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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

March 19, 2006Eddy County, Lea County, New Mexico

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 19, 2006, 7:07 PM MST for Eddy County, Lea County, New Mexico. It was in force for 53 min. 2 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
Mar 19, 2006, 7:07 PM MST (02:07 UTC)
Expired
Mar 19, 2006, 8:00 PM MST
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Eddy County, NM, Lea County, NM

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 180 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:08 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
Mar 19, 7:07 PM MSTHAIL 0.88Carlsbad, NM
Mar 19, 8:05 PM MSTHAIL 1.25Otis, NM

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 19, 5:09 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 179 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 2006-03-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2006-03-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 207 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
742 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
100 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
207 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
373 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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The text

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

000 
WUUS54 KMAF 200208
SVRMAF
NMC015-025-200300-
/O.NEW.KMAF.SV.W.0013.060320T0207Z-060320T0300Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
707 PM MST SUN MAR 19 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN LEA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...
  NORTHEASTERN EDDY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...

* UNTIL 800 PM MST

* AT 704 PM MST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED CAPABLE OF
  PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR   
  CARLSBAD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. AT 705 PM MST... NICKEL 
  SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN CARLSBAD.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
  AVALON...
  MALJAMAR...

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. IF YOU ARE IN THE
PATH OF THIS STORM... TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE AND
PROPERTY.

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

LAT...LON 3245 10432 3233 10417 3311 10315 3330 10338

$$

05
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS54 KMAF 200217
SVSMAF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
816 PM CST SUN MAR 19 2006

NMC015-025-200300-
/O.CON.KMAF.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-060320T0300Z/
LEA NM-EDDY NM-
716 PM MST SUN MAR 19 2006

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM MST
FOR EAST CENTRAL EDDY AND NORTHERN LEA COUNTIES...

AT 713 PM MST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED 3 MILES SOUTHWEST 
OF THE  CITY OF CARLSBAD. THIS STORM WAS PRODUCING NICKEL SIZED 
HAIL. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
INCLUDE...CARLSBAD AND AVALON.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MST
MONDAY 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 3245 10432 3233 10417 3311 10315 3330 10338

$$

05

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 19, 7:19 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEddy26 min
Mar 19, 7:45 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEddy75 min
Mar 19, 7:49 PM MSTFlash Flood WarningMAFEddy, Lea3 hr
Mar 19, 8:22 PM MSTWind AdvisoryMAFEddy, Lea21 hr
Mar 19, 9:14 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFLea61 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.