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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 213, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

May 30, 2021Lea County, New Mexico

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 30, 2021, 5:33 PM MDT for Lea County, New Mexico. It was in force for 57 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 30, 2021, 5:33 PM MDT (23:33 UTC)
Expired: May 30, 2021, 6:30 PM MDT
In force: 57 min
Issued by: NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Possible
Hail: 1.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Lea County, NM

The radar

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:33 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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 30, 5:03 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 189 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 122 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -428 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 814 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -69 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -5 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

904 
WUUS54 KMAF 302333
SVRMAF
NMC025-310030-
/O.NEW.KMAF.SV.W.0213.210530T2333Z-210531T0030Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
533 PM MDT Sun May 30 2021

The National Weather Service in Midland has issued a

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

* Until 630 PM MDT.

* At 533 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Crossroads,
  or 17 miles north of Tatum, moving east at 20 mph.

  HAZARD...Golf ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail 
           damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect 
           wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Crossroads.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3338 10305 3334 10306 3335 10352 3357 10340
      3357 10305
TIME...MOT...LOC 2333Z 265DEG 16KT 3350 10325 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

88

2 follow-up statements

588 
WWUS54 KMAF 302347
SVSMAF

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
547 PM MDT Sun May 30 2021

NMC025-310030-
/O.CON.KMAF.SV.W.0213.000000T0000Z-210531T0030Z/
Lea NM-
547 PM MDT Sun May 30 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM MDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN LEA COUNTY...

At 547 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 9 miles southwest of
Bledsoe, or 23 miles north of Tatum, moving northeast at 25 mph.

HAZARD...Ping pong ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail 
         damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind 
         damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
Crossroads.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3338 10305 3334 10306 3335 10352 3357 10340
      3357 10305
TIME...MOT...LOC 2347Z 237DEG 22KT 3357 10317 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

88

185 
WWUS54 KMAF 310001
SVSMAF

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
601 PM MDT Sun May 30 2021

NMC025-310030-
/O.CON.KMAF.SV.W.0213.000000T0000Z-210531T0030Z/
Lea NM-
601 PM MDT Sun May 30 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM MDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN LEA COUNTY...

At 601 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Bledsoe, or 21
miles southwest of Morton, moving east at 20 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...
Crossroads.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3338 10305 3334 10306 3335 10340 3357 10340
      3357 10305
TIME...MOT...LOC 0001Z 265DEG 16KT 3358 10309 

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

88

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 30, 4:16 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Lea	59 min
May 30, 5:13 PM MDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	MAF	Lea	20 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.