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High Wind Warning 3, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

January 11, 2019Eddy County, New Mexico

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this high wind warning at Jan 11, 2019, 2:51 AM MST for Eddy County, New Mexico. It took effect at Jan 11, 2019, 9:00 AM MST. It was in force for 10 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
Jan 11, 2019, 2:51 AM MST (09:51 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 11, 2019, 9:00 AM MST
Expired
Jan 11, 2019, 7:00 PM MST
In force
10 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 09:51 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 2019-01-11Temperature 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 2019-01-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 59 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
1292 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
59 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
113 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

572 
WWUS74 KMAF 110951
NPWMAF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
351 AM CST Fri Jan 11 2019

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM MST
THIS EVENING FOR THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS...

.An upper level storm system will pass through the region today.
As a result, high winds are expected through the Guadalupe
Mountains, especially at the higher elevations.  These winds will
subside this evening.

NMZ027-TXZ258-112200-
/O.NEW.KMAF.HW.W.0003.190111T1600Z-190112T0200Z/
Guadalupe Mountains of Eddy County-Guadalupe Mountains-
Including the cities of Queen, Guadalupe Mountains NP, 
and Pine Springs
251 AM MST Fri Jan 11 2019

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM MST
THIS EVENING...

The National Weather Service in Midland/Odessa has issued a High
Wind Warning, which is in effect from 9 AM this morning to 7 PM
MST this evening.  

* TIMING...From 9 AM this morning to 7 PM MST this evening.  

* WINDS...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. Severe turbulence near the mountains will be 
  hazardous for low flying light aircraft.

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
315 
WWUS74 KMAF 111946
NPWMAF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
146 PM CST Fri Jan 11 2019

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MST THIS EVENING FOR 
THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS...

.An upper level storm system will pass through the region today.
As a result, high winds are expected through the Guadalupe
Mountains, especially at the higher elevations.  These winds will
subside this evening.

NMZ027-TXZ258-120200-
/O.CON.KMAF.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-190112T0200Z/
Guadalupe Mountains of Eddy County-Guadalupe Mountains-
Including the cities of Queen, Guadalupe Mountains NP, 
and Pine Springs
1246 PM MST Fri Jan 11 2019

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MST THIS
EVENING...

* TIMING...Through 7 PM MST this evening.

* WINDS...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. Severe turbulence near the mountains 
  will be hazardous for low flying light aircraft. 

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.