Alert archive / New Mexico / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 168, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 2021, 5:52 PM MDT for Lea County, New Mexico. It was in force for 53 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 26, 2021, 5:52 PM MDT (23:52 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 2021, 6:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.75 in
- Wind
- 70.0 mph
County Lea County, NM
The radar
The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 183 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
- 1728 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -233 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1154 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 14 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted.
278
WUUS54 KMAF 262352
SVRMAF
NMC025-270045-
/O.NEW.KMAF.SV.W.0168.210526T2352Z-210527T0045Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
552 PM MDT Wed May 26 2021
The National Weather Service in Midland has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northern Lea County in southeastern New Mexico...
* Until 645 PM MDT.
* At 551 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 10 miles west of
Tatum, moving northeast at 40 mph.
HAZARD...Golf ball size hail and 70 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail
damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect
considerable tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to
mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.
* Locations impacted include...
Tatum, McDonald, Crossroads, Gladiola and Tatum Airport.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3321 10306 3300 10350 3325 10367 3357 10349
3357 10306
TIME...MOT...LOC 2351Z 220DEG 35KT 3321 10348
HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...70MPH
$$
881 follow-up statement
728
WWUS54 KMAF 270008
SVSMAF
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
608 PM MDT Wed May 26 2021
NMC025-270045-
/O.CON.KMAF.SV.W.0168.000000T0000Z-210527T0045Z/
Lea NM-
608 PM MDT Wed May 26 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM MDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN LEA COUNTY...
At 608 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Tatum, moving
northeast at 40 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Tatum, McDonald, Crossroads, Gladiola and Tatum Airport.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3321 10306 3304 10343 3333 10357 3341 10350
3352 10337 3357 10306
TIME...MOT...LOC 0008Z 220DEG 35KT 3334 10335
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
88The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 4:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Lea | 61 min |
| May 26, 5:27 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Lea | 33 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.