2016 TXZ075-082-162100- /O.CAN.KMAF.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-160116T2100Z/ PECOS-TERRELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT STOCKTON...SANDERSON 152 PM CST SAT JAN 16 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WIND WILL REMAIN GUSTY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON BUT BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS. $$
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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.