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High Wind Watch 37, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this high wind watch at Dec 5, 2021, 2:26 AM CST for Culberson County, Texas. It took effect at Dec 6, 2021, 4:00 AM CST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 5, 2021, 2:26 AM CST (08:26 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 6, 2021, 4:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Dec 5, 2021, 1:40 PM CST
- 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 08:31 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, 8.4 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
- 2659 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 124 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
202 WWUS74 KMAF 050826 NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX 226 AM CST Sun Dec 5 2021 TXZ270-271-052100- /O.NEW.KMAF.HW.A.0037.211206T1000Z-211206T1800Z/ Guadalupe Mountains Above 7000 Feet- Guadalupe and Delaware Mountains- Including the cities of Guadalupe Mountains NP and Pine Springs 226 AM CST Sun Dec 5 2021 /126 AM MST Sun Dec 5 2021/ ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Northeast winds 40 to 55 mph with gusts up to 65 mph possible. * WHERE...Guadalupe and Delaware Mountains in Texas. * WHEN...From late tonight through Monday morning. * IMPACTS...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. && $$ For more information from the National Weather Service visit https://weather.gov/maf
1 follow-up statement
112 WWUS74 KMAF 051940 NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX 140 PM CST Sun Dec 5 2021 TXZ270-052045- /O.CAN.KMAF.HW.A.0037.211206T1000Z-211206T1800Z/ Guadalupe Mountains Above 7000 Feet- Including the city of Guadalupe Mountains NP 1240 PM MST Sun Dec 5 2021 ...HIGH WIND WATCH IS CANCELLED... High wind watch has been cancelled for the high elevations. $$ 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
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 5, 1:40 PM CST | High Wind Warning | MAF | Culberson | 22 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.