Alert archive / New Mexico / High Wind Warnings in 2017

High Wind Warning 1, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

January 9, 2017Eddy County, New Mexico

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this high wind warning at Jan 9, 2017, 12:54 PM MST for Eddy County, New Mexico. It took effect at Jan 9, 2017, 5:00 PM MST. It was in force for 58 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 9, 2017, 12:54 PM MST (19:54 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 9, 2017, 5:00 PM MST
Expired: Jan 12, 2017, 3:00 AM MST
In force: 58 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 19:55 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, 7.9 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 2352 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 367 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 430 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

807 
WWUS74 KMAF 091954
NPWMAF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
154 PM CST MON JAN 9 2017

...HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS TONIGHT THROUGH 
WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

.WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT WILL INCREASE OVER THE REGION TONIGHT AND
PERSIST THROUGH THURSDAY. AS A RESULT, STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED 
TO AFFECT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS AS
EARLY AS THIS EVENING, WITH THESE STRONGER WINDS MIXING DOWN TO
THE LOWER ELEVATIONS OF THE GUADALUPES DURING THE DAY TUESDAY AND
WEDNESDAY.

NMZ027-TXZ258-101130-
/O.NEW.KMAF.HW.W.0001.170110T0000Z-170112T1000Z/
GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF QUEEN, GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP, 
AND PINE SPRINGS
1254 PM MST MON JAN 9 2017

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 3 AM
MST THURSDAY...

* TIMING...TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST TO WEST 40 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 70 MPH IN
  THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS AS EARLY AS THIS EVENING.  SOUTHWEST TO
  WEST WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH AND GUSTS TO 65 MPH IN THE LOWER
  ELEVATIONS TUESDAY AND AGAIN WEDNESDAY.

* IMPACTS...MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING IN THE
  HIGH WIND WARNING AREA. BE ALERT TO SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND THAT 
  MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE.  AVIATION 
  INTERESTS MAY EXPERIENCE LOCALIZED BUT EXTREME TURBULENCE, OR 
  STRONG DOWNWARD AIRFLOWS, IF FLYING IN THE VICINITY OF THE 
  GUADALUPE 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.

&&

$$

4 follow-up statements

156 
WWUS74 KMAF 100945
NPWMAF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
345 AM CST TUE JAN 10 2017

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM MST THURSDAY FOR
THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS...

.INCREASED WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT WILL PERSIST THROUGH THURSDAY. AS 
A RESULT...STRONG WINDS ARE OCCURRING IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF 
THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS. THESE STRONGER WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO MIX
DOWN TO THE LOWER ELEVATIONS OF THE GUADALUPES TODAY AND 
WEDNESDAY.

NMZ027-TXZ258-102200-
/O.CON.KMAF.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-170112T1000Z/
GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF QUEEN, GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP, 
AND PINE SPRINGS
245 AM MST TUE JAN 10 2017

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM MST THURSDAY...

* TIMING...UNTIL 3 AM MST THURSDAY.

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST TO WEST 40 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 70 MPH IN
  THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. SOUTHWEST TO WEST 35 TO 45 MPH WITH 
GUSTS TO 65 MPH IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS.

* IMPACTS...MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING IN 
  THE HIGH WIND WARNING AREA.  BE ALERT TO SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND 
  THAT MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE.  AVIATION 
  INTERESTS MAY EXPERIENCE LOCALIZED BUT EXTREME TURBULENCE, OR 
  STRONG DOWNWARD AIRFLOWS, IF FLYING IN THE VICINITY OF THE 
  GUADALUPE 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.

&&

$$

093 
WWUS74 KMAF 102027
NPWMAF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
227 PM CST TUE JAN 10 2017

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM MST THURSDAY
FOR THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS...

.INCREASED WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT WILL PERSIST THROUGH THURSDAY. AS
A RESULT...STRONG WINDS ARE OCCURRING IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF
THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS. THESE STRONGER WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO MIX
DOWN TO THE LOWER ELEVATIONS OF THE GUADALUPES TODAY AND
WEDNESDAY.

NMZ027-TXZ258-111100-
/O.CON.KMAF.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-170112T1000Z/
GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF QUEEN, GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP, 
AND PINE SPRINGS
127 PM MST TUE JAN 10 2017

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM MST THURSDAY...

* TIMING...UNTIL 3 AM MST THURSDAY.

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST TO WEST 40 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 70 MPH 
  IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. SOUTHWEST TO WEST 35 TO 45 MPH WITH 
  GUSTS TO 65 MPH IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS. 

* IMPACTS...MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING IN 
  THE HIGH WIND WARNING AREA. BE ALERT TO SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND 
  THAT MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. AVIATION 
  INTERESTS MAY EXPERIENCE LOCALIZED BUT EXTREME TURBULENCE, OR 
  STRONG DOWNWARD AIRFLOWS, IF FLYING IN THE VICINITY OF THE 
  GUADALUPE 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.

&&

$$

415 
WWUS74 KMAF 110956
NPWMAF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
356 AM CST WED JAN 11 2017

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT FOR THE 
GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS...

.INCREASED WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT WILL PERSIST INTO THURSDAY. AS A 
RESULT...STRONG WINDS ARE OCCURRING IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF 
THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS. THESE STRONGER WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO MIX 
DOWN TO THE LOWER ELEVATIONS OF THE GUADALUPES THIS AFTERNOON
BEFORE DIMINISHING TONIGHT.

NMZ027-TXZ258-112315-
/O.CON.KMAF.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-170112T1000Z/
GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF QUEEN, GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP, 
AND PINE SPRINGS
256 AM MST WED JAN 11 2017

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM MST THURSDAY...

* WINDS...WEST 35 TO 55 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH.

* IMPACTS...MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING IN 
  THE HIGH WIND WARNING AREA. BE ALERT TO SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND 
  THAT MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. AVIATION 
  INTERESTS MAY EXPERIENCE LOCALIZED BUT EXTREME TURBULENCE, OR 
  STRONG DOWNWARD AIRFLOWS, IF FLYING IN THE VICINITY OF THE 
  GUADALUPE 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.

&&

$$

923 
WWUS74 KMAF 112022
NPWMAF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
222 PM CST WED JAN 11 2017

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT FOR THE
GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS...

.INCREASED WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT WILL PERSIST INTO THURSDAY. AS A
RESULT...STRONG WINDS ARE OCCURRING IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF
THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS. THESE STRONGER WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO MIX
DOWN TO THE LOWER ELEVATIONS OF THE GUADALUPES THIS AFTERNOON
BEFORE DIMINISHING TONIGHT.

NMZ027-TXZ258-121000-
/O.CON.KMAF.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-170112T1000Z/
GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF QUEEN, GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP, 
AND PINE SPRINGS
122 PM MST WED JAN 11 2017

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM MST THURSDAY...

* WINDS...WEST 35 TO 55 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH.

* IMPACTS...MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING IN 
  THE HIGH WIND WARNING AREA. BE ALERT TO SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND 
  THAT MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. AVIATION 
  INTERESTS MAY EXPERIENCE LOCALIZED BUT EXTREME TURBULENCE, OR 
  STRONG DOWNWARD AIRFLOWS, IF FLYING IN THE VICINITY OF THE 
  GUADALUPE 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.

&&

$$

Nearby

High Wind Warnings in New Mexico, 2017 High Wind Warnings in Texas, 2017 Every high wind warning in 2017

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.