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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

May 24, 2014Lea County, New Mexico

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 2014, 4:49 AM MDT for Lea County, New Mexico. It was in force for 56 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
May 24, 2014, 4:49 AM MDT (10:49 UTC)
Expired
May 24, 2014, 5:45 AM MDT
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Lea County, NM

The radar

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:52 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 185 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 2014-05-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1176 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2014-05-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 117 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
1176 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-96 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1419 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
117 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
264 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
3.0

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The text

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

823 
WUUS54 KMAF 241049
SVRMAF
NMC025-241145-
/O.NEW.KMAF.SV.W.0049.140524T1049Z-140524T1145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
449 AM MDT SAT MAY 24 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 545 AM MDT

* AT 445 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
  HAIL.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9
  MILES NORTH OF CROSSROADS TO MCDONALD...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
  FROM 27 MILES NORTH OF TATUM TO 6 MILES SOUTH OF TATUM...MOVING
  EAST AT 15 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
  GLADIOLA...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER... HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
MIDLAND.

&&

LAT...LON 3356 10305 3308 10306 3308 10335 3357 10335
      3357 10305
TIME...MOT...LOC 1050Z 270DEG 13KT 3364 10328 3317 10326

$$
2 follow-up statements
278 
WWUS54 KMAF 241115
SVSMAF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
515 AM MDT SAT MAY 24 2014

NMC025-241145-
/O.CON.KMAF.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-140524T1145Z/
LEA-
515 AM MDT SAT MAY 24 2014

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 AM MDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN LEA COUNTY...

AT 513 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
DETECT A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER
SIZE HAIL.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 13
MILES NORTHEAST OF CROSSROADS TO 6 MILES SOUTH OF GLADIOLA...OR ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM 28 MILES NORTH OF TATUM TO 11 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF TATUM...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE...
NORTHEASTERN LEA COUNTY AND EXTREME NORTHEASTERN LEA COUNTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER... HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
MIDLAND.

&&

LAT...LON 3356 10305 3308 10306 3308 10335 3357 10335
      3357 10305
TIME...MOT...LOC 1115Z 270DEG 13KT 3364 10317 3317 10315

$$
889 
WWUS54 KMAF 241131 RRA
SVSMAF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
531 AM MDT SAT MAY 24 2014

NMC025-241142-
/O.CAN.KMAF.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-140524T1145Z/
LEA-
531 AM MDT SAT MAY 24 2014

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN LEA COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

AT 532 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT
THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAD WEAKENED.
THEREFORE THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 3356 10305 3308 10306 3308 10335 3357 10335
      3357 10305
TIME...MOT...LOC 1132Z 270DEG 13KT 3364 10310 3317 10308

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 23, 6:07 PM MDTTornado WarningMAFEddy23 min
May 23, 6:28 PM MDTTornado WarningMAFEddy17 min
May 23, 6:29 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFEddy3 hr
May 23, 6:34 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEddy56 min
May 23, 6:43 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFLea32 min
May 23, 6:44 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEddy61 min
May 23, 6:59 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningMAFEddy4 hr
May 23, 7:06 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFLea54 min
May 23, 7:22 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFEddy23 min
May 23, 7:28 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEddy, Lea62 min
May 23, 7:30 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEddy60 min
May 23, 8:23 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFLea22 min
May 23, 8:31 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFLea29 min
May 23, 8:36 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFLea54 min
May 23, 9:58 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFLea32 min
May 23, 10:03 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEddy, Lea57 min
May 23, 11:02 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFLea43 min
May 23, 11:31 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningMAFEddy6 hr
May 23, 11:44 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEddy61 min
May 24, 12:45 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEddy60 min
May 24, 1:00 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEddy60 min
May 24, 1:14 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEddy61 min
May 24, 1:45 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEddy60 min
May 24, 2:23 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEddy67 min
May 24, 2:45 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEddy, Lea60 min
May 24, 3:31 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEddy, Lea59 min
May 24, 3:43 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFLea62 min
May 24, 4:30 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEddy, Lea60 min
May 24, 5:42 AM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFLea4 hr
May 24, 9:22 AM MDTFlash Flood WarningMAFEddy4 hr
May 24, 3:41 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFEddy3 hr

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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.