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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 255, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

June 2, 2021Lea County, New Mexico

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 2021, 7:14 PM MDT for Lea County, New Mexico. It was in force for 61 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, 7:14 PM MDT (01:14 UTC)
Expired
Jun 2, 2021, 8:15 PM MDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Lea County, NM

The radar

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:16 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 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 179 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 00:00Z on 2021-06-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 905 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 00:00Z on 2021-06-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 8 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
905 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-134 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2000 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
79 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.2

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The text

As transmitted.

902 
WUUS54 KMAF 030114
SVRMAF
NMC025-030215-
/O.NEW.KMAF.SV.W.0255.210603T0114Z-210603T0215Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Midland has issued a

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

* Until 815 PM MDT.

* At 714 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles northeast
  of Tatum, moving northeast at 15 mph.

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

  SOURCE...Trained weather spotters.

  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...
  Gladiola.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3324 10306 3318 10321 3333 10332 3357 10315
      3357 10305
TIME...MOT...LOC 0114Z 239DEG 12KT 3330 10319 

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

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1 follow-up statement
613 
WWUS54 KMAF 030139
SVSMAF

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

NMC025-030215-
/O.CON.KMAF.SV.W.0255.000000T0000Z-210603T0215Z/
Lea NM-
739 PM MDT Wed Jun 2 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM MDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN LEA COUNTY...

At 739 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles northwest of
Bronco, or 13 miles northeast of Tatum, moving northeast at 15 mph.

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

SOURCE...Trained weather spotters.

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...
Gladiola.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3324 10306 3318 10321 3333 10332 3357 10315
      3357 10305
TIME...MOT...LOC 0139Z 239DEG 12KT 3334 10310 

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

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 2, 6:12 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFLea63 min
Jun 2, 6:19 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFLea56 min
Jun 2, 6:23 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFLea3 hr
Jun 2, 6:47 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFLea43 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.