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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 44, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

May 7, 2021Lea County, New Mexico

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 7, 2021, 6:01 PM MDT for Lea 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
May 7, 2021, 6:01 PM MDT (00:01 UTC)
Expired
May 7, 2021, 7:00 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 Lea County, NM

The radar

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 146 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:01 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 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 180 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 00:00Z on 2021-05-08Temperature 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 00:00Z on 2021-05-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -101 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
3234 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-101 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-37 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

800 
WUUS54 KMAF 080001
SVRMAF
NMC025-080100-
/O.NEW.KMAF.SV.W.0044.210508T0001Z-210508T0100Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
601 PM MDT Fri May 7 2021

The National Weather Service in Midland has issued a

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

* Until 700 PM MDT.

* At 601 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles southeast
  of Caprock, or 17 miles west of Tatum, moving east at 30 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, McDonald, Crossroads, Gladiola and Tatum Airport. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3308 10307 3319 10370 3344 10369 3357 10305
TIME...MOT...LOC 0001Z 257DEG 28KT 3331 10361 

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

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3 follow-up statements
929 
WWUS54 KMAF 080016
SVSMAF

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
616 PM MDT Fri May 7 2021

NMC025-080100-
/O.CON.KMAF.SV.W.0044.000000T0000Z-210508T0100Z/
Lea NM-
616 PM MDT Fri May 7 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM MDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN LEA COUNTY...

At 616 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 11 miles northwest
of Tatum, moving east at 30 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, McDonald, Gladiola and Tatum Airport. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3308 10307 3318 10364 3343 10357 3357 10305
TIME...MOT...LOC 0016Z 257DEG 26KT 3333 10349 

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

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523 
WWUS54 KMAF 080038
SVSMAF

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
638 PM MDT Fri May 7 2021

NMC025-080100-
/O.CON.KMAF.SV.W.0044.000000T0000Z-210508T0100Z/
Lea NM-
638 PM MDT Fri May 7 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM MDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN LEA COUNTY...

At 638 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Tatum, moving
east at 30 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny 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.

&&

LAT...LON 3308 10307 3316 10351 3333 10348 3357 10305
TIME...MOT...LOC 0038Z 273DEG 25KT 3323 10339 

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

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293 
WWUS54 KMAF 080049
SVSMAF

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
649 PM MDT Fri May 7 2021

NMC025-080100-
/O.CON.KMAF.SV.W.0044.000000T0000Z-210508T0100Z/
Lea NM-
649 PM MDT Fri May 7 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM MDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN LEA COUNTY...

At 649 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Tatum, moving
east at 30 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect 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.

&&

LAT...LON 3308 10307 3314 10340 3331 10338 3357 10305
TIME...MOT...LOC 0049Z 263DEG 28KT 3322 10328 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 8, 2:28 AM MDTWind AdvisoryMAFEddy, Lea17 hr
May 8, 3:09 AM MDTRed Flag WarningMAFChaves, Eddy, Lincoln, Otero17 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.