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High Wind Warning 39, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this high wind warning at Oct 3, 2020, 3:45 AM CDT for Culberson County, Texas. It took effect at Oct 3, 2020, 10:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 6 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
- Oct 3, 2020, 3:45 AM CDT (08:45 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 3, 2020, 10:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Oct 4, 2020, 4:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
County Culberson County, TX
The radar
The El Paso radar (KEPZ), 212 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:47 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, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 212 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
- 4317 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
986 WWUS74 KMAF 030845 NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX 345 AM CDT Sat Oct 3 2020 TXZ271-040900- /O.NEW.KMAF.HW.W.0039.201004T0300Z-201004T0900Z/ Guadalupe and Delaware Mountains- Including the cities of Guadalupe Mountains NP and Pine Springs 245 AM MDT Sat Oct 3 2020 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 3 AM MDT SUNDAY FRO GUADALUPE PASS... * WHAT...Northeast winds 35 to 45 mph with gusts up to 60 mph expected. * WHERE...Guadalupe Pass in Texas. * WHEN...From 9 PM this evening to 3 AM MDT Sunday. * 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. && $$ For more information from the National Weather Service visit https://weather.gov/maf
2 follow-up statements
095 WWUS74 KMAF 030849 CCA NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX 349 AM CDT Sat Oct 3 2020 TXZ271-040900- /O.COR.KMAF.HW.W.0039.201004T0300Z-201004T0900Z/ Guadalupe and Delaware Mountains- Including the cities of Guadalupe Mountains NP and Pine Springs 249 AM MDT Sat Oct 3 2020 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 3 AM MDT SUNDAY FOR GUADALUPE PASS... * WHAT...Northeast winds 35 to 45 mph with gusts up to 60 mph expected. * WHERE...Guadalupe Pass in Texas. * WHEN...From 9 PM this evening to 3 AM MDT Sunday. * IMPACTS...Travel will be difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... People should avoid being outside in forested areas and around trees and branches. If possible, remain in the lower levels of your home during the windstorm, and avoid windows. Use caution if you must drive. && $$ For more information from the National Weather Service visit https://weather.gov/maf
045 WWUS74 KMAF 031846 NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX 146 PM CDT Sat Oct 3 2020 TXZ271-040700- /O.CON.KMAF.HW.W.0039.201004T0300Z-201004T0900Z/ Guadalupe and Delaware Mountains- Including the cities of Guadalupe Mountains NP and Pine Springs 1246 PM MDT Sat Oct 3 2020 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 3 AM MDT SUNDAY... * WHAT...Northeast winds 35 to 45 mph with gusts up to 60 mph expected. * WHERE...Guadalupe and Delaware Mountains in Texas. * WHEN...From 9 PM this evening to 3 AM MDT Sunday. * 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
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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.