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High Wind Watch 30, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

June 25, 2021Culberson County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this high wind watch at Jun 25, 2021, 1:12 PM CDT for Culberson County, Texas. It took effect at Jun 26, 2021, 10:00 PM CDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 25, 2021, 1:12 PM CDT (18:12 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 26, 2021, 10:00 PM CDT
Expired: Jun 26, 2021, 3:08 AM CDT
In force
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 18:10 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, 6.2 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 13 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -231 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2607 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 66 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

296 
WWUS74 KMAF 251812
NPWMAF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
112 PM CDT Fri Jun 25 2021

TXZ271-261000-
/O.NEW.KMAF.HW.A.0030.210627T0300Z-210627T1400Z/
Guadalupe and Delaware Mountains-
Including the cities of Guadalupe Mountains NP and Pine Springs
1212 PM MDT Fri Jun 25 2021

...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY
MORNING...

* WHAT...Northeast winds 40 to 50 mph with gusts up to 65 mph 
  possible.

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

* WHEN...From Saturday evening through Sunday morning.

* IMPACTS...Damaging winds could blow down trees and power 
  lines. Widespread power outages are possible. Travel could be 
  difficult, especially for high profile vehicles.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Monitor the latest forecasts and warnings for updates on this
situation. Fasten loose objects or shelter objects in a safe
location prior to the onset of winds.

&&

$$

For more information from the National Weather Service visit
https://weather.gov/maf

1 follow-up statement

206 
WWUS74 KMAF 260808
NPWMAF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
308 AM CDT Sat Jun 26 2021

TXZ271-262100-
/O.UPG.KMAF.HW.A.0030.210627T0300Z-210627T1400Z/
/O.NEW.KMAF.HW.W.0034.210627T0300Z-210627T1400Z/
Guadalupe and Delaware Mountains-
Including the cities of Guadalupe Mountains NP and Pine Springs
208 AM MDT Sat Jun 26 2021

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING TO 8 AM
MDT SUNDAY...

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

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

* WHEN...From 9 PM MDT this evening to 8 AM MDT Sunday.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Motorists should exercise extreme caution while driving in the
high wind warning area. Be alert to sudden gusts of wind that may
cause you to lose control of your vehicle.

&&

$$

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
Jun 24, 7:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Reeves	26 min
Jun 24, 7:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Loving, Reeves	57 min
Jun 24, 8:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Loving	39 min
Jun 24, 8:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Loving, Reeves	60 min
Jun 25, 3:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Crane, Ector, Ward, Winkler	59 min
Jun 25, 4:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Brewster	60 min
Jun 25, 4:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Ector, Pecos	39 min
Jun 25, 4:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Dawson, Gaines	62 min
Jun 25, 4:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Crane, Pecos, Ward	58 min
Jun 25, 4:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Ector	49 min
Jun 25, 5:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Pecos	65 min
Jun 25, 5:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Dawson	59 min
Jun 25, 6:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Brewster	46 min
Jun 25, 6:50 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Brewster	3 hr
Jun 25, 6:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Brewster	53 min

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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.