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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 281

May 14, 1997Lea County, New Mexico; 23 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at May 14, 1997, 5:00 PM MDT for Lea County, New Mexico; 23 counties in Texas. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 14, 1997, 5:00 PM MDT (23:00 UTC)
Expired
May 14, 1997, 9:00 PM MDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 24 counties

Lea County, NM, Andrews County, TX, Borden County, TX, Coke County, TX, Crane County, TX, Dawson County, TX, Ector County, TX, Gaines County, TX, Glasscock County, TX, Howard County, TX, Irion County, TX, Lynn County, TX, Martin County, TX, Midland County, TX, Mitchell County, TX, Reagan County, TX, Schleicher County, TX, Scurry County, TX, Sterling County, TX, Terry County, TX, Upton County, TX, Ward County, TX, Winkler County, TX, Yoakum County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Warnings issued inside it

19 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 14, 5:11 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFDawson49 min
May 14, 5:29 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFAndrews, Gaines51 min
May 14, 5:55 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFDawson, Martin45 min
May 14, 6:07 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGlasscock48 min
May 14, 6:13 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGaines47 min
May 14, 6:18 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBorden, Scurry47 min
May 14, 6:36 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFDawson, Martin49 min
May 14, 6:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFAndrews47 min
May 14, 6:53 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGaines47 min
May 14, 6:58 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBorden47 min
May 14, 7:02 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFLea48 min
May 14, 7:23 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMartin32 min
May 14, 7:28 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFScurry47 min
May 14, 7:40 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningMAFBorden3 hr
May 14, 7:40 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBorden3 hr
May 14, 7:45 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFLea50 min
May 14, 7:55 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMartin50 min
May 14, 8:01 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFHoward49 min
May 14, 8:49 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFHoward31 min

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 62 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 1997-05-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 277 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 1997-05-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 151 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
277 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-362 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2281 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
151 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
234 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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.