Alert archive / New Mexico / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 310, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 23, 2005, 3:14 PM MDT for Eddy County, New Mexico. It was in force for 31 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 23, 2005, 3:14 PM MDT (21:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 23, 2005, 3:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Eddy County, NM
The radar
The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 155 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 23, 3:20 PM MDT | HAIL 0.88 | 10 E Hope, NM | RPTD ON U.S. HWY 82 BETWEEN HOPE AND ARTESIA. |
| Aug 23, 3:25 PM MDT | HAIL 0.88 | 10 E Hope, NM | RPTD ON U.S. HWY 82 BETWEEN HOPE AND ARTESIA. |
| Aug 23, 3:25 PM MDT | HAIL 1.75 | 8 W Artesia, NM |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Santa Teresa, NM (KEPZ), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 236 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
- 442 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -114 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1524 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS54 KMAF 232116 SVRMAF NMC015-232145- /O.NEW.KMAF.SV.W.0310.050823T2114Z-050823T2145Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 314 PM MDT TUE AUG 23 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTH CENTRAL EDDY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO * UNTIL 345 PM MDT * AT 309 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES WEST OF ARTESIA OVER U.S. HIGHWAY 82...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... ARTESIA... U.S. HIGHWAY 82 WEST OF ARTESIA... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING MEANS THAT SEVERE WEATHER IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH... HAIL THREE-QUARTERS OF AN INCH IN DIAMETER OR LARGER... VERY HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL LIKELY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS SEVERE STORM MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER NOW. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY... CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 597 3220. LAT...LON 3296 10477 3269 10460 3273 10401 3296 10425 $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS54 KMAF 232135 SVSMAF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 433 PM CDT TUE AUG 23 2005 NMC015-232145- /O.CON.KMAF.SV.W.0310.000000T0000Z-050823T2145Z/ EDDY- 333 PM MDT TUE AUG 23 2005 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM MDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL EDDY COUNTY... AT 331 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO DETECT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH AND PENNY SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR U.S. HIGHWAY 82 9 MILES WEST OF ARTESIA. THE STORM WAS DRIFTING SLOWLY TO THE NORTHEAST. IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS... DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. REMEMBER... IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER... YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. SEEK SAFE SHELTER NOW. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY... CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 597 3220. LAT...LON 3296 10477 3269 10460 3273 10401 3296 10425 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 23, 4:28 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Eddy | 3 hr |
| Aug 23, 5:56 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Lea | 33 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.