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High Wind Warning 9, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this high wind warning at Feb 9, 2020, 9:07 AM CST for Culberson County, Texas. It took effect at Feb 9, 2020, 9:12 AM CST. It was in force for 5 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
- Feb 9, 2020, 9:07 AM CST (15:07 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 9, 2020, 9:12 AM CST
- Expired
- Feb 9, 2020, 2:00 PM CST
- In force
- 5 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 15:11 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Santa Teresa, NM (KEPZ), launched 12:00Z, 3.1 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2309 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 109 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
245 WWUS74 KMAF 091507 NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX 907 AM CST Sun Feb 9 2020 TXZ270-271-092000- /O.NEW.KMAF.HW.W.0009.200209T1507Z-200209T2000Z/ Guadalupe Mountains Above 7000 Feet- Guadalupe and Delaware Mountains- Including the cities of Guadalupe Mountains NP and Pine Springs 807 AM MST Sun Feb 9 2020 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... * WHAT...West winds 34 to 45 mph with gusts up to 60 to 70 mph. * WHERE...Guadalupe and Delaware Mountains in Texas. * WHEN...Until 1 PM MST this afternoon. * IMPACTS...Travel will be difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. Light low flying aircraft may experience severe turbulence near the mountains. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Use caution if you must drive. && $$ For more information from the National Weather Service visit https://weather.gov/maf
1 follow-up statement
316 WWUS74 KMAF 091512 CCA NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX 912 AM CST Sun Feb 9 2020 TXZ270-271-092000- /O.COR.KMAF.HW.W.0009.200209T1512Z-200209T2000Z/ Guadalupe Mountains Above 7000 Feet- Guadalupe and Delaware Mountains- Including the cities of Guadalupe Mountains NP and Pine Springs 812 AM MST Sun Feb 9 2020 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... * WHAT...West winds 35 to 45 mph with gusts up to 60 to 70 mph. * WHERE...Guadalupe and Delaware Mountains in Texas. * WHEN...Until 1 PM MST this afternoon. * IMPACTS...Travel will be difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. Light low flying aircraft may experience severe turbulence near the mountains. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Use caution if you must drive. && $$ For more information from the National Weather Service visit https://weather.gov/maf
Nearby
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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.