Alert archive / New Mexico / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 51, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 14, 2021, 3:46 PM MDT for Eddy County, New Mexico. It was in force for 44 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 14, 2021, 3:46 PM MDT (21:46 UTC)
- Expired
- May 14, 2021, 4:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.25 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Eddy County, NM
The radar
The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:48 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Santa Teresa, NM (KEPZ), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 215 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
- 309 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -315 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1820 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 72 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
709
WUUS54 KMAF 142146
SVRMAF
NMC015-142230-
/O.NEW.KMAF.SV.W.0051.210514T2146Z-210514T2230Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
346 PM MDT Fri May 14 2021
The National Weather Service in Midland has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northwestern Eddy County in southeastern New Mexico...
* Until 430 PM MDT.
* At 346 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Hope, and is
nearly stationary.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage
to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Hope.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Large hail and damaging winds and continuous cloud to ground
lightning is occurring with this storm. Move indoors immediately.
Lightning is one of nature's leading killers. Remember, if you can
hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 3296 10484 3296 10449 3263 10459 3266 10484
TIME...MOT...LOC 2146Z 189DEG 3KT 3279 10475
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
291 follow-up statement
100
WWUS54 KMAF 142204
SVSMAF
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
404 PM MDT Fri May 14 2021
NMC015-142230-
/O.CON.KMAF.SV.W.0051.000000T0000Z-210514T2230Z/
Eddy NM-
404 PM MDT Fri May 14 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM MDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN EDDY COUNTY...
At 404 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Hope, and is
nearly stationary.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Hope.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading
killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to
be struck by lightning.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 3296 10484 3296 10449 3263 10459 3266 10484
TIME...MOT...LOC 2204Z 206DEG 1KT 3278 10475
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
29The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 3:30 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Eddy | 45 min |
| May 14, 4:19 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Eddy | 3 hr |
| May 14, 4:30 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Eddy | 45 min |
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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.