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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

May 29, 2016Eddy County, New Mexico

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 29, 2016, 4:23 PM MDT for Eddy County, New Mexico. It was in force for 37 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 29, 2016, 4:23 PM MDT (22:23 UTC)
Expired
May 29, 2016, 5:00 PM MDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
50.0 mph

County Eddy County, NM

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 187 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:25 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
May 29, 4:25 PM MDTHAIL 12 Ne Carlsbad, NMREPORTED NEAR HWY62 NE OF CARLSBAD.
May 29, 4:25 PM MDTHAIL 1.52 N Carlsbad, 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
May 29, 2:57 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 186 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 12:00Z on 2016-05-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1377 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, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 2016-05-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 199 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1377 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-135 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
789 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
199 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
258 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.1
Supercell composite
-2.2

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The text

As transmitted.

203 
WUUS54 KMAF 292223
SVRMAF
NMC015-292300-
/O.NEW.KMAF.SV.W.0113.160529T2223Z-160529T2300Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
423 PM MDT SUN MAY 29 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND  HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL EDDY COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO...

* UNTIL 500 PM MDT

* AT 423 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR OTIS...OR
  NEAR CARLSBAD...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

  HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS. 

  IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  CARLSBAD...CARLSBAD NORTH AND OTIS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 3235 10424 3246 10425 3265 10392 3234 10379
TIME...MOT...LOC 2223Z 258DEG 20KT 3241 10416 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$

05
1 follow-up statement
271 
WWUS54 KMAF 292256
SVSMAF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
456 PM MDT SUN MAY 29 2016

NMC015-292305-
/O.EXP.KMAF.SV.W.0113.000000T0000Z-160529T2300Z/
EDDY NM-
456 PM MDT SUN MAY 29 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL EDDY COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 500 PM MDT...
    
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM MDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO.

LAT...LON 3235 10424 3246 10425 3265 10392 3234 10379
TIME...MOT...LOC 2253Z 258DEG 20KT 3241 10416 

$$

05

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 29, 2:17 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFEddy43 min
May 29, 2:30 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFEddy45 min
May 29, 2:52 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFEddy3 hr
May 29, 2:59 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFEddy46 min
May 29, 3:14 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEddy9 min
May 29, 3:29 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFEddy46 min
May 29, 3:43 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFEddy47 min
May 29, 4:51 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEddy, Lea39 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.