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High Wind Warning 32, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

May 31, 2021Culberson County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this high wind warning at May 31, 2021, 10:17 PM CDT for Culberson County, Texas. It was in force for 4 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
May 31, 2021, 10:17 PM CDT (03:17 UTC)
Expired
Jun 1, 2021, 2:00 AM CDT
In force
4 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 03:21 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, 3.3 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 00:00Z on 2021-06-01Temperature 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°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Santa Teresa, NM at 00:00Z on 2021-06-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 39 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
4464 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
39 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
74 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

015 
WWUS74 KMAF 010317
NPWMAF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
1017 PM CDT Mon May 31 2021

TXZ271-010700-
/O.NEW.KMAF.HW.W.0032.210601T0317Z-210601T0700Z/
Guadalupe and Delaware Mountains-
Including the cities of Guadalupe Mountains NP and Pine Springs
917 PM MDT Mon May 31 2021

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM MDT TUESDAY...

* WHAT...Northeast winds 35 to 45 mph with gusts up to 60 mph.

* WHERE...Guadalupe and Delaware Mountains in Texas.

* WHEN...Until 1 AM MDT Tuesday.

* 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

The office that day

Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 31, 7:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAF38 min
May 31, 7:26 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFTerrell34 min
May 31, 8:14 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningMAFMitchell37 hr
May 31, 8:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFTerrell14 min
Jun 1, 6:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPresidio57 min
Jun 1, 6:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFGaines40 min

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.