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Special Weather Statement, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

June 26, 2021Lea County, New Mexico

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this special weather statement at Jun 26, 2021, 5:21 PM MDT for Lea County, New Mexico. It was in force for 39 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
Jun 26, 2021, 5:21 PM MDT (23:21 UTC)
Expired
Jun 26, 2021, 6:00 PM MDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

County Lea County, NM

The radar

The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 176 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 184 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 12:00Z on 2021-06-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 382 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2021-06-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 262 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
382 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-419 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1733 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
262 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
317 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

As transmitted.

520 
WWUS84 KMAF 262321
SPSMAF

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
521 PM MDT Sat Jun 26 2021
 
NMZ029-033-270000-
Northern Lea County NM-Central Lea County NM-
521 PM MDT Sat Jun 26 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WEST CENTRAL LEA COUNTY UNTIL 600
PM MDT...

At 521 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 12
miles northeast of Maljamar, or 18 miles west of Lovington, moving
north at 15 mph.

Pea size hail and wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph will be possible with
this storm.

This storm will remain over mainly rural areas of west central Lea
County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will relay your report to the National Weather Service
office in Midland.

&&

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM MDT for
southeastern New Mexico.

LAT...LON 3294 10360 3294 10373 3309 10377 3321 10376
      3321 10351
TIME...MOT...LOC 2321Z 169DEG 14KT 3302 10366 

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 25, 6:45 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFBorden60 min
Jun 26, 2:08 AM MDTHigh Wind WarningMAFCulberson30 hr
Jun 26, 3:34 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFBrewster41 min
Jun 26, 3:59 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMAF61 min
Jun 26, 4:05 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFMidland40 min
Jun 26, 4:20 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMAF55 min
Jun 26, 4:26 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster23 min
Jun 26, 4:33 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFAndrews42 min
Jun 26, 4:36 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFYoakum39 min
Jun 26, 4:37 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCrane, Ector, Midland, Upton53 min
Jun 26, 4:48 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFBrewster42 min
Jun 26, 4:52 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFBorden38 min
Jun 26, 4:55 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFHoward50 min
Jun 26, 4:57 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFBrewster48 min
Jun 26, 4:57 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFAndrews, Ector, Martin, Midland63 min
Jun 26, 5:00 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFAndrews45 min
Jun 26, 5:05 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFBrewster40 min
Jun 26, 5:11 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFBorden49 min
Jun 26, 5:16 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFDawson, Gaines59 min
Jun 26, 5:37 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFCrane38 min
Jun 26, 5:41 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFHoward49 min
Jun 26, 5:48 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFHoward, Martin42 min
Jun 26, 5:52 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster34 min
Jun 26, 3:53 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFLea52 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.