Alert archive / New Mexico / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2014
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 72, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 2014, 10:30 PM MDT for Lea County, New Mexico. It was in force for 60 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
- May 24, 2014, 10:30 PM MDT (04:30 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 2014, 11:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Lea County, NM
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 142 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 11:00 PM MDT | HAIL 1.75 | N Hobbs, NM | |
| May 24, 11:10 PM MDT | HAIL 1 | Hobbs, NM |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
Did it verify
Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched 2 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 30 minutes after it went out.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
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 24, 8:38 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 141 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
- 953 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -124 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 848 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 245 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 200 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
137 WUUS54 KMAF 250430 SVRMAF NMC025-250530- /O.NEW.KMAF.SV.W.0072.140525T0430Z-140525T0530Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 1030 PM MDT SAT MAY 24 2014 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CENTRAL LEA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO... * UNTIL 1130 PM MDT * AT 1029 PM MDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE... DAMAGING HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTH OF BUCKEYE...OR 19 MILES SOUTH OF LOVINGTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... HUMBLE CITY... KNOWLES... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM MDT SUNDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS. && LAT...LON 3271 10306 3257 10349 3289 10369 3329 10306 TIME...MOT...LOC 0431Z 232DEG 36KT 3271 10346 $$
2 follow-up statements
702 WWUS54 KMAF 250505 SVSMAF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 1105 PM MDT SAT MAY 24 2014 NMC025-250530- /O.CON.KMAF.SV.W.0072.000000T0000Z-140525T0530Z/ LEA- 1105 PM MDT SAT MAY 24 2014 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 PM MDT FOR CENTRAL LEA COUNTY... AT 1102 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO DETECT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR KNOWLES...OR ABOUT 11 MILES EAST OF LOVINGTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE...EAST CENTRAL LEA COUNTY AND EXTREME EAST CENTRAL LEA COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM MDT SUNDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS. && LAT...LON 3271 10306 3257 10349 3289 10369 3329 10306 TIME...MOT...LOC 0505Z 232DEG 36KT 3292 10314 $$
040 WWUS54 KMAF 250526 SVSMAF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 1126 PM MDT SAT MAY 24 2014 NMC025-250536- /O.EXP.KMAF.SV.W.0072.000000T0000Z-140525T0530Z/ LEA- 1126 PM MDT SAT MAY 24 2014 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL LEA COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 1130 PM MDT... AT 1126 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAD EXITED THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM MDT SUNDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM MDT SUNDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWEST TEXAS. && LAT...LON 3271 10306 3257 10349 3289 10369 3329 10306 TIME...MOT...LOC 0526Z 232DEG 36KT 3305 10294 $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 24, 8:57 PM MDT, 1 hour 33 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 24, 8:57 PM MDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
957 PM CDT Sat May 24 2014
.DISCUSSION...
Changes are being made to the watches, TOR watch 181 is being
replaced with SVR watch 183 across SE NM, W/NW PB, and cntrl PB. Also
the TOR watch is expiring across the Srn PB and most of the Lower
Trans Pecos, however Terrell Co will be included in the new watch.
Large scale ascent is evident in cooling tops to west and vigorous
convection across SE NM. High resolution models continue to develop
precip into the night across the PB. Tornado threat has mostly diminished
with convection now to be mostly elevated. Products are being updated.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
ANDREWS TX 82 63 79 63 / 70 70 70 40
BIG SPRING TX 86 65 77 65 / 70 70 70 60
CARLSBAD NM 85 60 84 61 / 60 40 40 20
DRYDEN TX 95 69 86 68 / 30 40 40 40
FORT STOCKTON TX 89 66 86 65 / 40 40 40 40
GUADALUPE PASS TX 80 55 77 57 / 40 30 30 20
HOBBS NM 82 60 80 61 / 70 70 60 30
MARFA TX 88 55 82 54 / 30 30 30 20
MIDLAND INTL AIRPORT TX 84 65 79 65 / 70 70 60 50
ODESSA TX 83 65 80 64 / 60 60 60 50
WINK TX 86 65 87 65 / 60 60 60 30
&&
.MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NM...FLASH FLOOD WATCH through Sunday afternoon FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES... Central Lea County...Eddy County Plains...
Guadalupe Mountains of Eddy County...Northern Lea County...
Southern Lea County.
TX...FLASH FLOOD WATCH through Sunday evening FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES... Andrews...Borden...Crane...Dawson...Ector...
Gaines...Glasscock...Howard...Loving...Martin...Midland...
Mitchell...Reagan...Scurry...Upton...Ward...Winkler.
&&Hazardous weather outlook, May 24, 9:13 PM MDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 1013 PM CDT SAT MAY 24 2014 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-260315- GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-EDDY COUNTY PLAINS- NORTHERN LEA COUNTY-CENTRAL LEA COUNTY-SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY-GAINES- DAWSON-BORDEN-SCURRY-ANDREWS-MARTIN-HOWARD-MITCHELL- VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR-REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS- LOVING-WINKLER-ECTOR-MIDLAND-GLASSCOCK-WARD-CRANE-UPTON-REAGAN- DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA-PECOS-PRESIDIO VALLEY-MARFA PLATEAU- BIG BEND AREA-TERRELL-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- 1013 PM CDT SAT MAY 24 2014 /913 PM MDT SAT MAY 24 2014/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND WEST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TO CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA. ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY FREQUENT LIGHTNING...HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. SOME STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE...WITH HAIL TO THE SIZE OF GOLF BALLS OR LARGER...AND DAMAGING WINDS TO AROUND 65 MPH. HEAVY RAINFALL RATES OF ONE TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE STRONGER STORMS...RESULTING IN LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT NORTH OF THE PECOS...INCLUDING ALL EDDY COUNTY...THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TUESDAY OVER ALL OF WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE...RESULTING IN LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT NORTH OF THE PECOS...INCLUDING ALL EDDY COUNTY...THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS LIKELY INTO THE EVENING. THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WATCHES...WARNINGS...ADVISORIES... AND STATEMENTS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN MIDLAND CAN BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET AT /LOWER CASE/ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MIDLAND
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 24, 7:55 PM MDT, 2 hours 35 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
855 PM CDT SAT MAY 24 2014
TXZ075-082-250230-
PECOS-TERRELL-
855 PM CDT SAT MAY 24 2014
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR A STRONG THUNDERSTORM AFFECTING
EAST CENTRAL PECOS AND NORTHEASTERN TERRELL COUNTIES UNTIL 930 PM
CDT...
THE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES SOUTH OF SHEFFIELD AT 855 PM
CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN ADDITION TO HAIL AND STRONG WINDS... DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER... YOU
ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. SEEK SAFE SHELTER NOW.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS.
&&
LAT...LON 3052 10168 3047 10169 3045 10172 3042 10174
3038 10183 3053 10198 3074 10182 3070 10180
3068 10177 3066 10176 3065 10170 3062 10165
3059 10166 3055 10164
TIME...MOT...LOC 0155Z 226DEG 19KT 3054 10179Special weather statement, May 24, 9:00 PM MDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1000 PM CDT SAT MAY 24 2014
TXZ075-082-250330-
PECOS-TERRELL-
1000 PM CDT SAT MAY 24 2014
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTING
EAST CENTRAL PECOS AND NORTHEASTERN TERRELL COUNTIES UNTIL 1030 PM
CDT...
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SHEFFIELD AT
1000 PM CDT...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN ADDITION TO HAIL AND STRONG WINDS... DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER... YOU
ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. SEEK SAFE SHELTER NOW.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS.
&&
LAT...LON 3050 10180 3057 10199 3088 10188 3088 10187
3086 10185 3081 10183 3076 10183 3075 10181
3070 10180 3068 10177 3066 10176 3065 10170
3064 10168
TIME...MOT...LOC 0300Z 201DEG 15KT 3062 10186Local storm report, May 24, 9:32 PM MDT, 58 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1032 PM CDT SAT MAY 24 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0935 PM HAIL 1 S SEVEN RIVERS 32.58N 104.42W
05/24/2014 E2.75 INCH EDDY NM TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
GREGORY.MURDOCHLocal storm report, May 24, 9:35 PM MDT, 55 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1035 PM CDT SAT MAY 24 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1001 PM HAIL 4 SW CARLSBAD 32.36N 104.29W
05/24/2014 E1.75 INCH EDDY NM TRAINED SPOTTER
AT CAVERNS CITY AIRPORT.
&&
GREGORY.MURDOCHSpecial weather statement, May 24, 9:48 PM MDT, 42 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1048 PM CDT SAT MAY 24 2014
TXZ075-250430-
PECOS-
1048 PM CDT SAT MAY 24 2014
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTING
EAST CENTRAL PECOS COUNTY UNTIL 1130 PM CDT...
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 17 MILES SOUTHWEST OF IRAAN AT 1048
PM CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THIS STORM WILL CROSS
INTERSTATE 10 IN BETWEEN BAKERSFIELD AND SHEFFIELD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN ADDITION TO HAIL AND STRONG WINDS... DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED. 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 400 AM CDT SUNDAY
MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS. A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CDT SUNDAY
MORNING FOR SOUTHWEST TEXAS.
&&
LAT...LON 3065 10189 3066 10220 3100 10210 3099 10208
3100 10206 3100 10203 3099 10202 3099 10198
3092 10187 3089 10188 3086 10185 3081 10183
3076 10182
TIME...MOT...LOC 0348Z 208DEG 31KT 3072 10202
HUFFMANLocal storm report, May 24, 10:00 PM MDT, 30 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1100 PM CDT SAT MAY 24 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1048 PM HAIL 9 NE CARLSBAD 32.50N 104.13W
05/24/2014 E1.00 INCH EDDY NM PUBLIC
PUBLIC REPORTS QUARTER SIZE HAIL ALONG US HWY 62/180
NORTHEAST OF CARLSBAD
&&
MHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 7:32 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy | 58 min |
| May 24, 7:37 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy | 53 min |
| May 24, 7:47 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Eddy | 3 hr |
| May 24, 8:27 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Eddy | 5 hr |
| May 24, 8:31 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy | 59 min |
| May 24, 8:33 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy | 57 min |
| May 24, 9:32 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy, Lea | 58 min |
| May 24, 11:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Lea | 61 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Mexico, 2014Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2014
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.