Alert archive / New Mexico / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 44, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
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.
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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.
- 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
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
$$
893 follow-up statements
929
WWUS54 KMAF 080016
SVSMAF
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
616 PM MDT Fri May 7 2021
NMC025-080100-
/O.CON.KMAF.SV.W.0044.000000T0000Z-210508T0100Z/
Lea NM-
616 PM MDT Fri May 7 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM MDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN LEA COUNTY...
At 616 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 11 miles northwest
of Tatum, moving east at 30 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Tatum, McDonald, Gladiola and Tatum Airport.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3308 10307 3318 10364 3343 10357 3357 10305
TIME...MOT...LOC 0016Z 257DEG 26KT 3333 10349
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
89523
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
$$
89293 WWUS54 KMAF 080049 SVSMAF Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX 649 PM MDT Fri May 7 2021 NMC025-080100- /O.CON.KMAF.SV.W.0044.000000T0000Z-210508T0100Z/ Lea NM- 649 PM MDT Fri May 7 2021 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM MDT FOR NORTHEASTERN LEA COUNTY... At 649 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Tatum, moving east at 30 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include... Tatum, McDonald, Gladiola and Tatum Airport. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. && LAT...LON 3308 10307 3314 10340 3331 10338 3357 10305 TIME...MOT...LOC 0049Z 263DEG 28KT 3322 10328 HAIL...0.75IN WIND...60MPH $$ 89
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 2:28 AM MDT | Wind Advisory | MAF | Eddy, Lea | 17 hr |
| May 8, 3:09 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | MAF | Chaves, Eddy, Lincoln, Otero | 17 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.