Alert archive / New Mexico / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 56, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 15, 2021, 3:59 PM MDT for Eddy County, New Mexico. It was in force for 61 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 15, 2021, 3:59 PM MDT (21:59 UTC)
- Expired
- May 15, 2021, 5:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Eddy County, NM
The radar
The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 157 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:59 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, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 235 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
- 254 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -312 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1150 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 162 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
934
WUUS54 KMAF 152159
SVRMAF
NMC015-152300-
/O.NEW.KMAF.SV.W.0056.210515T2159Z-210515T2300Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
359 PM MDT Sat May 15 2021
The National Weather Service in Midland has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northwestern Eddy County in southeastern New Mexico...
* Until 500 PM MDT.
* At 359 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Artesia,
moving northeast at 10 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...
Artesia, Atoka, Dayton and Artesia Municipal Airport.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3296 10460 3296 10395 3267 10444 3279 10470
TIME...MOT...LOC 2159Z 228DEG 9KT 3285 10450
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
103 follow-up statements
394
WWUS54 KMAF 152216
SVSMAF
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
416 PM MDT Sat May 15 2021
NMC015-152300-
/O.CON.KMAF.SV.W.0056.000000T0000Z-210515T2300Z/
Eddy NM-
416 PM MDT Sat May 15 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM MDT
FOR NORTH CENTRAL EDDY COUNTY...
At 416 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Artesia, moving
east at 10 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Artesia, Atoka, Dayton and Artesia Municipal Airport.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3296 10453 3296 10395 3267 10444 3272 10454
TIME...MOT...LOC 2216Z 248DEG 7KT 3279 10446
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
10902
WWUS54 KMAF 152235
SVSMAF
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
435 PM MDT Sat May 15 2021
NMC015-152300-
/O.CON.KMAF.SV.W.0056.000000T0000Z-210515T2300Z/
Eddy NM-
435 PM MDT Sat May 15 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM MDT
FOR NORTH CENTRAL EDDY COUNTY...
At 434 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Artesia, moving
northeast at 20 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Spotters reported pea to dime size hail in Artesia and
radar indicated hail up to one inch is possible.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Artesia, Atoka, Dayton and Artesia Municipal Airport.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3296 10453 3296 10395 3267 10444 3272 10454
TIME...MOT...LOC 2234Z 238DEG 15KT 3284 10434
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
10601
WWUS54 KMAF 152251
SVSMAF
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
451 PM MDT Sat May 15 2021
NMC015-152301-
/O.EXP.KMAF.SV.W.0056.000000T0000Z-210515T2300Z/
Eddy NM-
451 PM MDT Sat May 15 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL EDDY COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 500 PM MDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. However heavy rain
is still possible with this thunderstorm.
LAT...LON 3296 10453 3296 10395 3267 10444 3272 10454
TIME...MOT...LOC 2251Z 249DEG 8KT 3278 10426
$$
10The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 6:28 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Eddy | 47 min |
| May 14, 6:33 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy | 42 min |
| May 14, 7:03 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy | 42 min |
| May 14, 7:11 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy | 49 min |
| May 14, 7:14 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Eddy | 3 hr |
| May 14, 7:46 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Eddy | 44 min |
| May 14, 7:57 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Eddy | 48 min |
| May 14, 8:15 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Lea | 45 min |
| May 15, 3:32 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Eddy | 43 min |
| May 15, 3:53 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Eddy | 52 min |
| May 15, 4:32 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Eddy | 3 hr |
| May 15, 4:45 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Eddy | 45 min |
| May 15, 4:58 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Eddy | 32 min |
| May 15, 5:40 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Lea | 50 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.