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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

June 2, 2005Lea County, New Mexico

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 2005, 10:17 PM MDT for Lea County, New Mexico. It was in force for 58 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
Jun 2, 2005, 10:17 PM MDT (04:17 UTC)
Expired
Jun 2, 2005, 11:15 PM MDT
In force
58 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Lea County, NM

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 2, 8:05 PM MDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 132 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 2005-06-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1625 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2005-06-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 49 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1625 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-126 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2374 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
49 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
129 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.7

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The text

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

000 
WUUS54 KMAF 030418
SVRMAF
NMC025-030515-
/O.NEW.KMAF.SV.W.0113.050603T0417Z-050603T0515Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1017 PM MDT THU JUN 2 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL LEA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO
 
* UNTIL 1115 PM MDT

* AT 1012 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 80 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 22 MILES
  WEST OF JAL MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25   MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  EUNICE...
  JAL...
  HOBBS...

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP SUDDENLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH LITTLE ADVANCE
WARNING. IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED OR A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED...ACT
QUICKLY. MOVE TO A SAFE STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR
SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY... CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 597 3220.

LAT...LON 3258 10380 3201 10370 3209 10307 3278 10309

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS54 KMAF 030500
SVSMAF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1159 PM CDT THU JUN 2 2005

NMC025-030515-
/O.CON.KMAF.SV.W.0113.000000T0000Z-050603T0515Z/
LEA-
1059 PM MDT THU JUN 2 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1115 PM MDT FOR 
SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL LEA COUNTY...

AT 1052 PM MDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 15 MILES SOUTH OF HOBBS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 
40 MPH.

AT 1045 PM MDT...WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH WAS REPORTED BY WEATHER
SPOTTERS AT THE HOBBS AIRPORT.

AT 1055 PM MDT...WINDS OF 65 MPH WAS REPORTED BY WEATHER SPOTTERS
3 MILES NORTH OF HOBBS.  POWER LINES WERE REPORTED DOWN IN THE
CITY OF HOBBS.

SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE...NADINE
AND HOBBS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM MDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY... CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 597 3220.

LAT...LON 3210 10307 3203 10367 3202 10369 3211 10369
      3213 10371 3252 10369 3253 10376 3259 10376
      3278 10308

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 2, 9:45 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEddy, Lea60 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Mexico, 2005Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2005

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.