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High Wind Watch 15, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this high wind watch at Apr 3, 2022, 2:27 PM CDT for Culberson County, Texas; Eddy County, New Mexico. It took effect at Apr 5, 2022, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 3, 2022, 2:27 PM CDT (19:27 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 5, 2022, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 5, 2022, 2:47 AM CDT
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Counties Eddy County, NM, Culberson County, TX
The radar
The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 203 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:32 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
Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 399 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
- 4514 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this high wind watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this high wind watch went out at Apr 3, 12:53 PM CDT, 1 hour 34 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 3, 12:53 PM CDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 3, 2:15 PM CDT, 12 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX 215 PM CDT Sun Apr 3 2022 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-059>063-067>070-075-082- 270>282-041915- Guadalupe Mountains of Eddy County-Eddy County Plains- Northern Lea County-Central Lea County-Southern Lea County-Gaines- Dawson-Borden-Scurry-Andrews-Martin-Howard-Mitchell-Loving-Winkler- Ector-Midland-Glasscock-Ward-Crane-Upton-Reagan-Pecos-Terrell- Guadalupe Mountains Above 7000 Feet-Guadalupe and Delaware Mountains- Van Horn and Highway 54 Corridor-Eastern Culberson County- Reeves County Plains-Chinati Mountains-Marfa Plateau-Davis Mountains- Davis Mountains Foothills-Central Brewster County-Chisos Basin- Presidio Valley-Lower Brewster County- 215 PM CDT Sun Apr 3 2022 /115 PM MDT Sun Apr 3 2022/ This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southeast New Mexico, southwest Texas and western Texas. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. Elevated fire weather conditions are possible this afternoon and this evening, mainly across southeastern New Mexico. There is a slight risk of severe thunderstorms this afternoon and evening, mainly over the Stockton Plateau, eastern Permian Basin, and Western Low Rolling Plains. Any severe storms that do develop will be accompanied by large hail and damaging winds. Blowing dust may also occur in and near thunderstorm activity. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday. Critical fire weather conditions possible Monday and Tuesday, and a Fire Weather Watch is in effect for the entire region Tuesday afternoon through early evening. A High Wind Watch is in effect Tuesday for the Guadalupe Mountains of west Texas and southeastern New Mexico. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be requested late this afternoon through this evening. This product, along with other watches, warnings, advisories, and statements issued by the National Weather Service Office in Midland, can be found on the internet at... https://weather.gov/midland 70
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 2:26 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | MAF | Andrews, Borden, Brewster, Crane, Culberson, Dawson and 18 more | 36 hr |
| Apr 3, 5:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Crane | 43 min |
| Apr 3, 6:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Upton | 44 min |
| Apr 3, 6:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Upton | 41 min |
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.