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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

July 6, 2005Eddy County, New Mexico

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 6, 2005, 7:58 PM MDT for Eddy County, New Mexico. It was in force for 47 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: Jul 6, 2005, 7:58 PM MDT (01:58 UTC)
Expired: Jul 6, 2005, 8:45 PM MDT
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Eddy County, NM

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 167 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 166 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: 829 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -64 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2837 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 1 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 103 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.5

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The text

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

000 
WUUS54 KMAF 070200
SVRMAF
NMC015-070245-
/O.NEW.KMAF.SV.W.0252.050707T0158Z-050707T0245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
758 PM MDT WED JUL 6 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN EDDY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO

* UNTIL 845 PM MDT

* AT 754 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A  
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS  
  OF 70 MPH. SPOTTERS HAVE REPORTED DAMAGING WINDS WITH THIS STORM.  
  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED OVER EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL EDDY COUNTY...   
  OR 27 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CARLSBAD OVER U.S. HIGHWAY 285...MOVING   
  SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  U.S. HIGHWAY 285 SOUTH OF MALAGA...

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS AND LARGE 
DAMAGING HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AWAY FROM 
WINDOWS.

DURING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM... THE BEST PROTECTION CAN BE FOUND IN
AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.

LAT...LON 3217 10407 3201 10419 3201 10372 3209 10372

$$

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS54 KMAF 070232
SVSMAF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
929 PM CDT WED JUL 6 2005

NMC015-070245-
/O.CON.KMAF.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-050707T0245Z/
EDDY-
829 PM MDT WED JUL 6 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 845 PM MDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN EDDY COUNTY...

AT 925 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
DETECT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS 
IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED OVER THE EDDY COUNTY AND 
LOVING COUNTY (TEXAS) LINE 34 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CARLSBAD...MOVING 
SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH. ALTHOUGH THE STRONGEST PORTION OF THE STORM IS 
EXITING THE COUNTY...SEVERE WINDS MAY CONTINUE TO AFFECT 
SOUTHEASTERN EDDY COUNTY THROUGH 845 PM MDT.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS AND LARGE
DAMAGING HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.

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

LAT...LON 3217 10407 3201 10419 3201 10372 3209 10372

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 6, 7:19 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Eddy	41 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.