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High Wind Warning 39, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

October 3, 2020Culberson County, Texas

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Santa Teresa, NM at 00:00Z on 2020-10-03Temperature 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, Santa Teresa, NM at 00:00Z on 2020-10-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -4 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

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.