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High Wind Warning 8, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

February 6, 2020Culberson County, Texas; Eddy County, New Mexico

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this high wind warning at Feb 6, 2020, 4:08 AM CST for Culberson County, Texas; Eddy County, New Mexico. It took effect at Feb 6, 2020, 1:00 PM CST. It was in force for 6 hr. 2 reports 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: Feb 6, 2020, 4:08 AM CST (10:08 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 6, 2020, 1:00 PM CST
Expired: Feb 6, 2020, 7:00 PM CST
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 10:11 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
Feb 6, 2:02 PM CST	NON-TSTM WND GST 59	Pine Springs, TX
Feb 6, 4:20 PM CST	NON-TSTM WND GST 69	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 00:00Z, 10.1 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 943 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -39 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 92 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

738 
WWUS74 KMAF 061008
NPWMAF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
408 AM CST Thu Feb 6 2020

NMZ027-TXZ270-271-070100-
/O.UPG.KMAF.HW.A.0005.200206T1900Z-200207T0100Z/
/O.NEW.KMAF.HW.W.0008.200206T1900Z-200207T0100Z/
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
308 AM MST Thu Feb 6 2020

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM MST THIS
EVENING...

* WHAT...West winds 35 to 45 mph with gusts up to 60 mph 
  expected.

* WHERE...Guadalupe and Delaware Mountains.

* WHEN...From noon today to 6 PM MST this evening.

* IMPACTS...Damaging winds will blow down trees and power lines.
  Travel will be difficult, especially for high profile vehicles.
  Low flying light aircraft may experience severe turbulence near
  the mountains.

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

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.