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High Wind Warning 5, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

February 14, 2018Eddy County, New Mexico

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this high wind warning at Feb 14, 2018, 2:45 PM MST for Eddy County, New Mexico. It took effect at Feb 14, 2018, 11:00 PM MST. It was in force for 23 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
Feb 14, 2018, 2:45 PM MST (21:45 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 14, 2018, 11:00 PM MST
Expired
Feb 15, 2018, 10:00 PM MST
In force
23 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 21:44 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 12:00Z, 9.8 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 12:00Z on 2018-02-14Temperature 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°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 2018-02-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 156 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
2813 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
156 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
202 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

958 
WWUS74 KMAF 142145
NPWMAF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
345 PM CST Wed Feb 14 2018

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 PM
MST THURSDAY FOR THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS...

.An upper level trough will approach the region Thursday, 
resulting high winds mixing down to the surface through the 
Guadalupe Mountains.

NMZ027-TXZ258-151045-
/O.UPG.KMAF.HW.A.0005.180215T1200Z-180216T0300Z/
/O.NEW.KMAF.HW.W.0005.180215T0600Z-180216T0500Z/
Guadalupe Mountains of Eddy County-Guadalupe Mountains-
Including the cities of Queen, Guadalupe Mountains NP, 
and Pine Springs
245 PM MST Wed Feb 14 2018

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 PM
MST THURSDAY...

* TIMING...From 11 PM this evening to 10 PM MST Thursday.

* WINDS...Thursday...Southwest 30 to 45 mph with gusts to around
  60 mph. Thursday evening...West 35 to 45 mph with gusts to  
  around 60 mph.

* IMPACTS...These winds will make driving difficult for 
  motorists driving high profile vehicles. Low flying light 
  aircraft may experience severe turbulence. 

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
606 
WWUS74 KMAF 150906
NPWMAF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
306 AM CST Thu Feb 15 2018

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL TO 10 PM MST TONIGHT FOR THE
GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS...

.An upper level trough will approach the region today, resulting 
high winds mixing down to the surface through the Guadalupe 
Mountains.

NMZ027-TXZ258-152030-
/O.CON.KMAF.HW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-180216T0500Z/
Guadalupe Mountains of Eddy County-Guadalupe Mountains-
Including the cities of Queen, Guadalupe Mountains NP, 
and Pine Springs
206 AM MST Thu Feb 15 2018

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM MST THIS
EVENING...

* TIMING...Until 10 PM MST tonight.

* WINDS...Southwest 30 to 45 mph with gusts to around 60 mph.  

* IMPACTS...These winds will make driving difficult for 
  motorists driving high profile vehicles. Low flying light 
  aircraft may experience severe turbulence. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A High Wind Warning means a hazardous high wind event is expected
or occurring. 

&&

$$

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.