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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 290, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

July 11, 2021Eddy County, New Mexico

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 11, 2021, 4:31 PM MDT for Eddy County, New Mexico. It was in force for 59 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, 4:31 PM MDT (22:31 UTC)
Expired
Jul 11, 2021, 5:30 PM MDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Eddy County, NM

The radar

The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 137 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:32 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

Santa Teresa, NM (KEPZ), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 199 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, Santa Teresa, NM at 12:00Z on 2021-07-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 345 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, Santa Teresa, NM at 12:00Z on 2021-07-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 35 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
345 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-353 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2381 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
35 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
52 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

505 
WUUS54 KMAF 112231
SVRMAF
NMC015-112330-
/O.NEW.KMAF.SV.W.0290.210711T2231Z-210711T2330Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Midland has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northwestern Eddy County in southeastern New Mexico...

* Until 530 PM MDT.

* At 430 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Hope, moving
  southwest 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...
  Hope.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3252 10484 3272 10484 3283 10471 3277 10456
      3241 10464 3249 10485 3252 10485
TIME...MOT...LOC 2230Z 027DEG 16KT 3274 10469 

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

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1 follow-up statement
500 
WWUS54 KMAF 112248
SVSMAF

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
448 PM MDT Sun Jul 11 2021

NMC015-112330-
/O.CON.KMAF.SV.W.0290.000000T0000Z-210711T2330Z/
Eddy NM-
448 PM MDT Sun Jul 11 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM MDT
FOR WEST CENTRAL EDDY COUNTY...

At 447 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 9 miles south of
Hope, moving southwest 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.

This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of west
central Eddy County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3252 10484 3272 10484 3277 10474 3272 10461
      3241 10464 3249 10485 3252 10485
TIME...MOT...LOC 2247Z 027DEG 16KT 3267 10473 

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

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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, 12:03 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFLea57 min
Jul 11, 3:28 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEddy62 min
Jul 11, 4:07 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFEddy3 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.