Alert archive / New Mexico / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2004
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 107, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 8, 2004, 6:30 PM MDT for Lea County, New Mexico. It was in force for 45 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 8, 2004, 6:30 PM MDT (00:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 8, 2004, 7:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Lea County, NM
Did it verify
Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 8, 1:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 197 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 846 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1631 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
456
WUUS54 KMAF 090030
SVRMAF
NMC025-090115-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
627 PM MDT THU APR 8 2004
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN LEA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO
* UNTIL 715 PM MDT
* AT 627 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING HAIL UP TO
GOLF BALL SIZE. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GLADIOLA...OR ABOUT 5
MILES NORTHEAST OF TATUM...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE...
RURAL NORTHEASTERN LEA COUNTY.
THIS STORM PRODUCED GOLF BALL HAIL IN TATUM BETWEEN 605 PM AND 615 PM
MDT.
ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO NORTHERN LEA COUNTY
FROM EASTERN CHAVES COUNTY.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY... CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 597 3220.
LAT...LON 3356 10371 3337 10375 3298 10375 3297 10306
3357 10305
$$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 Apr 8, 2:52 PM MDT, 3 hours 38 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 8, 2:52 PM MDT, 3 hours 38 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 351 PM CDT THU APR 8 2004 .DISCUSSION... NO TIME FOR DISCUSSION OWING TO ONGOING SEVERE WX. PLEASE SEE HPC AND SPC DISCUSSIONS FOR INFO. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... BIG SPRING TX 57 79 48 53 / 60 10 20 30 CARLSBAD NM 52 81 48 57 / 30 0 10 50 DRYDEN TX 59 85 54 71 / 40 10 10 40 FORT STOCKTON TX 56 84 49 62 / 40 0 10 40 GUADALUPE PASS TX 51 75 43 54 / 20 0 10 40 HOBBS NM 52 81 47 53 / 50 0 20 40 MARFA TX 45 75 45 60 / 30 0 10 40 MIDLAND INTL AIRPORT TX 56 81 47 55 / 50 10 20 40 ODESSA TX 56 82 48 55 / 50 0 20 40 WINK TX 55 88 53 60 / 40 0 10 40 && .MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. NM...NONE. && 06/70
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 8, 1:59 PM MDT, 4 hours 31 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 259 PM CDT THU APR 8 2004 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-090900- ANDREWS-BIG BEND AREA-BORDEN-CENTRAL LEA COUNTY-CRANE- DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA-DAWSON-ECTOR-EDDY COUNTY PLAINS-GAINES- GLASSCOCK-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY- HOWARD-LOVING-MARFA PLATEAU-MARTIN-MIDLAND-MITCHELL- NORTHERN LEA COUNTY-PECOS-PRESIDIO VALLEY-REAGAN- REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-SCURRY-SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY- TERRELL-UPTON-VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR-WARD-WINKLER- 259 PM CDT (159 PM MDT) THU APR 8 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE PERMIAN BASIN AND PORTIONS OF THE LOWER TRANS PECOS OF WEST TEXAS AND THE PLAINS OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. THIS WOULD INCLUDE LOCATIONS GENERALLY NORTHEAST OF A CARLSBAD...PECOS...FORT STOCKTON...TO SANDERSON LINE. DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. IN ADDITION...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL BE POSSIBLE IN ANY THUNDERSTORM. LOCALIZED RAINFALL IN EXCESS OF 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE RESULTING IN AREAS OF HIGH WATER IN LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND LOCALIZED FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS AND THE PERMIAN BASIN WILL BE REQUESTED THIS AFTERNOON OR THIS EVENING. 06
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 8, 12:50 PM MDT, 5 hours 40 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 150 PM CDT THU APR 8 2004 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045-046-050-051-090100- ANDREWS TX-CENTRAL LEA COUNTY NM-DAWSON TX-EDDY COUNTY PLAINS NM- GAINES TX-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY NM-MARTIN TX- NORTHERN LEA COUNTY NM-SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY NM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANDREWS...ARTESIA...CARLSBAD...HOBBS... LAMESA...LOVINGTON...SEMINOLE...STANTON AND TATUM 150 PM CDT THU APR 8 2004 THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER IN NORMAN OKLAHOMA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #55 UNTIL 800 PM CDT (700 PM MDT) FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN WEST TEXAS...ANDREWS...DAWSON...GAINES AND MARTIN. IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...EDDY AND LEA. THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ANDREWS... ARTESIA...CARLSBAD...HOBBS...LAMESA...LOVINGTON...SEMINOLE...STANTON AND TATUM. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL 3/4 OF AN INCH OR GREATER AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH. VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. IF YOU ARE IN OR NEAR TO THE WATCH AREA...CHECK PREPAREDNESS REQUIREMENTS...KEEP INFORMED...AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SAFE SHELTER IF A WARNING IS ISSUED OR SEVERE WEATHER IS OBSERVED.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 8, 7:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Lea | 45 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.