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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

April 8, 2016Eddy County, New Mexico

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 8, 2016, 11:44 PM MDT for Eddy County, New Mexico. It was in force for 61 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: Apr 8, 2016, 11:44 PM MDT (05:44 UTC)
Expired: Apr 9, 2016, 12:45 AM MDT
In force: 61 min
Issued by: NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Eddy County, NM

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 187 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:45 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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Apr 8, 11:45 PM MDT	HAIL 1	Loving, NM

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

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 5.7 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 2456 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 35 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 187 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

985 
WUUS54 KMAF 090544
SVRMAF
NMC015-090645-
/O.NEW.KMAF.SV.W.0004.160409T0544Z-160409T0645Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1144 PM MDT FRI APR 8 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND  HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1245 AM MDT

* AT 1143 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LOVING...OR
  9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CARLSBAD...MOVING NORTH AT 45 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE 
           TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  CARLSBAD...CARLSBAD NORTH...LOVING...MALAGA...AVALON...CAVERN CITY AIR
  TERMINAL...LAKE AVALON...OTIS...LOCO HILLS...LOCO HILLS LANDING FIELD
  AND LIVING DESERT STATE PARK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3246 10382 3219 10404 3226 10428 3269 10429
      3296 10421 3297 10382
TIME...MOT...LOC 0543Z 199DEG 37KT 3228 10415 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

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1 follow-up statement

371 
WWUS54 KMAF 090621
SVSMAF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1221 AM MDT SAT APR 9 2016

NMC015-090645-
/O.CON.KMAF.SV.W.0004.000000T0000Z-160409T0645Z/
EDDY NM-
1221 AM MDT SAT APR 9 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 AM MDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN EDDY COUNTY...

AT 1221 AM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 13 MILES WEST OF
HALFWAY...OR 17 MILES NORTHEAST OF CARLSBAD NORTH...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 35 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO 
         ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LOCO HILLS AND LOCO HILLS LANDING FIELD. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3252 10384 3251 10394 3252 10406 3269 10429
      3296 10421 3297 10382
TIME...MOT...LOC 0621Z 207DEG 31KT 3258 10397 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 8, 10:56 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Eddy	64 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.