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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 168, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

May 26, 2021Lea County, New Mexico

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.

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

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 2021-05-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1728 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 2021-05-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 78 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
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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

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
 
$$

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1 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
 
$$

88

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 26, 4:44 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFLea61 min
May 26, 5:27 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFLea33 min

Nearby

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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.