Alert archive / New Mexico / High Wind Warnings in 2018
High Wind Warning 15, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this high wind warning at Apr 8, 2018, 3:42 AM MDT for Eddy County, New Mexico. It took effect at Apr 8, 2018, 12:00 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
- Apr 8, 2018, 3:42 AM MDT (09:42 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 8, 2018, 12:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Apr 8, 2018, 8:00 PM 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 09:43 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, 9.7 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
- 1892 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 142 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
210 WWUS74 KMAF 080942 NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX 442 AM CDT Sun Apr 8 2018 ...HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FOR THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MID SUNDAY EVENING... .Westerly flow aloft will increase Sunday which will result in strong winds across the Guadalupe Mountains. NMZ027-TXZ258-090200- /O.UPG.KMAF.HW.A.0013.180408T1800Z-180409T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KMAF.HW.W.0015.180408T1800Z-180409T0200Z/ Guadalupe Mountains of Eddy County-Guadalupe Mountains- Including the cities of Queen, Guadalupe Mountains NP, and Pine Springs 342 AM MDT Sun Apr 8 2018 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 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 8 PM MDT this evening. The High Wind Watch is no longer in effect. * TIMING...Sunday afternoon thru early evening. * WINDS...West 35 to 45 mph with gusts to 65 mph. * IMPACTS...High winds could make driving difficult for motorists driving high profile vehicles such as campers, vans, and tractor trailers. Private pilots should avoid flying over the Guadalupe Mountains due to dangerous mountain wave conditions. 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
714 WWUS74 KMAF 081855 NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX 155 PM CDT Sun Apr 8 2018 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FOR THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS THROUGH MID EVENING... .Westerly flow aloft has increased which will result in strong winds across the Guadalupe Mountains through mid evening. NMZ027-TXZ258-090200- /O.CON.KMAF.HW.W.0015.000000T0000Z-180409T0200Z/ Guadalupe Mountains of Eddy County-Guadalupe Mountains- Including the cities of Queen, Guadalupe Mountains NP, and Pine Springs 1255 PM MDT Sun Apr 8 2018 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...Through mid evening. * WINDS...West 35 to 45 mph with gusts to 65 mph. * IMPACTS...High winds could make driving difficult for motorists driving high profile vehicles such as campers, vans, and tractor trailers. Private pilots should avoid flying over the Guadalupe Mountains due to dangerous mountain wave conditions. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A High Wind Warning means a hazardous high wind event is expected or occurring. Sustained wind speeds of at least 40 mph or gusts of 58 mph or more can lead to property damage. && $$
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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.