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High Wind Watch 24, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this high wind watch at May 20, 2022, 4:12 AM CDT for Culberson County, Texas. It took effect at May 22, 2022, 1:00 AM CDT. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 20, 2022, 4:12 AM CDT (09:12 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 22, 2022, 1:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- May 21, 2022, 3:35 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 09:14 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
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 226 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
- 6153 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -21 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -14 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 May 20, 12:47 AM CDT, 3 hours 25 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 20, 12:47 AM CDT, 3 hours 25 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, May 20, 3:47 AM CDT, 25 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX 347 AM CDT Fri May 20 2022 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-059>063-067>070-075-082- 270>282-210900- 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- 347 AM CDT Fri May 20 2022 /247 AM MDT Fri May 20 2022/ This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southeast New Mexico, southwest Texas and western Texas. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. A Red Flag Warning is in effect from this morning through early this evening for all of West Texas and Southeast New Mexico. A Heat Advisory is in effect this afternoon and early evening for the Western Low Rolling Plains. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday. A Fire Weather Watch is in effect Saturday morning through evening for most of Southeast New Mexico and Culberson County. A High Wind Watch is in effect late Saturday night and Sunday morning for Guadalupe Pass. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. 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 44
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 10:11 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | MAF | Andrews, Borden, Brewster, Crane, Culberson, Dawson and 18 more | 23 hr |
| May 20, 3:59 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | MAF | Culberson | 36 hr |
| May 20, 4:12 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | MAF | Borden, Howard, Mitchell, Scurry | 16 hr |
| May 20, 9:07 AM CDT | High Wind Warning | MAF | Culberson | 10 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.