Alert archive / New Mexico / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 131, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
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.
- 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
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
$$
891 follow-up statement
104
WWUS54 KMAF 240146
SVSMAF
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
746 PM MDT Sun May 23 2021
NMC015-240200-
/O.CON.KMAF.SV.W.0131.000000T0000Z-210524T0200Z/
Eddy NM-
746 PM MDT Sun May 23 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM MDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN EDDY COUNTY...
At 745 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Carlsbad
Caverns National Park, or 23 miles southwest of Carlsbad, moving
northeast at 10 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Carlsbad, Carlsbad Caverns National Park and Cavern City Air
Terminal.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Heavy rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to flash
flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 3210 10446 3211 10459 3248 10462 3247 10441
3240 10418
TIME...MOT...LOC 0145Z 228DEG 8KT 3215 10450
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
89The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 7:03 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Eddy | 42 min |
| May 23, 7:22 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Eddy | 38 min |
| May 23, 7:31 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy, Lea | 32 min |
| May 23, 7:59 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Eddy | 46 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.