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Special Weather Statement, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

August 7, 2021Eddy County, New Mexico

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this special weather statement at Aug 7, 2021, 4:39 PM MDT for Eddy County, New Mexico. It was in force for 51 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
Aug 7, 2021, 4:39 PM MDT (22:39 UTC)
Expired
Aug 7, 2021, 5:30 PM MDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Hail
0.50 in
Wind
55

County Eddy County, NM

The radar

The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 185 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:42 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

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 207 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 2021-08-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 559 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 2021-08-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -2 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
559 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-202 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1018 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
75 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

180 
WWUS84 KMAF 072239
SPSMAF

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
439 PM MDT Sat Aug 7 2021
 
NMZ028-072330-
Eddy County Plains NM-
439 PM MDT Sat Aug 7 2021

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of central Eddy County
through 530 PM MDT...

At 439 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 11
miles north of Whites City, or 11 miles southwest of Carlsbad, moving
northeast at 10 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph and half inch hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around 
         unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is 
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
Carlsbad, Avalon, Carlsbad North, Lake Avalon, Otis, Cavern City Air
Terminal and Living Desert State Park.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. 

&&

LAT...LON 3221 10440 3234 10454 3259 10431 3239 10409
TIME...MOT...LOC 2239Z 227DEG 9KT 3233 10441 

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH

$$

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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.