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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 250, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

June 2, 2021Eddy County, Lea County, New Mexico

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 2021, 5:43 PM MDT for Eddy County, Lea County, New Mexico. It was in force for 62 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
Jun 2, 2021, 5:43 PM MDT (23:43 UTC)
Expired
Jun 2, 2021, 6:45 PM MDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.25 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Eddy County, NM, Lea County, NM

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 165 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:45 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 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 163 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 2021-06-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1221 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 2021-06-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 58 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1221 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-73 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
848 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
58 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
48 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.6

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The text

As transmitted.

133 
WUUS54 KMAF 022343
SVRMAF
NMC015-025-030045-
/O.NEW.KMAF.SV.W.0250.210602T2343Z-210603T0045Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
543 PM MDT Wed Jun 2 2021

The National Weather Service in Midland has issued a

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

* Until 645 PM MDT.

* At 543 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 16 miles northeast
  of Avalon, or 20 miles northeast of Carlsbad, moving east at 25
  mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage 
           to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Halfway.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3254 10414 3272 10404 3273 10341 3248 10339
      3225 10361
TIME...MOT...LOC 2343Z 280DEG 21KT 3262 10400 

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

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1 follow-up statement
546 
WWUS54 KMAF 022356
SVSMAF

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
556 PM MDT Wed Jun 2 2021

NMC015-025-030045-
/O.CON.KMAF.SV.W.0250.000000T0000Z-210603T0045Z/
Eddy NM-Lea NM-
556 PM MDT Wed Jun 2 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM MDT
FOR EAST CENTRAL EDDY AND SOUTHWESTERN LEA COUNTIES...

At 556 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 17 miles east of
Avalon, or 20 miles northeast of Carlsbad, moving east 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...
Halfway.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3250 10407 3271 10396 3273 10341 3248 10339
      3225 10361
TIME...MOT...LOC 2356Z 288DEG 20KT 3257 10395 

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

89

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 2, 3:29 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFEddy46 min
Jun 2, 3:53 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFEddy3 hr
Jun 2, 3:58 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFLea62 min
Jun 2, 4:17 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFEddy43 min
Jun 2, 5:01 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFEddy3 hr
Jun 2, 5:01 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFLea44 min
Jun 2, 5:01 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFEddy44 min
Jun 2, 5:34 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFEddy41 min
Jun 2, 5:36 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFLea39 min
Jun 2, 5:52 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFEddy, Lea3 hr

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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.