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High Wind Warning 39, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

December 10, 2025Eddy County, New Mexico; Culberson County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this high wind warning at Dec 10, 2025, 4:03 AM MST for Eddy County, New Mexico; Culberson County, Texas. It took effect at Dec 10, 2025, 7:00 AM MST. It was in force for 7 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 10, 2025, 4:03 AM MST (11:03 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 10, 2025, 7:00 AM MST
Expired
Dec 10, 2025, 2:00 PM MST
In force
7 hr
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 11:02 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, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 209 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 2025-12-10Temperature 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, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2025-12-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 76 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
4235 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
76 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
139 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

226 
WWUS74 KMAF 101103
NPWMAF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
403 AM MST Wed Dec 10 2025

NMZ027-TXZ270-271-102100-
/O.NEW.KMAF.HW.W.0039.251210T1400Z-251210T2100Z/
Guadalupe Mountains of Eddy County-Guadalupe Mountains Above
7000 Feet-Guadalupe and Delaware Mountains-
Including the cities of Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Queen,
and Pine Springs
403 AM MST Wed Dec 10 2025 /503 AM CST Wed Dec 10 2025/

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM MST /3 PM CST/ THIS 
AFTERNOON...

* WHAT...Northeast winds 35 to 45 mph with gusts up to 60 mph 
  expected.

* WHERE...Guadalupe Mountains of west Texas and Southeast New Mexico.

* WHEN...Until 2 PM MST /3 PM CST/ this afternoon.

* IMPACTS...Travel will be difficult, especially for high profile 
  vehicles like campers, vans, and tractor trailers. Gusty winds may 
  blow around unsecured objects.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Winds will be particularly hazardous at higher elevations where the 
strongest winds are likely to occur. Be especially careful driving 
in these mountainous areas. People driving high-profile vehicles 
should strongly consider postponing travel in these areas until the 
winds subside.

Delay travel through Guadalupe Pass or find another route, if 
possible.

&&

$$

Sprang

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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.