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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 63, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

May 15, 2021Lea County, New Mexico

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 15, 3:06 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2021-05-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1081 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2021-05-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -27 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

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
 
$$

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1 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
 
$$

10

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 15, 6:43 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFLea32 min

Nearby

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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.