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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 89, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

May 25, 1996Lea County, New Mexico

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 25, 1996, 10:20 PM MDT for Lea County, New Mexico. It was in force for 65 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: May 25, 1996, 10:20 PM MDT (04:20 UTC)
Expired: May 25, 1996, 11:25 PM MDT
In force: 65 min
Issued by: NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area: Whole counties

County Lea County, NM

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 149 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:24 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where
May 25, 10:28 PM MDT	Hail 0.75	Hobbs, NM
May 25, 10:31 PM MDT	Hail 1	Hobbs, NM
May 25, 10:35 PM MDT	Thunderstorm Wind	Hobbs, NM

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 147 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 2089 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -147 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1605 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 127 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 263 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.4
Supercell composite: 8.5

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KMAF 260420
SVRMAF
NMC025-260525-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
1020 PM MDT SAT MAY 25 1996

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND TX HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1125 PM MDT (1225 AM CDT)
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO

   ...LEA COUNTY
 
AT 1019 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY MIDLAND
DOPPLER RADAR 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HOBBS OR 5 MILES WEST OF
MONUMENT MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE... MONUMENT...NADINE...
HUMBLE CITY AND HOBBS.

A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.
REMEMBER...SEVERE TH2UNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE
TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE
ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.

$$

MURDOCH/WRINKLE

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 25, 9:27 AM MDT, 12 hours 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 25, 9:27 AM MDT, 12 hours 53 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
1027 AM CDT SAT MAY 25 1996

OBVIOUS THAT CHANGES ARE OCCURRING THIS MORNING WITH HIGH DEW POINTS
AND LOW CLOUDS.  STRONG BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW CONTINUES TO PUMP IN
MOISTURE...WOULD EXPECT AFTERNOON SURFACE DEW POINTS TO STAY IN MID
60S AT MAF FOR FIRST TIME THIS SEASON.  IMPRESSIVE PARAMETERS BOTH
DYNAMICALLY AND THERMODYNAMICALLY FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

CAPPING INVERSION SLIGHTLY STRENGTHENED IN PAST 24 HOURS AND WITHOUT
DYNAMIC SUPPORT WOULD BE DIFFICULT TO BREAK WITH EXPECTED HIGH
TEMPS.  COOLER MID LEVEL TEMPS AT ELP...BUT LITTLE ADVECTION OR
MOVEMENT OF THAT COOLER AIR THIS DIRECTION.  CUU BALLOON TOOK A
SIESTA...SO HARD TO TELL WHAT KIND OF 700 MB TEMPS WILL BE ADVECTING
INTO REGION.  SPEED MAX COMING INTO AREA ACROSS MEXICO SHOULD AID IN
LIFT AND MAYBE SLIGHT COOLING ALOFT.  THINKING THAT CAP WILL ONLY
DELAY THE ONSET OF STORMS AND WILL NOT PREVENT THEM ALL TtOGETHER.

MOISTURE PRESENTLY AS FAR WEST AS MRF...THINK THAT IT WILL STAY
PRETTY CLOSE TO MOUNTAINS...BUT WILL MIX OUT AT MRF.

CNM 93 10
MAF 89 20
MRF 90 10
P07 90 20

MATHEWS

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 25, 7:24 PM MDT, 2 hours 56 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
104 AM CDT SUN MAY 26 1996

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

255 PM     1 E HALFWAY               NM   0.75 INCH HAIL
05/25/9    LEA

330 PM     12 S LOVINGTON            NM   0.75 INCH HAIL
05/25/96   LEA

335 PM     8 E HALFWAY               NM   1.00 INCH HAIL
05/25/96   LEA

345 PM     HOBBS                     NM   0.75 INCH HAIL
05/25/96   LEA

438 PM     12 SW SEMINOLE            TX   1.00 INCH HAIL
05/25/96   GAINES

410 PM     HOBBS                     NM   1.75 INCH HAIL
05/25/96   LEA

445 PM     HOBBS                     NM   0.75 INCH HAIL
05/25/96   LEA

540 PM     15 E HOBBS                TX   50 MPH TSTM GUST
05/25/96   GAINES

600 PM     LOOP                      TX   1.75 INCH HAIL
05/25/96   GAINES

600 PM     LOOP                      TX   50 MPH TSTM GUST
05/25/96   GAINES

615 PM     LOOP                      TX   58 MPH TSTM GUST
05/25/96   GAINES

620 PM     6 W WELCH                 TX   66 MPH TSTM GUST
05/25/96   GAINES

630 PM     3 W WELCH                 TX   1.75 INCH HAIL
05/25/96   DAWSON

641 PM     4 S WELCH                 TX   TORNADO
05/25/96   DAWSON

645 PM     2 N PUNKIN CENTER         TX   2.75 INCH HAIL
05/25/96   DAWSON

700 PM     10 N LAMESA               TX   1.75 INCH HAIL
05/25/96   DAWSON

740 PM     fLOVINGTON                 NM   1.75 INCH HAIL
05/25/96   LEA

755 PM     LOVINGTON                 NM   0.75 INCH HAIL
05/25/96   LEA

Local storm report, May 25, 7:25 PM MDT, 2 hours 55 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
825 PM CDT SAT MAY 25 1996

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

255 PM     1 E HALFWAY               NM   0.75 INCH HAIL
05/25/9    LEA

330 PM     12 S LOVINGTON            NM   0.75 INCH HAIL
05/25/96   LEA

335 PM     8 E HALFWAY               NM   1.00 INCH HAIL
05/25/96   LEA

345 PM     HOBBS                     NM   0.75 INCH HAIL
05/25/96   LEA

438 PM     12 SW SEMINOLE            TX   1.00 INCH HAIL
05/25/96   GAINES

410 PM     HOBBS                     NM   1.75 INCH HAIL
05/25/96   LEA

445 PM     HOBBS                     NM   0.75 INCH HAIL
05/25/96   LEA

540 PM     15 E HOBBS                TX   50 MPH TSTM GUST
05/25/96   GAINES

600 PM     LOOP                      TX   1.75 INCH HAIL
05/25/96   GAINES

600 PM     LOOP                      TX   50 MPH TSTM GUST
05/25/96   GAINES

615 PM     LOOP                      TX   58 MPH TSTM GUST
05/25/96   GAINES

620 PM     6 W WELCH                 TX   66 MPH TSTM GUST
05/25/96   GAINES
630 PM     3 W WELCH                 TX   1.75 INCH HAIL
05/25/96   DAWSON

641 PM     4 S WELCH                 TX   TORNADO
05/25/96   DAWSON

645 PM     2 N PUNKIN CENTER         TX   2.75 INCH HAIL
05/25/96   DAWSON

700 PM     10 N LAMESA               TX   1.75 INCH HAIL
05/25/96   DAWSON

740 PM     LOVINGTON    r             NM   1.75 INCH HAIL
05/25/96   LEA

755 PM     LOVINGTON                 NM   0.75 INCH HAIL
05/25/96   LEA

Local storm report, May 25, 7:26 PM MDT, 2 hours 54 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
825 PM CDT SAT MAY 25 1996

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

255 PM     1 E HALFWAY               NM   0.75 INCH HAIL
05/25/96   LEA

330 PM     12 S LOVINGTON            NM   0.75 INCH HAIL
05/25/96   LEA

335 PM     8 E HALFWAY               NM   1.00 INCH HAIL
05/25/96   LEA

345 PM     HOBBS                     NM   0.75 INCH HAIL
05/25/96   LEA

438 PM     12 SW SEMINOLE            TX   1.00 INCH HAIL
05/25/96   GAINES

410 PM     HOBBS                     NM   1.75 INCH HAIL
05/25/96   LEA

445 PM     HOBBS                     NM   0.75 INCH HAIL
05/25/96   LEA

540 PM     15 E HOBBS                TX   50 MPH TSTM GUST
05/25/96   GAINES

600 PM     LOOP                      TX   1.75 INCH HAIL
05/25/96   GAINES

600 PM     LOOP                      TX   50 MPH TSTM GUST
05/25/96   GAINES

615 PM     LOOP                      TX   58 MPH TSTM GUST
05/25/96   GAINES

620 PM     6 W WELCH                 TX   66 MPH TSTM GUST
05/25/96   GAINES
630 PM     3 W WELCH                 TX   1.75 INCH HAIL
05/25/96   DAWSON

641 PM     4 S WELCH                 TX   TORNADO
05/25/96   DAWSON

645 PM     2 N PUNKIN CENTER         TX   2.75 INCH HAIL
05/25/96   DAWSON

700 PM     10 N LAMESA               TX   1.75 INCH HAIL
05/25/96   DAWSON

740 PM     LOVINGTONv                 NM   1.75 INCH HAIL
05/25/96   LEA

755 PM     LOVINGTON                 NM   0.75 INCH HAIL
05/25/96   LEA

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 25, 6:38 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Lea	62 min
May 25, 8:56 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Lea	64 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.