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Freeze Warning 4, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this freeze warning at Nov 4, 2021, 2:10 AM MDT for Lea County, New Mexico. It was in force for 7 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 4, 2021, 2:10 AM MDT (08:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 4, 2021, 9:00 AM MDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
County Lea County, NM
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 149 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 147 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 737 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -67 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
354 WWUS74 KMAF 040810 NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX 310 AM CDT Thu Nov 4 2021 NMZ029-041500- /O.NEW.KMAF.HZ.W.0001.211104T0810Z-211104T1500Z/ Northern Lea County- Including the city of Tatum 210 AM MDT Thu Nov 4 2021 ...HARD FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MDT THIS MORNING... * WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 27 for the first time this season. * WHERE...Northern Lea County. * WHEN...Until 9 AM MDT this morning. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions will kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold. To prevent freezing and possible bursting of outdoor water pipes they should be wrapped, drained, or allowed to drip slowly. Those that have in-ground sprinkler systems should drain them and cover above- ground pipes to protect them from freezing. && $$ NMZ033-041500- /O.NEW.KMAF.FZ.W.0004.211104T0810Z-211104T1500Z/ Central Lea County- Including the cities of Hobbs and Lovington 210 AM MDT Thu Nov 4 2021 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MDT THIS MORNING... * WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 30 for the first time this season. * WHERE...Central Lea County. * WHEN...Until 9 AM MDT this morning. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions will kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold. To prevent freezing and possible bursting of outdoor water pipes they should be wrapped, drained, or allowed to drip slowly. Those that have in-ground sprinkler systems should drain them and cover above- ground pipes to protect them from freezing. && $$ For more information from the National Weather Service visit https://weather.gov/maf
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 4, 2:10 AM MDT | Hard Freeze Warning | MAF | Lea | 7 hr |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.