Alert archive / New Mexico / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 286, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 11, 2021, 10:17 AM MDT for Lea County, New Mexico. It was in force for 58 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
- Jul 11, 2021, 10:17 AM MDT (16:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 11, 2021, 11:15 AM MDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Lea County, NM
The radar
The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 203 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 964 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -244 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1122 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted.
692
WUUS54 KMAF 111617
SVRMAF
NMC025-111715-
/O.NEW.KMAF.SV.W.0286.210711T1617Z-210711T1715Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
1017 AM MDT Sun Jul 11 2021
The National Weather Service in Midland has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northern Lea County in southeastern New Mexico...
* Until 1115 AM MDT.
* At 1017 AM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 9 miles north of
Caprock, or 28 miles northwest of Tatum, moving southeast 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...
Tatum and Caprock.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3339 10307 3303 10376 3340 10377 3340 10372
3357 10372 3357 10354
TIME...MOT...LOC 1617Z 299DEG 25KT 3353 10369
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$1 follow-up statement
314
WWUS54 KMAF 111646
SVSMAF
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
1046 AM MDT Sun Jul 11 2021
NMC025-111715-
/O.CON.KMAF.SV.W.0286.000000T0000Z-210711T1715Z/
Lea NM-
1046 AM MDT Sun Jul 11 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 AM MDT
FOR NORTHERN LEA COUNTY...
At 1045 AM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles northeast
of Caprock, or 22 miles northwest of Tatum, moving southeast at 20
mph.
HAZARD...Ping pong ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail
damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind
damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Tatum and Caprock.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3339 10307 3303 10376 3340 10377 3340 10372
3357 10372 3357 10354
TIME...MOT...LOC 1645Z 305DEG 15KT 3347 10361
HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 11, 11:11 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Lea | 64 min |
| Jul 11, 11:36 AM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Lea | 5 hr |
| Jul 11, 12:03 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Lea | 57 min |
| Jul 11, 3:28 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy | 62 min |
| Jul 11, 4:07 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Eddy | 3 hr |
| Jul 11, 4:31 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy | 59 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.