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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 131, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

May 23, 2021Eddy County, New Mexico

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 23, 2021, 7:18 PM MDT for Eddy County, New Mexico. It was in force for 42 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 23, 2021, 7:18 PM MDT (01:18 UTC)
Expired
May 23, 2021, 8:00 PM MDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.25 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Eddy County, NM

The radar

The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 178 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:23 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 nearest sounding before it

Santa Teresa, NM (KEPZ), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 214 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Santa Teresa, NM at 00:00Z on 2021-05-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Santa Teresa, NM at 00:00Z on 2021-05-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 36 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
4094 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
36 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
122 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

452 
WUUS54 KMAF 240118
SVRMAF
NMC015-240200-
/O.NEW.KMAF.SV.W.0131.210524T0118Z-210524T0200Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
718 PM MDT Sun May 23 2021

The National Weather Service in Midland has issued a

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

* Until 800 PM MDT.

* At 717 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Carlsbad
  Caverns National Park, or 23 miles southwest of Carlsbad, moving
  north at 25 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...
  Carlsbad, Carlsbad Caverns National Park and Cavern City Air
  Terminal.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

Heavy rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to flash 
flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3207 10449 3209 10465 3248 10466 3247 10441
      3240 10418
TIME...MOT...LOC 0117Z 200DEG 23KT 3219 10455 

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

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1 follow-up statement
104 
WWUS54 KMAF 240146
SVSMAF

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
746 PM MDT Sun May 23 2021

NMC015-240200-
/O.CON.KMAF.SV.W.0131.000000T0000Z-210524T0200Z/
Eddy NM-
746 PM MDT Sun May 23 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM MDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN EDDY COUNTY...

At 745 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Carlsbad
Caverns National Park, or 23 miles southwest of Carlsbad, 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...
Carlsbad, Carlsbad Caverns National Park and Cavern City Air
Terminal.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

Heavy rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to flash 
flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3210 10446 3211 10459 3248 10462 3247 10441
      3240 10418
TIME...MOT...LOC 0145Z 228DEG 8KT 3215 10450 

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

89

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 23, 7:03 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFEddy42 min
May 23, 7:22 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFEddy38 min
May 23, 7:31 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEddy, Lea32 min
May 23, 7:59 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFEddy46 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.