Alert archive / New Mexico / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 103, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 7, 2012, 3:49 PM MDT for Eddy County, New Mexico. It was in force for 56 min. 1 report 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
- May 7, 2012, 3:49 PM MDT (21:49 UTC)
- Expired
- May 7, 2012, 4:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Eddy County, NM
The radar
The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 135 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 4:27 PM MDT | HAIL 1 | 7 Nw Artesia, 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 2:56 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Santa Teresa, NM (KEPZ), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 219 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 6040 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -1 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
397 WUUS54 KMAF 072149 SVRMAF NMC015-072245- /O.NEW.KMAF.SV.W.0103.120507T2149Z-120507T2245Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 349 PM MDT MON MAY 7 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN EDDY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO... * UNTIL 445 PM MDT * AT 343 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF HOPE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... HOPE... U.S. HIGHWAY 82 WEST OF ARTESIA... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WIND DAMAGE WITH THIS STORM MAY OCCUR WELL AHEAD OF THE RAIN. DO NOT WAIT FOR THE SOUND OF THUNDER BEFORE TAKING COVER. SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AWAY FROM WINDOWS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM MDT MONDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS. && LAT...LON 3296 10484 3296 10447 3276 10447 3270 10485 TIME...MOT...LOC 2148Z 238DEG 21KT 3295 10479 $$
2 follow-up statements
781 WWUS54 KMAF 072213 SVSMAF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 413 PM MDT MON MAY 7 2012 NMC015-072245- /O.CON.KMAF.SV.W.0103.000000T0000Z-120507T2245Z/ EDDY NM- 413 PM MDT MON MAY 7 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM MDT FOR NORTHWESTERN EDDY COUNTY... AT 406 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO DETECT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTH OF HOPE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES WEST OF HOPE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THIS STORM IS ALSO CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE...HOPE... U.S. HIGHWAY 82 WEST OF ARTESIA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS... DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. REMEMBER... IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER... YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. SEEK SAFE SHELTER NOW. WIND DAMAGE WITH THIS STORM MAY OCCUR WELL AHEAD OF THE RAIN. DO NOT WAIT FOR THE SOUND OF THUNDER BEFORE TAKING COVER. SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AWAY FROM WINDOWS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM MDT MONDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS. && LAT...LON 3296 10484 3296 10447 3276 10447 3270 10485 TIME...MOT...LOC 2209Z 247DEG 17KT 3294 10470 $$
273 WWUS54 KMAF 072233 SVSMAF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 433 PM MDT MON MAY 7 2012 NMC015-072245- /O.CON.KMAF.SV.W.0103.000000T0000Z-120507T2245Z/ EDDY NM- 433 PM MDT MON MAY 7 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM MDT FOR NORTHWESTERN EDDY COUNTY... AT 427 PM MDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF ARTESIA REPORTED QUARTER SIZE HAIL. AT 429 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO DETECT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED ABOUT 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF ARTESIA...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES WEST OF HOPE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THIS STORM IS ALSO CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE... U.S. HIGHWAY 285 NORTH OF ARTESIA...HOPE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DOPPLER RADAR HAS DETECTED WEAK ROTATION WITHIN THE STORM NORTHWEST OF ARTESIA. WHILE NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY... A TORNADO MAY STILL DEVELOP. IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED... ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE... SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM. 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. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM MDT MONDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS. && LAT...LON 3296 10484 3296 10447 3276 10447 3270 10485 TIME...MOT...LOC 2232Z 255DEG 21KT 3294 10448 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 3:18 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy | 57 min |
| May 7, 4:17 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy | 58 min |
| May 7, 4:38 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy | 52 min |
| May 7, 5:22 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy, Lea | 53 min |
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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.