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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 310, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

August 23, 2005Eddy County, New Mexico

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.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 23, 3:20 PM MDTHAIL 0.8810 E Hope, NMRPTD ON U.S. HWY 82 BETWEEN HOPE AND ARTESIA.
Aug 23, 3:25 PM MDTHAIL 0.8810 E Hope, NMRPTD ON U.S. HWY 82 BETWEEN HOPE AND ARTESIA.
Aug 23, 3:25 PM MDTHAIL 1.758 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Santa Teresa, NM at 12:00Z on 2005-08-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 442 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, Santa Teresa, NM at 12:00Z on 2005-08-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 47 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 23, 4:28 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningMAFEddy3 hr
Aug 23, 5:56 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFLea33 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.