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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 124, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

May 22, 2021Eddy County, New Mexico

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 22, 2021, 4:14 PM MDT for Eddy County, New Mexico. It was in force for 46 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, 4:14 PM MDT (22:14 UTC)
Expired: May 22, 2021, 5:00 PM MDT
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Possible
Hail: 1.25 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Eddy County, NM

The radar

The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 135 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 203 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: 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

196 
WUUS54 KMAF 222214
SVRMAF
NMC015-222300-
/O.NEW.KMAF.SV.W.0124.210522T2214Z-210522T2300Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
414 PM MDT Sat May 22 2021

The National Weather Service in Midland has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  West central Eddy County in southeastern New Mexico...

* Until 500 PM MDT.

* At 412 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 15 miles south of
  Hope, moving north 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.

* This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
  west central Eddy County.

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 3280 10484 3272 10449 3252 10479 3253 10484
TIME...MOT...LOC 2212Z 186DEG 7KT 3260 10481 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

89

2 follow-up statements

769 
WWUS54 KMAF 222231
SVSMAF

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
431 PM MDT Sat May 22 2021

NMC015-222300-
/O.CON.KMAF.SV.W.0124.000000T0000Z-210522T2300Z/
Eddy NM-
431 PM MDT Sat May 22 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM MDT
FOR WEST CENTRAL EDDY COUNTY...

At 430 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 12 miles south of
Hope, moving north at 10 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.

This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of west
central Eddy County.

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 3280 10484 3272 10449 3255 10474 3257 10484
TIME...MOT...LOC 2230Z 186DEG 7KT 3264 10481 

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

89

112 
WWUS54 KMAF 222247
SVSMAF

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
447 PM MDT Sat May 22 2021

NMC015-222300-
/O.CON.KMAF.SV.W.0124.000000T0000Z-210522T2300Z/
Eddy NM-
447 PM MDT Sat May 22 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM MDT
FOR WEST CENTRAL EDDY COUNTY...

At 447 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 10 miles southwest
of Hope, moving north at 10 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.

This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of west
central Eddy County.

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 3280 10484 3272 10449 3260 10467 3266 10484
TIME...MOT...LOC 2247Z 186DEG 7KT 3267 10481 

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

89

The 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, 3:21 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Eddy	54 min
May 22, 3:43 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Eddy	47 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.