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High Wind Warning 35, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

June 29, 2020Culberson County, Texas; Eddy County, New Mexico

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this high wind warning at Jun 29, 2020, 11:13 AM CDT for Culberson County, Texas; Eddy County, New Mexico. It was in force for 6 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: Jun 29, 2020, 11:13 AM CDT (16:13 UTC)
Expired: Jun 29, 2020, 5:00 PM CDT
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

Counties Eddy County, NM, Culberson County, TX

The radar

The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 203 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:12 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
Jun 29, 12:54 PM CDT	NON-TSTM WND GST 63	4 S Pine Springs, TX

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, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 209 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 25 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -261 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2660 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 7 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 81 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 85 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

367 
WWUS74 KMAF 291613
NPWMAF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
1113 AM CDT Mon Jun 29 2020

NMZ027-TXZ270-271-292200-
/O.NEW.KMAF.HW.W.0035.200629T1613Z-200629T2200Z/
Guadalupe Mountains of Eddy County-
Guadalupe Mountains Above 7000 Feet-
Guadalupe and Delaware Mountains-
Including the cities of Queen, Guadalupe Mountains NP, 
and Pine Springs
1013 AM MDT Mon Jun 29 2020

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON...

* WHAT...West winds 30 to 40 mph with gusts up to 60 mph.

* WHERE...Guadalupe and Delaware Mountains.

* WHEN...Until 4 PM MDT this afternoon.

* IMPACTS...Travel will be difficult, especially for high profile
  vehicles.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

People should avoid being outside in forested areas and around
trees and branches. If possible, remain in the lower levels of
your home during the windstorm, and avoid windows. Use caution if
you must drive.

&&

$$

For more information from the National Weather Service visit
https://weather.gov/maf

The office that day

Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 29, 4:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Upton	24 min

Nearby

High Wind Warnings in Texas, 2020 High Wind Warnings in New Mexico, 2020 Every high wind warning in 2020

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.