Alert archive / New Mexico / High Wind Warnings in 2017
High Wind Warning 17, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this high wind warning at Mar 30, 2017, 1:39 PM MDT for Eddy County, New Mexico. It took effect at Mar 31, 2017, 11:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 10 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
- Mar 30, 2017, 1:39 PM MDT (19:39 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 31, 2017, 11:00 AM MDT
- Expired
- Mar 31, 2017, 9:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 10 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 19:44 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
Santa Teresa, NM (KEPZ), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 235 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
- 2138 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 210 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 288 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
773 WWUS74 KMAF 301939 NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX 239 PM CDT Thu Mar 30 2017 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FOR THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS LATE FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... Strong west winds are expected to affect the Guadalupe Mountains Friday morning through late Friday evening as a strong upper level trough approaches the region from the west. NMZ027-TXZ258-311100- /O.UPG.KMAF.HW.A.0016.170331T1700Z-170401T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KMAF.HW.W.0017.170331T1700Z-170401T0300Z/ Guadalupe Mountains of Eddy County-Guadalupe Mountains- Including the cities of Queen, Guadalupe Mountains NP, and Pine Springs 139 PM MDT Thu Mar 30 2017 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 9 PM MDT FRIDAY... * TIMING...late Friday morning through Friday evening. * WINDS...West 40 to 60 mph with gusts to 75 mph. * IMPACTS...These winds could make driving difficult for high profile vehicles such as campers, vans and tractor trailers. Airplanes flying over the Guadalupe Mountains may experience severe turbulence. 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
534 WWUS74 KMAF 310905 NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX 405 AM CDT Fri Mar 31 2017 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FOR THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING... Strong west winds are expected across the Guadalupe Mountains today through this evening as a strong upper level low approaches the region. The highest wind speeds will be for the higher elevations. NMZ027-TXZ258-312200- /O.CON.KMAF.HW.W.0017.170331T1700Z-170401T0300Z/ Guadalupe Mountains of Eddy County-Guadalupe Mountains- Including the cities of Queen, Guadalupe Mountains NP, and Pine Springs 305 AM MDT Fri Mar 31 2017 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...late Friday morning through Friday evening. * WINDS...West 40 to 55 mph with gusts to 70 mph. * IMPACTS...These winds could make driving difficult for high profile vehicles such as campers, vans and tractor trailers. Airplanes flying over the Guadalupe Mountains may experience severe turbulence. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A High Wind Warning means a hazardous high wind event is expected or occurring. Sustained wind speeds of at least 40 mph or gusts of 58 mph or more can lead to property damage. && $$
302 WWUS74 KMAF 312006 NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX 306 PM CDT Fri Mar 31 2017 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS... Strong southwest to west winds are occurring across the Guadalupe Mountains this afternoon, and are expected to continue through this evening as a strong upper level trough approaches the region. The highest wind speeds will be in the higher elevations. NMZ027-TXZ258-010300- /O.CON.KMAF.HW.W.0017.000000T0000Z-170401T0300Z/ Guadalupe Mountains of Eddy County-Guadalupe Mountains- Including the cities of Queen, Guadalupe Mountains NP, and Pine Springs 206 PM MDT Fri Mar 31 2017 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...Until 9 PM MDT this evening. * WINDS...Southwest 35 to 45 mph with gusts to around 60 mph. * IMPACTS...These winds could make driving difficult for high profile vehicles such as campers, vans and tractor trailers. Airplanes flying over the Guadalupe Mountains may experience severe turbulence. 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 30, 2:23 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | MAF | 18 hr | |
| Mar 30, 1:37 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | MAF | Andrews, Dawson, Gaines, Loving | 31 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.