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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

January 21, 2016Lea County, New Mexico; Dawson County, Gaines County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this wind advisory at Jan 21, 2016, 2:41 AM MST for Lea County, New Mexico; Dawson County, Gaines County, Texas. It took effect at Jan 21, 2016, 8:00 AM MST. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 21, 2016, 2:41 AM MST (09:41 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 21, 2016, 8:00 AM MST
Expired
Jan 21, 2016, 2:00 PM MST
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

Counties Lea County, NM, Dawson County, TX, Gaines County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:46 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, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 100 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 00:00Z on 2016-01-21Temperature 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°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2016-01-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 125 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
3209 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
125 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
156 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

476 
WWUS74 KMAF 210941
NPWMAF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
341 AM CST THU JAN 21 2016

...WIND ADVISORY TODAY FOR DAWSON...GAINES...AND PORTIONS OF LEA
COUNTY...

.AN UPPER TROUGH SWINGING ACROSS THE AREA TODAY WILL PUSH A COLD
FRONT THROUGH THE REGION. THIS WILL RESULT IN A GUSTY NORTHWEST
TO NORTH WIND TODAY THAT MAY EXCEED 30 MPH IN SOME LOCATIONS.
WIND SPEEDS SHOULD BEGIN TO DECREASE DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON.

NMZ029-033-TXZ045-046-212100-
/O.NEW.KMAF.WI.Y.0002.160121T1500Z-160121T2100Z/
NORTHERN LEA COUNTY-CENTRAL LEA COUNTY-GAINES-DAWSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TATUM...HOBBS...LOVINGTON...SEMINOLE...
LAMESA
341 AM CST THU JAN 21 2016 /241 AM MST THU JAN 21 2016/

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM CST /8 AM MST/ THIS MORNING
TO 3 PM CST /2 PM MST/ THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM CST /8 AM MST/ THIS
MORNING TO 3 PM CST /2 PM MST/ THIS AFTERNOON. 

* TIMING...LATE MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON.

* WINDS...WEST TO NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 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. 

&&

$$

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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.