Alert archive / New Mexico / Wind Advisories in 2016
Wind Advisory 3, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
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.
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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, 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 24, 2:37 AM MST | Red Flag Warning | MAF | 14 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.