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High Wind Warning 43, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 5, 2:26 AM CST | High Wind Watch | MAF | Culberson | 11 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.