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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 63, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 15, 2021, 6:14 PM MDT for Lea 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, 6:14 PM MDT (00:14 UTC)
- Expired
- May 15, 2021, 7:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.25 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Lea County, NM
The radar
The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 3:06 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 175 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
- 1081 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2052 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
As transmitted.
400
WUUS54 KMAF 160014
SVRMAF
NMC025-160115-
/O.NEW.KMAF.SV.W.0063.210516T0014Z-210516T0115Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
614 PM MDT Sat May 15 2021
The National Weather Service in Midland has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northeastern Lea County in southeastern New Mexico...
* Until 715 PM MDT.
* At 614 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Bronco, or 9
miles east of Tatum, moving northeast at 10 mph.
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...
Gladiola.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3318 10306 3310 10325 3357 10318 3357 10306
TIME...MOT...LOC 0014Z 231DEG 9KT 3326 10314
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
101 follow-up statement
305
WWUS54 KMAF 160029
SVSMAF
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
629 PM MDT Sat May 15 2021
NMC025-160115-
/O.CON.KMAF.SV.W.0063.000000T0000Z-210516T0115Z/
Lea NM-
629 PM MDT Sat May 15 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM MDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN LEA COUNTY...
At 629 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Bronco, or 14
miles east of Tatum, moving northeast at 10 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Gladiola.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3318 10306 3310 10325 3357 10318 3357 10306
TIME...MOT...LOC 0029Z 239DEG 9KT 3325 10307
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
10The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 6:43 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Lea | 32 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.