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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 43, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 7, 2021, 5:22 PM MDT for Lea County, New Mexico. It was in force for 38 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
- May 7, 2021, 5:22 PM MDT (23:22 UTC)
- Expired
- May 7, 2021, 6:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 38 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), 149 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:22 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, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 195 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2056 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 80 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
675
WUUS54 KMAF 072322
SVRMAF
NMC025-080000-
/O.NEW.KMAF.SV.W.0043.210507T2322Z-210508T0000Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
522 PM MDT Fri May 7 2021
The National Weather Service in Midland has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northwestern Lea County in southeastern New Mexico...
* Until 600 PM MDT.
* At 521 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Caprock, or
19 miles west of Tatum, moving east 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...
Tatum and Caprock.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3321 10370 3339 10373 3350 10330 3315 10329
TIME...MOT...LOC 2321Z 268DEG 19KT 3333 10365
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
891 follow-up statement
097
WWUS54 KMAF 072343
SVSMAF
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
543 PM MDT Fri May 7 2021
NMC025-080000-
/O.CON.KMAF.SV.W.0043.000000T0000Z-210508T0000Z/
Lea NM-
543 PM MDT Fri May 7 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM MDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN LEA COUNTY...
At 542 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles north of
Tatum, moving east at 35 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Tatum and Caprock.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3321 10370 3339 10373 3350 10330 3315 10329
TIME...MOT...LOC 2342Z 253DEG 30KT 3338 10331
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
89The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 2:47 AM MDT | High Wind Watch | MAF | Eddy | 10 hr |
| May 7, 3:35 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | MAF | Chaves, Eddy, Lea, Lincoln, Otero | 24 hr |
| May 7, 12:41 PM MDT | High Wind Warning | MAF | Eddy | 30 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.