Alert archive / New Mexico / High Wind Warnings in 2017
High Wind Warning 28, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this high wind warning at May 18, 2017, 2:42 AM MDT for Eddy County, New Mexico. It took effect at May 18, 2017, 3:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 17 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
- May 18, 2017, 2:42 AM MDT (08:42 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 18, 2017, 3:00 AM MDT
- Expired
- May 18, 2017, 8:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 17 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 08:41 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, 8.7 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
- 4290 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 162 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
109 WWUS74 KMAF 180842 NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX 342 AM CDT Thu May 18 2017 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS TODAY THROUGH MID EVENING... .An upper level jet associated with a storm system centered in the central Rockies will produce strong winds through mid evening in the Guadalupe Mountains. NMZ027-TXZ258-182000- /O.NEW.KMAF.HW.W.0028.170518T0900Z-170519T0200Z/ Guadalupe Mountains of Eddy County-Guadalupe Mountains- Including the cities of Queen, Guadalupe Mountains NP, and Pine Springs 242 AM MDT Thu May 18 2017 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING... The National Weather Service in Midland/Odessa has issued a High Wind Warning, which is in effect until 8 PM MDT this evening. * TIMING...Today through mid evening. * WINDS...West winds 35 to 45 mph with gusts to 60 mph. * IMPACTS...Motorists should exercise caution while driving and be alert to sudden gusts of wind which may cause you to lose control of your vehicle. 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
817 WWUS74 KMAF 181943 NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX 243 PM CDT Thu May 18 2017 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS THROUGH MID EVENING... .An upper level jet associated with a storm system centered in the central Rockies is producing strong winds this afternoon in the Guadalupe Mountains. These winds will diminish this evening. NMZ027-TXZ258-190200- /O.CON.KMAF.HW.W.0028.000000T0000Z-170519T0200Z/ Guadalupe Mountains of Eddy County-Guadalupe Mountains- Including the cities of Queen, Guadalupe Mountains NP, and Pine Springs 143 PM MDT Thu May 18 2017 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...Through the evening. * WINDS...West winds 35 to 45 mph with gusts to 60 mph. * IMPACTS...Motorists should exercise caution while driving and be alert to sudden gusts of wind which may cause you to lose control of your vehicle. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A High Wind Warning means a hazardous high wind event is expected or occurring. Sustained wind speeds of at least 40 mph or gusts of 58 mph or more can lead to property damage. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 2:30 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | MAF | 18 hr | |
| May 18, 1:18 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | MAF | 14 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.