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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 288, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

July 11, 2021Lea County, New Mexico

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 11, 2021, 12:03 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
Jul 11, 2021, 12:03 PM MDT (18:03 UTC)
Expired
Jul 11, 2021, 1:00 PM MDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.25 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Lea County, NM

The radar

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 135 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 11, 11:16 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 165 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 2021-07-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 964 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 2021-07-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 1 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
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

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The text

As transmitted.

517 
WUUS54 KMAF 111803
SVRMAF
NMC025-111900-
/O.NEW.KMAF.SV.W.0288.210711T1803Z-210711T1900Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
1203 PM MDT Sun Jul 11 2021

The National Weather Service in Midland has issued a

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

* Until 100 PM MDT.

* At 1203 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Tatum,
  moving southeast 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...
  Tatum, McDonald, Gladiola and Tatum Airport. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3354 10306 3285 10306 3285 10314 3319 10349
TIME...MOT...LOC 1803Z 312DEG 22KT 3321 10329 

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

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 11, 10:17 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFLea58 min
Jul 11, 11:11 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFLea64 min
Jul 11, 11:36 AM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFLea5 hr
Jul 11, 3:28 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEddy62 min
Jul 11, 4:07 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFEddy3 hr
Jul 11, 4:31 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEddy59 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.