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High Wind Warning 31, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

June 18, 2017Eddy County, New Mexico

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this high wind warning at Jun 18, 2017, 3:54 AM MDT for Eddy County, New Mexico. It took effect at Jun 18, 2017, 8:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 5 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
Jun 18, 2017, 3:54 AM MDT (09:54 UTC)
In effect from
Jun 18, 2017, 8:00 AM MDT
Expired
Jun 18, 2017, 1:00 PM MDT
In force
5 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 09:57 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, 9.9 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2017-06-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2017-06-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -4 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
5109 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
8 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-4 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

908 
WWUS74 KMAF 180954
NPWMAF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
454 AM CDT Sun Jun 18 2017

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 1 PM MDT
THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS...

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM CDT /8 AM MDT/ THIS MORNING
TO 2 PM CDT /1 PM MDT/ THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE EDDY COUNTY PLAINS,
REEVES COUNTY AND THE UPPER TRANS PECOS, AND VAN HORN AND THE
HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR... 

.A cold front will move through the region this morning, resulting
in a few hours of high winds through the Guadalupe Mountains.
Breezy conditions can also be expected on the adjacent plains.

NMZ027-TXZ258-181900-
/O.NEW.KMAF.HW.W.0031.170618T1400Z-170618T1900Z/
Guadalupe Mountains of Eddy County-Guadalupe Mountains-
Including the cities of Queen, Guadalupe Mountains NP, 
and Pine Springs
354 AM MDT Sun Jun 18 2017

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 1 PM MDT
THIS AFTERNOON...

* TIMING...8 AM this morning to 1 PM MDT this afternoon.

* WINDS...Northeast 30 to 45 mph with gusts to around 60 mph.
 
* IMPACTS...Strong winds can cause power disruptions, hazards to 
  trailers and high profile vehicles and blowing dust that can 
  reduce visibility suddenly to near zero in areas where plowed 
  fields exist.

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-TXZ057-058-181900-
/O.NEW.KMAF.WI.Y.0023.170618T1400Z-170618T1900Z/
Eddy County Plains-Van Horn and Highway 54 Corridor-
Reeves County and Upper Trans Pecos-
Including the cities of Artesia, Carlsbad, Carlsbad Caverns NP, 
Van Horn, and Pecos
454 AM CDT Sun Jun 18 2017 /354 AM MDT Sun Jun 18 2017/

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM CDT /8 AM MDT/ THIS MORNING
TO 2 PM CDT /1 PM MDT/ THIS AFTERNOON...

* TIMING...9 AM CDT /8 AM MDT/ this morning to 2 PM CDT /1 PM 
  MDT/ this afternoon. 

* WINDS...North 25 to 35 mph with gusts to around 50 mph.

* IMPACTS...Secure lawn furniture, garbage cans or other objects 
  which could be blown about by the wind.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 18, 3:54 AM MDTWind AdvisoryMAF9 hr
Jun 18, 4:19 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFPresidio41 min

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.