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High Wind Warning 21, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

March 31, 2021Culberson County, Texas

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Santa Teresa, NM at 12:00Z on 2021-03-31Temperature 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 2021-03-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 0 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

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.