Alert archive / New Mexico / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 123, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 22, 2021, 3:21 PM MDT for Eddy County, New Mexico. It was in force for 54 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
- May 22, 2021, 3:21 PM MDT (21:21 UTC)
- Expired
- May 22, 2021, 4:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Possible
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Eddy County, NM
The radar
The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:25 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 12:42 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Santa Teresa, NM (KEPZ), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 199 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
- 3028 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 200 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
719
WUUS54 KMAF 222121
SVRMAF
NMC015-222215-
/O.NEW.KMAF.SV.W.0123.210522T2121Z-210522T2215Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
321 PM MDT Sat May 22 2021
The National Weather Service in Midland has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northwestern Eddy County in southeastern New Mexico...
* Until 415 PM MDT.
* At 320 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 15 miles north of
Lincoln National Forest, or 19 miles south of Hope, moving
northeast at 15 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...
Hope.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 900 PM MDT for southeastern
New Mexico.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3252 10484 3276 10484 3290 10474 3269 10440
3245 10482 3248 10485 3252 10485
TIME...MOT...LOC 2120Z 218DEG 14KT 3255 10483
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
892 follow-up statements
110
WWUS54 KMAF 222131
SVSMAF
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
331 PM MDT Sat May 22 2021
NMC015-222215-
/O.CON.KMAF.SV.W.0123.000000T0000Z-210522T2215Z/
Eddy NM-
331 PM MDT Sat May 22 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM MDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN EDDY COUNTY...
At 331 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 16 miles south of
Hope, moving northeast at 15 mph.
HAZARD...Golf ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail
damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind
damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Hope.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 900 PM MDT for southeastern
New Mexico.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3253 10484 3276 10484 3290 10474 3269 10440
3248 10477 3252 10485
TIME...MOT...LOC 2131Z 218DEG 13KT 3258 10481
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
89233
WWUS54 KMAF 222202
SVSMAF
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
402 PM MDT Sat May 22 2021
NMC015-222215-
/O.CON.KMAF.SV.W.0123.000000T0000Z-210522T2215Z/
Eddy NM-
402 PM MDT Sat May 22 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM MDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN EDDY COUNTY...
At 402 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 16 miles south of
Hope, moving northeast at 10 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Hope.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 900 PM MDT for southeastern
New Mexico.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3253 10484 3276 10484 3290 10474 3269 10440
3250 10473
TIME...MOT...LOC 2202Z 220DEG 7KT 3258 10480
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
89The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 21, 6:31 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Lea | 44 min |
| May 21, 7:52 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Lea | 53 min |
| May 22, 3:43 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Eddy | 47 min |
| May 22, 4:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy | 46 min |
| May 22, 4:29 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Eddy | 46 min |
| May 22, 4:38 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy | 37 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.