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High Wind Warning 29, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

May 25, 2017Eddy County, New Mexico

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this high wind warning at May 25, 2017, 2:31 AM MDT for Eddy County, New Mexico. It took effect at May 25, 2017, 12:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 9 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 25, 2017, 2:31 AM MDT (08:31 UTC)
In effect from: May 25, 2017, 12:00 PM MDT
Expired: May 25, 2017, 9:00 PM MDT
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 08:36 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, 8.5 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: 3814 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 40 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 119 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

591 
WWUS74 KMAF 250831
NPWMAF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
331 AM CDT Thu May 25 2017

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FOR THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS 
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...

.As temperatures warm today stronger winds aloft will mix down to
the surface. Expect strong west winds across the Guadalupe 
Mountains this afternoon and evening.

NMZ027-TXZ258-260300-
/O.UPG.KMAF.HW.A.0023.170525T1800Z-170526T0300Z/
/O.NEW.KMAF.HW.W.0029.170525T1800Z-170526T0300Z/
Guadalupe Mountains of Eddy County-Guadalupe Mountains-
Including the cities of Queen, Guadalupe Mountains NP, 
and Pine Springs
231 AM MDT Thu May 25 2017

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM MDT THIS
EVENING...

The National Weather Service in Midland/Odessa has issued a High
Wind Warning, which is in effect from noon today to 9 PM MDT this
evening. 

* TIMING...This afternoon and evening.

* WINDS...West 35 to 45 mph with gusts to 65 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. 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.

&&

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 25, 2:37 AM MDT	Fire Weather Watch	MAF		24 hr

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.