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Wind Advisory 18, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this wind advisory at May 6, 2016, 11:33 AM CDT for 9 counties in Texas; Eddy County, Lea County, New Mexico. It took effect at May 6, 2016, 3:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 6, 2016, 11:33 AM CDT (16:33 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 6, 2016, 3:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- May 7, 2016, 1:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Counties Eddy County, NM, Lea County, NM, Andrews County, TX, Crane County, TX, Ector County, TX, Loving County, TX, Midland County, TX, Pecos County, TX, Upton County, TX, Ward County, TX, Winkler County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:31 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, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 68 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
- 2873 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -65 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -17 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
208 WWUS74 KMAF 061633 NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 1133 AM CDT FRI MAY 6 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR THE PERMIAN BASIN...UPPER TRANS PECOS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS... .THE SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL TIGHTEN OVER THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON WITH SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS INCREASING TO 25 TO 35 MPH SUSTAINED OVER THE PERMIAN BASIN. THESE STRONGER SURFACE WINDS WILL SPREAD INTO THE UPPER TRANS PECOS AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO THIS EVENING, ESPECIALLY AS A LOW LEVEL JET INCREASES OVER THE AREA. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH LATE THIS EVENING. NMZ028-033-034-TXZ050-058>062-067>069-075-070600- /O.NEW.KMAF.WI.Y.0018.160506T2100Z-160507T0600Z/ EDDY COUNTY PLAINS-CENTRAL LEA COUNTY-SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY-ANDREWS- REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-LOVING-WINKLER-ECTOR-MIDLAND- WARD-CRANE-UPTON-PECOS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARTESIA...CARLSBAD... CARLSBAD CAVERNS NP...HOBBS...LOVINGTON...EUNICE...JAL... ANDREWS...PECOS...MENTONE...KERMIT...ODESSA...MIDLAND... MONAHANS...CRANE...MCCAMEY...RANKIN...FORT STOCKTON 1133 AM CDT FRI MAY 6 2016 /1033 AM MDT FRI MAY 6 2016/ ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM CDT /3 PM MDT/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 AM CDT /MIDNIGHT MDT/ SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM CDT /3 PM MDT/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 AM CDT /MIDNIGHT MDT/ SATURDAY. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON OVER THE PERMIAN BASIN... AND LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING OVER THE UPPER TRANS PECOS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH AND GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...SECURE LAWN FURNITURE...GARBAGE CANS OR OTHER OBJECTS WHICH COULD BE BLOWN ABOUT BY THE WIND. DRIVING MAY BE DIFFICULT ON AREA ROADWAYS. 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
942 WWUS74 KMAF 061933 NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 233 PM CDT FRI MAY 6 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR THE PERMIAN BASIN...UPPER TRANS PECOS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS... .THE SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT HAS TIGHTENED ENOUGH FOR SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH SUSTAINED OVER THE PERMIAN BASIN THIS AFTERNOON. THEREFORE, WILL START THE WIND ADVISORY NOW. THESE STRONGER SURFACE WINDS WILL SPREAD INTO THE UPPER TRANS PECOS AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO BY THIS EVENING, ESPECIALLY AS A LOW LEVEL JET INCREASES OVER THE AREA. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH LATE THIS EVENING. NMZ028-033-034-TXZ050-058>062-067>069-075-070600- /O.EXT.KMAF.WI.Y.0018.160506T2000Z-160507T0600Z/ EDDY COUNTY PLAINS-CENTRAL LEA COUNTY-SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY-ANDREWS- REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-LOVING-WINKLER-ECTOR-MIDLAND- WARD-CRANE-UPTON-PECOS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARTESIA...CARLSBAD... CARLSBAD CAVERNS NP...HOBBS...LOVINGTON...EUNICE...JAL... ANDREWS...PECOS...MENTONE...KERMIT...ODESSA...MIDLAND... MONAHANS...CRANE...MCCAMEY...RANKIN...FORT STOCKTON 233 PM CDT FRI MAY 6 2016 /133 PM MDT FRI MAY 6 2016/ ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT /MIDNIGHT MDT/ SATURDAY... * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON OVER THE PERMIAN BASIN... AND LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING OVER THE UPPER TRANS PECOS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH AND GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...SECURE LAWN FURNITURE...GARBAGE CANS OR OTHER OBJECTS WHICH COULD BE BLOWN ABOUT BY THE WIND. DRIVING MAY BE DIFFICULT ON AREA ROADWAYS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 11:24 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | MAF | 11 hr |
Nearby
Wind Advisories in Texas, 2016Wind Advisories in New Mexico, 2016Every wind advisory in 2016
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.