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Wind Advisory 7, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this wind advisory at Feb 2, 2016, 1:59 AM MST for Eddy County, New Mexico. It took effect at Feb 2, 2016, 8:00 AM MST. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 2, 2016, 1:59 AM MST (08:59 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 2, 2016, 8:00 AM MST
- Expired
- Feb 2, 2016, 5:00 PM MST
- In force
- 9 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 08:57 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 00:00Z, 9.0 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
- 2065 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 95 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -317 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 594 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
725 WWUS74 KMAF 020859 NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 259 AM CST TUE FEB 2 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE GUADALUPE AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS... ...A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR EDDY COUNTY...THE VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR...AND THE MARFA PLATEAU FROM LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... .A STRONG UPPER TROUGH WILL EXIT THE AREA TODAY...BUT STRONG WINDS WILL REMAIN IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE GUADALUPE AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. VERY WINDY CONDITIONS WILL ALSO MIX DOWN INTO THE ADJACENT PLAINS AND LOWER ELEVATIONS WHERE A WIND ADVISORY WILL BE IN EFFECT FROM LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL SUBSIDE THIS EVENING. TXZ074-022100- /O.NEW.KMAF.HW.W.0008.160202T0859Z-160203T0000Z/ DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALPINE...FORT DAVIS 259 AM CST TUE FEB 2 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING * WINDS...WEST 35 TO 45 MPH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. * LOCATION...DAVIS MOUNTAINS ABOVE 5000 FEET. * IMPACTS...WINDS WILL BE PARTICULARLY HAZARDOUS AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS WHERE THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE LIKELY TO OCCUR. BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL DRIVING IN THESE MOUNTAINOUS AREAS. SEVERE TURBULENCE IS EXPECTED TO RESULT IN HAZARDOUS FLYING CONDITIONS ESPECIALLY FOR LOW FLYING LIGHT AIRCRAFT IN AROUND THE MOUNTAINS. 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. && $$ NMZ027-TXZ258-022100- /O.CON.KMAF.HW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-160203T0000Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP... PINE SPRINGS 159 AM MST TUE FEB 2 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...WEST 40 TO 55 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 75 MPH. * IMPACTS...WINDS WILL BE PARTICULARLY HAZARDOUS AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS WHERE THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE LIKELY TO OCCUR. BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL DRIVING IN THESE MOUNTAINOUS AREAS. SEVERE TURBULENCE IS EXPECTED TO RESULT IN HAZARDOUS FLYING CONDITIONS ESPECIALLY FOR LOW FLYING LIGHT AIRCRAFT IN AROUND THE MOUNTAINS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ NMZ028-TXZ057-058-080-022100- /O.NEW.KMAF.WI.Y.0007.160202T1500Z-160203T0000Z/ EDDY COUNTY PLAINS-VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR- REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-MARFA PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARTESIA...CARLSBAD... CARLSBAD CAVERNS NP...VAN HORN...PECOS...MARFA 259 AM CST TUE FEB 2 2016 /159 AM MST TUE FEB 2 2016/ ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM CST /8 AM MST/ THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING... 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 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING. * TIMING...LATE THIS MORNING UNTIL EARLY THIS EVENING. * WINDS...WEST 30 TO 35 MPH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...LOOSE OBJECTS WILL BE BLOWN ABOUT AND NEED TO BE SECURED. DRIVING MAY BE HAZARDOUS ESPECIALLY IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WHERE CROSSWINDS ARE COMMON. 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
229 WWUS74 KMAF 022040 NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 240 PM CST TUE FEB 2 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS AND THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS ABOVE 5000 FEET... ...A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR EDDY COUNTY...THE VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR...AND THE MARFA PLATEAU THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON... .A STRONG UPPER TROUGH WILL EXIT THE AREA TODAY...BUT STRONG WINDS WILL REMAIN IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE GUADALUPE AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. VERY WINDY CONDITIONS WILL ALSO MIX DOWN INTO THE ADJACENT PLAINS AND LOWER ELEVATIONS WHERE A WIND ADVISORY WILL BE IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL SUBSIDE EARLY THIS EVENING. TXZ074-030000- /O.CON.KMAF.HW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160203T0000Z/ DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALPINE...FORT DAVIS 240 PM CST TUE FEB 2 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING * WINDS...WEST 35 TO 45 MPH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. * LOCATION...DAVIS MOUNTAINS ABOVE 5000 FEET. * IMPACTS...WINDS WILL BE PARTICULARLY HAZARDOUS AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS WHERE THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE LIKELY TO OCCUR. BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL DRIVING IN THESE MOUNTAINOUS AREAS. SEVERE TURBULENCE IS EXPECTED TO RESULT IN HAZARDOUS FLYING CONDITIONS ESPECIALLY FOR LOW FLYING LIGHT AIRCRAFT IN AROUND THE MOUNTAINS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ NMZ027-TXZ258-030000- /O.CON.KMAF.HW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-160203T0000Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP... PINE SPRINGS 140 PM MST TUE FEB 2 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...WEST 40 TO 55 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 75 MPH. * IMPACTS...WINDS WILL BE PARTICULARLY HAZARDOUS AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS WHERE THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE LIKELY TO OCCUR. BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL DRIVING IN THESE MOUNTAINOUS AREAS. SEVERE TURBULENCE IS EXPECTED TO RESULT IN HAZARDOUS FLYING CONDITIONS ESPECIALLY FOR LOW FLYING LIGHT AIRCRAFT IN AROUND THE MOUNTAINS. 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. && $$ NMZ028-TXZ057-058-080-030000- /O.CON.KMAF.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-160203T0000Z/ EDDY COUNTY PLAINS-VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR- REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-MARFA PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARTESIA...CARLSBAD... CARLSBAD CAVERNS NP...VAN HORN...PECOS...MARFA 240 PM CST TUE FEB 2 2016 /140 PM MST TUE FEB 2 2016/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...WEST 30 TO 35 MPH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...LOOSE OBJECTS WILL BE BLOWN ABOUT AND NEED TO BE SECURED. DRIVING MAY BE HAZARDOUS ESPECIALLY IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WHERE CROSSWINDS ARE COMMON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 2, 1:59 AM MST | High Wind Warning | MAF | 15 hr |
Nearby
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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.