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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 18, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

March 22, 2021Lea County, New Mexico

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 22, 2021, 2:57 PM MDT for Lea County, New Mexico. It was in force for 63 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
Mar 22, 2021, 2:57 PM MDT (20:57 UTC)
Expired
Mar 22, 2021, 4:00 PM MDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
70.0 mph

County Lea County, NM

The radar

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 156 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:58 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, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 175 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 2021-03-22Temperature 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, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 2021-03-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 67 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
2018 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
67 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
60 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

167 
WUUS54 KMAF 222057
SVRMAF
NMC025-222200-
/O.NEW.KMAF.SV.W.0018.210322T2057Z-210322T2200Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
257 PM MDT Mon Mar 22 2021

The National Weather Service in Midland has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northern Lea County in southeastern New Mexico...

* Until 400 PM MDT.

* At 256 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 10 miles west of
  Tatum, moving southeast at 30 mph.

  HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to 
           mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.

* Locations impacted include...
  Lovington, 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 3294 10306 3276 10345 3309 10377 3329 10377
      3357 10358 3357 10306
TIME...MOT...LOC 2056Z 294DEG 24KT 3331 10348 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

72
1 follow-up statement
051 
WWUS54 KMAF 222121
SVSMAF

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
321 PM MDT Mon Mar 22 2021

NMC025-222200-
/O.CON.KMAF.SV.W.0018.000000T0000Z-210322T2200Z/
Lea NM-
321 PM MDT Mon Mar 22 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM MDT
FOR NORTHERN LEA COUNTY...

At 320 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Tatum, moving
southeast at 30 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
Lovington, 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 3294 10306 3276 10345 3309 10377 3329 10377
      3357 10358 3357 10306
TIME...MOT...LOC 2120Z 294DEG 24KT 3324 10330 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

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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.