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Wind Advisory 3, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

January 24, 2016Eddy County, New Mexico

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this wind advisory at Jan 24, 2016, 4:05 PM MST for Eddy County, New Mexico. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 24, 2016, 4:05 PM MST (23:05 UTC)
Expired
Jan 24, 2016, 7:00 PM MST
In force
3 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 23:04 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, 11.1 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 2016-01-24Temperature 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°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 2016-01-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 115 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
3475 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
115 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
137 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 24, 2:37 AM MSTRed Flag WarningMAF14 hr

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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.