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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 134, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

May 23, 2021Eddy County, Lea County, New Mexico

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 23, 2021, 7:31 PM MDT for Eddy County, Lea County, New Mexico. It was in force for 32 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, 7:31 PM MDT (01:31 UTC)
Expired
May 23, 2021, 8:03 PM MDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Eddy County, NM, Lea County, NM

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 180 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 179 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, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2021-05-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1300 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2021-05-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 17 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1300 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-43 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1694 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
17 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
84 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
7.2

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The text

As transmitted.

253 
WUUS54 KMAF 240131
SVRMAF
NMC015-025-240215-
/O.NEW.KMAF.SV.W.0134.210524T0131Z-210524T0215Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Midland has issued a

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

* Until 815 PM MDT.

* At 731 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 11 miles east of
  Carlsbad North, or 13 miles northeast of Carlsbad, moving north at
  25 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...
  Lea County Zip Franklin Memorial Airport and Loco Hills. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3240 10398 3244 10412 3283 10408 3280 10388
      3267 10366
TIME...MOT...LOC 0131Z 200DEG 23KT 3249 10402 

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

89
2 follow-up statements
098 
WWUS54 KMAF 240139
SVSMAF

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

NMC015-025-240215-
/O.CON.KMAF.SV.W.0134.000000T0000Z-210524T0215Z/
Eddy NM-Lea NM-
739 PM MDT Sun May 23 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM MDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN EDDY AND SOUTHWESTERN LEA COUNTIES...

At 738 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 14 miles east of
Avalon, or 16 miles northeast of Carlsbad, moving north at 25 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...
Lea County Zip Franklin Memorial Airport and Loco Hills. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3243 10396 3247 10410 3283 10408 3280 10388
      3267 10366
TIME...MOT...LOC 0138Z 200DEG 23KT 3254 10400 

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

89
726 
WWUS54 KMAF 240203
SVSMAF

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

NMC015-025-240213-
/O.CAN.KMAF.SV.W.0134.000000T0000Z-210524T0215Z/
Eddy NM-Lea NM-
803 PM MDT Sun May 23 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN EDDY AND
SOUTHWESTERN LEA COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

LAT...LON 3243 10396 3247 10410 3283 10408 3280 10388
      3267 10366
TIME...MOT...LOC 0202Z 200DEG 23KT 3269 10393 

$$

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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, 7:18 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEddy42 min
May 23, 7:22 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFEddy38 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.