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High Wind Warning 43, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

December 5, 2021Culberson County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this high wind warning at Dec 5, 2021, 1:40 PM CST for Culberson County, Texas. It took effect at Dec 6, 2021, 4:00 AM CST. It was in force for 8 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
Dec 5, 2021, 1:40 PM CST (19:40 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 6, 2021, 4:00 AM CST
Expired
Dec 6, 2021, 12:00 PM CST
In force
8 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 19:44 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, 7.7 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 2021-12-05Temperature 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 2021-12-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -48 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
2382 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-48 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
56 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

112 
WWUS74 KMAF 051940
NPWMAF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
140 PM CST Sun Dec 5 2021

TXZ270-052045-
/O.CAN.KMAF.HW.A.0037.211206T1000Z-211206T1800Z/
Guadalupe Mountains Above 7000 Feet-
Including the city of Guadalupe Mountains NP
1240 PM MST Sun Dec 5 2021

...HIGH WIND WATCH IS CANCELLED...

High wind watch has been cancelled for the high elevations.

$$

TXZ271-061030-
/O.UPG.KMAF.HW.A.0037.211206T1000Z-211206T1800Z/
/O.NEW.KMAF.HW.W.0043.211206T1000Z-211206T1800Z/
Guadalupe and Delaware Mountains-
Including the cities of Guadalupe Mountains NP and Pine Springs
140 PM CST Sun Dec 5 2021 /1240 PM MST Sun Dec 5 2021/

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM CST /3 AM MST/ TO NOON
CST /11 AM MST/ MONDAY...

* WHAT...Northeast winds 40 to 45 mph with gusts up to 60 mph.

* WHERE...Guadalupe Pass.

* WHEN...From 4 AM CST /3 AM MST/ to noon CST /11 AM MST/ Monday.

* IMPACTS...Travel will be difficult, especially for high profile
  vehicles.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Use caution if you must drive through Guadalupe Pass.

&&

$$

For more information from the National Weather Service visit
https://weather.gov/maf
1 follow-up statement
957 
WWUS74 KMAF 060754
NPWMAF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
154 AM CST Mon Dec 6 2021

TXZ271-061800-
/O.CON.KMAF.HW.W.0043.211206T1000Z-211206T1800Z/
Guadalupe and Delaware Mountains-
Including the cities of Guadalupe Mountains NP and Pine Springs
154 AM CST Mon Dec 6 2021 /1254 AM MST Mon Dec 6 2021/

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST /11 AM MST/
TODAY...

* WHAT...Northeast winds 40 to 55 mph with gusts up to 65 mph 
  expected.

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

* WHEN...Until noon CST /11 AM MST/ today.

* 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.

&&

$$

TXZ067>070-062100-
/O.NEW.KMAF.FZ.A.0004.211207T0800Z-211207T1400Z/
Ward-Crane-Upton-Reagan-
Including the cities of Monahans, Crane, McCamey, Rankin, 
and Big Lake
154 AM CST Mon Dec 6 2021

...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY
MORNING...

* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 30 possible.

* WHERE...Ward, Crane, Upton and Reagan Counties.

* WHEN...From late tonight through Tuesday morning.

* IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other 
  sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor 
  plumbing.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold. To prevent
freezing and possible bursting of outdoor water pipes they should
be wrapped, drained, or allowed to drip slowly. Those that have
in-ground sprinkler systems should drain them and cover above-
ground pipes to protect them from freezing.

&&

$$

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
Dec 5, 2:26 AM CSTHigh Wind WatchMAFCulberson11 hr

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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.