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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 305, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 21, 2021, 5:07 PM CDT for Gaines County, Texas; Lea County, New Mexico. It was in force for 53 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 21, 2021, 5:07 PM CDT (22:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 21, 2021, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Lea County, NM, Gaines County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:09 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 21, 5:08 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 59 | 5 Nw Hobbs, NM | |
| Aug 21, 5:53 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Hobbs, NM | MATURE, TALL TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN ON THE NORTH SIDE OF HOBBS. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 126 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
- 200 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -198 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1271 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 100 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
464
WUUS54 KMAF 212207
SVRMAF
NMC025-TXC165-212300-
/O.NEW.KMAF.SV.W.0305.210821T2207Z-210821T2300Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
507 PM CDT Sat Aug 21 2021
The National Weather Service in Midland has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
East central Lea County in southeastern New Mexico...
Northwestern Gaines County in western Texas...
* Until 600 PM CDT/500 PM MDT/.
* At 506 PM CDT/406 PM MDT/, a severe thunderstorm was located near
Hobbs, moving northeast at 10 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...
Hobbs, Monument, Nadine, Humble City, Knowles, Lea County Regional
Airport, Industrial Airpark and Higginbotham.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3296 10296 3263 10285 3258 10330 3276 10334
3296 10300
TIME...MOT...LOC 2206Z 240DEG 8KT 3270 10322
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
801 follow-up statement
936
WWUS54 KMAF 212230
SVSMAF
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
530 PM CDT Sat Aug 21 2021
NMC025-TXC165-212300-
/O.CON.KMAF.SV.W.0305.000000T0000Z-210821T2300Z/
Lea NM-Gaines TX-
530 PM CDT Sat Aug 21 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM
CDT/500 PM MDT/ FOR EAST CENTRAL LEA AND NORTHWESTERN GAINES
COUNTIES...
At 528 PM CDT/428 PM MDT/, a severe thunderstorm was located over
Hobbs, moving northeast at 10 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated. At 408 PM MDT, a 59 mph wind gust was
reported near Hobbs.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Hobbs, Monument, Nadine, Humble City, Knowles, Lea County Regional
Airport, Industrial Airpark and Higginbotham.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3296 10296 3263 10285 3258 10330 3276 10334
3296 10300
TIME...MOT...LOC 2228Z 240DEG 7KT 3272 10318
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
80The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 20, 8:24 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Scurry | 3 hr |
| Aug 21, 1:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Jeff Davis | 49 min |
| Aug 21, 2:00 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Jeff Davis | 2 hr |
| Aug 21, 2:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Jeff Davis | 46 min |
| Aug 21, 2:47 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Jeff Davis | 118 min |
| Aug 21, 2:48 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Jeff Davis | 117 min |
| Aug 21, 2:50 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Jeff Davis | 115 min |
| Aug 21, 4:08 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Reeves | 3 hr |
| Aug 21, 2:21 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Lea | 114 min |
| Aug 21, 2:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Lea | 49 min |
| Aug 21, 3:54 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Lea | 3 hr |
| Aug 21, 4:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Lea | 52 min |
| Aug 21, 5:09 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Lea | 3 hr |
| Aug 21, 6:17 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Eddy | 3 hr |
| Aug 21, 6:32 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Eddy | 2 hr |
| Aug 21, 6:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Eddy | 23 min |
| Aug 21, 6:47 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Lea | 3 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.