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High Wind Warning 21, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this high wind warning at Mar 31, 2021, 2:12 PM CDT for Culberson County, Texas. It took effect at Mar 31, 2021, 10:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 12 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
- Mar 31, 2021, 2:12 PM CDT (19:12 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 31, 2021, 10:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 1, 2021, 10:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 12 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 19:14 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, 7.2 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
- 4184 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 143 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
824 WWUS74 KMAF 311912 NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX 212 PM CDT Wed Mar 31 2021 TXZ271-010715- /O.NEW.KMAF.HW.W.0021.210401T0300Z-210401T1800Z/ Guadalupe and Delaware Mountains- Including the cities of Guadalupe Mountains NP and Pine Springs 112 PM MDT Wed Mar 31 2021 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON MDT THURSDAY... * 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 noon MDT Thursday. * 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. && $$ For more information from the National Weather Service visit https://weather.gov/maf
1 follow-up statement
944 WWUS74 KMAF 010715 NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX 215 AM CDT Thu Apr 1 2021 TXZ271-011500- /O.EXT.KMAF.HW.W.0021.000000T0000Z-210401T1500Z/ Guadalupe and Delaware Mountains- Including the cities of Guadalupe Mountains NP and Pine Springs 115 AM MDT Thu Apr 1 2021 ...HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MDT THIS MORNING... * WHAT...Northeast winds 35 to 45 mph with gusts up to 60 mph. * WHERE...Guadalupe Pass in Texas. * WHEN...Until 9 AM MDT this morning. * IMPACTS...Travel will be difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... People should avoid being outside in forested areas and around trees and branches. If possible, remain in the lower levels of your home during the windstorm, and avoid windows. Use caution if you must drive. && $$ 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.