Alert archive / New Mexico / High Wind Warnings in 2018
High Wind Warning 13, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this high wind warning at Mar 24, 2018, 3:51 AM MDT for Eddy County, New Mexico. It took effect at Mar 24, 2018, 4:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 8 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 24, 2018, 3:51 AM MDT (09:51 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 24, 2018, 4:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Mar 25, 2018, 12:00 AM MDT
- In force
- 8 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 09:48 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 00:00Z, 9.9 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
- 3621 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
120 WWUS74 KMAF 240951 NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX 451 AM CDT Sat Mar 24 2018 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT FOR THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS... ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS... .An upper level storm system will approach the region over the weekend. This may result in increasing winds through the Guadalupe Mountains late this afternoon and evening. These winds should diminish somewhat overnight before picking up again Sunday. NMZ027-TXZ258-242115- /O.UPG.KMAF.HW.A.0011.180324T1900Z-180325T0700Z/ /O.NEW.KMAF.HW.W.0013.180324T2200Z-180325T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMAF.HW.A.0012.180325T1700Z-180326T0300Z/ Guadalupe Mountains of Eddy County-Guadalupe Mountains- Including the cities of Queen, Guadalupe Mountains NP, and Pine Springs 351 AM MDT Sat Mar 24 2018 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * TIMING...Today...From 4 PM this afternoon to midnight MDT tonight. Sunday...From Sunday morning through Sunday evening. * WINDS...Southwest to west 35 to 45 mph with gusts to around 60 mph. * IMPACTS...High winds could make driving difficult for motorists driving high profile vehicles such as campers, vans, and tractor trailers. 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. A High Wind Watch means there is the potential for a hazardous high wind event. Sustained winds of at least 40 mph, or gusts of 58 mph or stronger may occur. Continue to monitor the latest forecasts. && $$
1 follow-up statement
951 WWUS74 KMAF 241934 NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX 234 PM CDT Sat Mar 24 2018 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT FOR THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS... ...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS... .An upper level storm system will approach the region over the weekend. This will result in increasing winds through the Guadalupe Mountains late this afternoon and evening. These winds should diminish somewhat overnight before picking up again Sunday. NMZ027-TXZ258-251000- /O.CON.KMAF.HW.W.0013.180324T2200Z-180325T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMAF.HW.A.0012.180325T1700Z-180326T0300Z/ Guadalupe Mountains of Eddy County-Guadalupe Mountains- Including the cities of Queen, Guadalupe Mountains NP, and Pine Springs 134 PM MDT Sat Mar 24 2018 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... ...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * TIMING...Today...From 4 PM this afternoon to midnight MDT tonight. Sunday...From Sunday morning through Sunday evening. * WINDS...Southwest to west 35 to 45 mph with gusts to around 60 mph. * IMPACTS...High winds could make driving difficult for motorists driving high profile vehicles such as campers, vans, and tractor trailers. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A High Wind Warning means a hazardous high wind event is expected or occurring. Sustained wind speeds of at least 40 mph or gusts of 58 mph or more can lead to property damage. A High Wind Watch means there is the potential for a hazardous high wind event. Sustained winds of at least 40 mph, or gusts of 58 mph or stronger may occur. Continue to monitor the latest forecasts. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 24, 3:51 AM MDT | High Wind Watch | MAF | 23 hr | |
| Mar 24, 3:25 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | MAF | 17 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.