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High Wind Warning 23, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this high wind warning at Apr 16, 2021, 2:28 AM CDT for Culberson County, Texas. It took effect at Apr 17, 2021, 12:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 11 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
- Apr 16, 2021, 2:28 AM CDT (07:28 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 17, 2021, 12:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 17, 2021, 11:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 11 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 07:26 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 00:00Z, 7.5 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
- 3992 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 113 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
133 WWUS74 KMAF 160728 NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX 228 AM CDT Fri Apr 16 2021 TXZ271-162030- /O.UPG.KMAF.HW.A.0020.210417T0600Z-210417T1500Z/ /O.NEW.KMAF.HW.W.0023.210417T0400Z-210417T1600Z/ Guadalupe and Delaware Mountains- Including the cities of Guadalupe Mountains NP and Pine Springs 128 AM MDT Fri Apr 16 2021 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM MDT SATURDAY... * WHAT...Northeast winds 40 to 50 mph with gusts up to 65 mph expected. * WHERE...Guadalupe and Delaware Mountains in Texas. * WHEN...From late this evening through Saturday 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. && $$ For more information from the National Weather Service visit https://weather.gov/maf
3 follow-up statements
441 WWUS74 KMAF 161846 NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX 146 PM CDT Fri Apr 16 2021 TXZ271-171115- /O.CON.KMAF.HW.W.0023.210417T0400Z-210417T1600Z/ Guadalupe and Delaware Mountains- Including the cities of Guadalupe Mountains NP and Pine Springs 1246 PM MDT Fri Apr 16 2021 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM MDT SATURDAY... * WHAT...Northeast winds 40 to 50 mph with gusts up to 65 mph expected. * WHERE...Guadalupe and Delaware Mountains in Texas. * WHEN...From late this evening through Saturday morning. * IMPACTS...Travel will be difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... People should avoid being outside in forested areas and around trees and branches. If possible, remain in the lower levels of your home during the windstorm, and avoid windows. Use caution if you must drive. && $$ For more information from the National Weather Service visit https://weather.gov/maf
378 WWUS74 KMAF 170331 NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX 1031 PM CDT Fri Apr 16 2021 TXZ271-171600- /O.EXT.KMAF.HW.W.0023.210417T0500Z-210417T1600Z/ Guadalupe and Delaware Mountains- Including the cities of Guadalupe Mountains NP and Pine Springs 931 PM MDT Fri Apr 16 2021 ...HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM MDT SATURDAY FOR GUADALUPE PASS... * WHAT...Northeast winds 40 to 50 mph with gusts up to 65 mph expected. * WHERE...Guadalupe Pass. * WHEN...Until 10 AM MDT Saturday. * 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. && $$ For more information from the National Weather Service visit https://weather.gov/maf
334 WWUS74 KMAF 170723 NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX 223 AM CDT Sat Apr 17 2021 TXZ271-171600- /O.CON.KMAF.HW.W.0023.000000T0000Z-210417T1600Z/ Guadalupe and Delaware Mountains- Including the cities of Guadalupe Mountains NP and Pine Springs 123 AM MDT Sat Apr 17 2021 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM MDT THIS MORNING... * WHAT...Northeast winds 40 to 50 mph with gusts up to 65 mph. * WHERE...Guadalupe and Delaware Mountains in Texas. * WHEN...Until 10 AM MDT this morning. * IMPACTS...Travel will be difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... People should avoid being outside in forested areas and around trees and branches. If possible, remain in the lower levels of your home during the windstorm, and avoid windows. Use caution if you must drive. && $$ For more information from the National Weather Service visit https://weather.gov/maf
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.