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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

June 14, 1997Eddy County, New Mexico

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 1997, 1:31 PM MDT for Eddy County, New Mexico. It was in force for 49 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 14, 1997, 1:31 PM MDT (19:31 UTC)
Expired
Jun 14, 1997, 2:20 PM MDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Eddy County, NM

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 206 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 12:00Z on 1997-06-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1499 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 1997-06-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 108 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1499 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-185 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1370 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
108 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
176 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
4.2

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The text

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

645 
WUUS1 KMAF 141931 RRA
SVRMAF
NMC015-142020-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
231 PM CDT (131 PM MDT) SAT JUN 14 1997

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND TX HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 220 PM MDT (320 PM CDT)
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO

   ...EASTERN EDDY COUNTY
 
AT 129 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY MIDLAND
DOPPLER RADAR AND SPOTTER REPORTS 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF CARLSBAD OR
7 MILES NORTHEAST OF LA HUERTA MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

THIS STORM IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN IN RURAL AREAS.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...
DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.

FOR YOUR PROTECTION...MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT
DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.


EARLE/FAGEN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 14, 1:22 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFLea48 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Mexico, 1997Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1997

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.