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High Wind Watch 24, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

May 20, 2022Culberson County, Texas

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2022-05-20Temperature 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°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2022-05-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -21 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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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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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

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 19, 10:11 PM CDTRed Flag WarningMAFAndrews, Borden, Brewster, Crane, Culberson, Dawson and 18 more23 hr
May 20, 3:59 AM CDTFire Weather WatchMAFCulberson36 hr
May 20, 4:12 AM CDTHeat AdvisoryMAFBorden, Howard, Mitchell, Scurry16 hr
May 20, 9:07 AM CDTHigh Wind WarningMAFCulberson10 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.