Alert archive / New Mexico / Tornado Warnings in 2019
Tornado Warning 3, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at Mar 12, 2019, 6:44 PM MDT for Eddy County, Lea County, New Mexico. It was in force for 31 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
- Mar 12, 2019, 6:44 PM MDT (00:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 12, 2019, 7:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 2.0 in
Counties Eddy County, NM, Lea County, NM
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 154 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 12, 3:36 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 153 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
- 593 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -112 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 844 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 63 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 337 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 461 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.8
- Supercell composite
- 6.4
The text
As transmitted.
743
WFUS54 KMAF 130044
TORMAF
NMC015-025-130115-
/O.NEW.KMAF.TO.W.0003.190313T0044Z-190313T0115Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
644 PM MDT TUE MAR 12 2019
The National Weather Service in Midland has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
East central Eddy County in southeastern New Mexico...
Southwestern Lea County in southeastern New Mexico...
* Until 715 PM MDT.
* At 644 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 21 miles northeast of Loving, moving east at 45 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and hail up to two inches in diameter.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed.
Damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree
damage is likely.
* This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
east central Eddy and southwestern Lea Counties, including the
following locations... Halfway.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3232 10384 3249 10390 3275 10354 3230 10349
TIME...MOT...LOC 0044Z 251DEG 39KT 3244 10377
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.00IN
$$
721 follow-up statement
991
WWUS54 KMAF 130101
SVSMAF
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
701 PM MDT TUE MAR 12 2019
NMC015-025-130115-
/O.CON.KMAF.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-190313T0115Z/
Eddy NM-Lea NM-
701 PM MDT TUE MAR 12 2019
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM MDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL EDDY AND SOUTHWESTERN LEA COUNTIES...
At 700 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 16 miles west of Monument, or 24 miles west of Eunice,
moving northeast at 45 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and golf ball size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
Locations impacted include...
Halfway.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3232 10384 3249 10390 3275 10354 3230 10349
TIME...MOT...LOC 0100Z 237DEG 48KT 3257 10354
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 12, 6:09 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy | 51 min |
| Mar 12, 6:16 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy, Lea | 59 min |
| Mar 12, 6:20 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Eddy | 25 min |
| Mar 12, 6:27 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy | 48 min |
| Mar 12, 7:05 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy, Lea | 40 min |
| Mar 12, 7:16 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Lea | 29 min |
| Mar 12, 7:39 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Lea | 36 min |
| Mar 12, 7:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Lea | 45 min |
| Mar 12, 8:04 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Eddy, Lea | 3 hr |
| Mar 12, 8:21 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Lea | 24 min |
| Mar 13, 4:17 AM MDT | Wind Advisory | MAF | Lea | 26 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.