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High Wind Warning 41, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

October 16, 2020Culberson County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this high wind warning at Oct 16, 2020, 2:03 AM CDT for Culberson County, Texas. It took effect at Oct 16, 2020, 3:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 8 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 16, 2020, 2:03 AM CDT (07:03 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 16, 2020, 3:00 AM CDT
Expired
Oct 16, 2020, 11:00 AM CDT
In force
8 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 07:02 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, 7.1 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 2020-10-16Temperature 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, Santa Teresa, NM at 00:00Z on 2020-10-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 31 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
3512 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
31 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
111 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

284 
WWUS74 KMAF 160703
NPWMAF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
203 AM CDT Fri Oct 16 2020

TXZ271-161600-
/O.NEW.KMAF.HW.W.0041.201016T0800Z-201016T1600Z/
Guadalupe and Delaware Mountains-
Including the cities of Guadalupe Mountains NP and Pine Springs
103 AM MDT Fri Oct 16 2020

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM MDT THIS MORNING...

* WHAT...Northeast winds 30 to 40 mph with gusts up to 55 mph. 

* WHERE...Guadalupe Pass.

* WHEN...Until 10 AM MDT this morning.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Use caution if you must drive.

&&

$$

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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.