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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 43, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

May 7, 2021Lea County, New Mexico

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.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 2021-05-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2021-05-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 52 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

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
 
$$

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1 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
 
$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 7, 2:47 AM MDTHigh Wind WatchMAFEddy10 hr
May 7, 3:35 AM MDTFire Weather WatchMAFChaves, Eddy, Lea, Lincoln, Otero24 hr
May 7, 12:41 PM MDTHigh Wind WarningMAFEddy30 hr

Nearby

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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.