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High Wind Watch 37, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

December 5, 2021Culberson County, Texas

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Santa Teresa, NM at 00:00Z 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 00:00Z on 2021-12-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 58 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 5, 1:40 PM CSTHigh Wind WarningMAFCulberson22 hr

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.