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High Wind Warning 9, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

February 9, 2020Culberson County, Texas

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Santa Teresa, NM at 12:00Z on 2020-02-09Temperature 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 12:00Z on 2020-02-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 76 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

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

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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.