Alert archive / New Mexico / High Wind Warnings in 2018
High Wind Warning 10, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this high wind warning at Mar 14, 2018, 1:13 PM MDT for Eddy County, New Mexico. It took effect at Mar 15, 2018, 10:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 14 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 14, 2018, 1:13 PM MDT (19:13 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 15, 2018, 10:00 AM MDT
- Expired
- Mar 16, 2018, 12:00 AM MDT
- In force
- 14 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 19:18 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 15, 3:35 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 62 | 3 Ne Artesia, NM |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 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
- 2196 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 144 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 128 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
509 WWUS74 KMAF 141913 NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX 213 PM CDT Wed Mar 14 2018 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FOR THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS FROM LATE THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... .An upper level trough will move out of the desert southwest on Thursday. Strong winds associated with this trough will mix into the higher elevations of the Guadalupe Mountains Thursday creating very windy conditions. NMZ027-TXZ258-151000- /O.UPG.KMAF.HW.A.0009.180315T1600Z-180316T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMAF.HW.W.0010.180315T1600Z-180316T0600Z/ Guadalupe Mountains of Eddy County-Guadalupe Mountains- Including the cities of Queen, Guadalupe Mountains NP, and Pine Springs 113 PM MDT Wed Mar 14 2018 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THURSDAY TO MIDNIGHT MDT THURSDAY NIGHT... * TIMING...Late Thursday morning through Thursday evening * WINDS...35 to 50 mph with gusts to 65 mph. * IMPACTS...High profile vehicles may be hard to control. Light objects may be blown around. Lowered visibility in blowing dust. 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
954 WWUS74 KMAF 150834 NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX 334 AM CDT Thu Mar 15 2018 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FOR THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS FROM LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO...THE VAN HORN CORRIDOR...DAVIS MOUNTAINS...UPPER TRANS PECOS AND MARFA PLATEAU THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING... .An upper level trough will move out of the desert southwest on Thursday. Strong winds associated with this trough will mix into the higher elevations of the Guadalupe Mountains today while windy conditions spread into the adjacent plains and south into the Big Bend. NMZ027-TXZ258-152100- /O.CON.KMAF.HW.W.0010.180315T1600Z-180316T0600Z/ Guadalupe Mountains of Eddy County-Guadalupe Mountains- Including the cities of Queen, Guadalupe Mountains NP, and Pine Springs 234 AM MDT Thu Mar 15 2018 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... * TIMING...Late this morning through this evening * WINDS...35 to 50 mph with gusts to 70 mph. * IMPACTS...High profile vehicles may be hard to control. Light objects may be blown around. Lowered visibility in blowing dust. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A High Wind Warning means a hazardous high wind event is expected or occurring. Sustained wind speeds of at least 40 mph or gusts of 58 mph or more can lead to property damage. && $$ NMZ028-029-033-034-TXZ057-058-074-080-152100- /O.NEW.KMAF.WI.Y.0008.180315T1800Z-180316T0300Z/ Eddy County Plains-Northern Lea County-Central Lea County- Southern Lea County-Van Horn and Highway 54 Corridor- Reeves County and Upper Trans Pecos-Davis/Apache Mountains Area- Marfa Plateau- Including the cities of Artesia, Carlsbad, Carlsbad Caverns NP, Tatum, Hobbs, Lovington, Eunice, Jal, Van Horn, Pecos, Alpine, Fort Davis, and Marfa 334 AM CDT Thu Mar 15 2018 /234 AM MDT Thu Mar 15 2018/ ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM CDT /9 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... The National Weather Service in Midland/Odessa has issued a Wind Advisory, which is in effect from 1 PM CDT /noon MDT/ this afternoon to 10 PM CDT /9 PM MDT/ this evening. * TIMING...This afternoon and early evening. * WINDS...30 to 40 mph with gusts to 50 mph. * IMPACTS...High profile vehicles may be affected by crosswinds. Light objects such as lawn furniture and empty trash cans may be blown around. Lowered visibility in blowing dust. 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. && $$
512 WWUS74 KMAF 151859 NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX 159 PM CDT Thu Mar 15 2018 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FOR THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS FROM LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO...THE VAN HORN CORRIDOR...DAVIS MOUNTAINS...UPPER TRANS PECOS AND MARFA PLATEAU THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING... .An upper level trough will move out of the desert southwest today. Strong winds associated with this trough will mix into the higher elevations of the Guadalupe Mountains today while windy conditions spread into the adjacent plains and south through the Davis Mountains and Marfa Plateau. NMZ027-TXZ258-160600- /O.CON.KMAF.HW.W.0010.000000T0000Z-180316T0600Z/ Guadalupe Mountains of Eddy County-Guadalupe Mountains- Including the cities of Queen, Guadalupe Mountains NP, and Pine Springs 1259 PM MDT Thu Mar 15 2018 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... * TIMING...Late this morning through this evening * WINDS...35 to 50 mph with gusts to 65 mph. * IMPACTS...High profile vehicles may be hard to control. Light objects may be blown around. Lowered visibility in blowing dust. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A High Wind Warning means a hazardous high wind event is expected or occurring. Sustained wind speeds of at least 40 mph or gusts of 58 mph or more can lead to property damage. && $$ NMZ028-029-033-034-TXZ057-058-074-080-160300- /O.CON.KMAF.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-180316T0300Z/ Eddy County Plains-Northern Lea County-Central Lea County- Southern Lea County-Van Horn and Highway 54 Corridor- Reeves County and Upper Trans Pecos-Davis/Apache Mountains Area- Marfa Plateau- Including the cities of Artesia, Carlsbad, Carlsbad Caverns NP, Tatum, Hobbs, Lovington, Eunice, Jal, Van Horn, Pecos, Alpine, Fort Davis, and Marfa 159 PM CDT Thu Mar 15 2018 /1259 PM MDT Thu Mar 15 2018/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT /9 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... * TIMING...This afternoon and early evening. * WINDS...30 to 40 mph with gusts to 50 mph. * IMPACTS...High profile vehicles may be affected by crosswinds. Light objects such as lawn furniture and empty trash cans may be blown around. Lowered visibility in blowing dust. 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. && $$
433 WWUS74 KMAF 160141 NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX 841 PM CDT Thu Mar 15 2018 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FOR THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS FROM LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... .Strong winds associated with an upper trough will mix into the higher elevations of the Guadalupe Mountains this evening. These stronger winds will decrease late tonight. NMZ028-029-033-034-TXZ057-058-074-080-160245- /O.CAN.KMAF.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-180316T0300Z/ Eddy County Plains-Northern Lea County-Central Lea County- Southern Lea County-Van Horn and Highway 54 Corridor- Reeves County and Upper Trans Pecos-Davis/Apache Mountains Area- Marfa Plateau- Including the cities of Artesia, Carlsbad, Carlsbad Caverns NP, Tatum, Hobbs, Lovington, Eunice, Jal, Van Horn, Pecos, Alpine, Fort Davis, and Marfa 841 PM CDT Thu Mar 15 2018 /741 PM MDT Thu Mar 15 2018/ ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... Southwesterly winds will be gusty through the evening, but will continue to diminish. Therefore, the Wind Advisory has been cancelled. $$ NMZ027-TXZ258-160600- /O.CON.KMAF.HW.W.0010.000000T0000Z-180316T0600Z/ Guadalupe Mountains of Eddy County-Guadalupe Mountains- Including the cities of Queen, Guadalupe Mountains NP, and Pine Springs 741 PM MDT Thu Mar 15 2018 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... * TIMING...Through this evening * WINDS...35 to 50 mph with gusts to 65 mph. * IMPACTS...High profile vehicles may be hard to control. Light objects may be blown around. Lowered visibility in blowing dust. 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 14, 2:13 AM MDT | High Wind Watch | MAF | 11 hr | |
| Mar 14, 1:16 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | MAF | 30 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.