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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

May 28, 2023Lea County, New Mexico

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at May 28, 2023, 5:03 PM MDT for Lea County, New Mexico. It was in force for 27 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 28, 2023, 5:03 PM MDT (23:03 UTC)
Expired: May 28, 2023, 5:30 PM MDT
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.5 in

County Lea County, NM

The radar

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:05 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, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 163 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 203 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -357 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1185 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 66 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.3

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

904 
WFUS54 KMAF 282303
TORMAF
NMC025-282330-
/O.NEW.KMAF.TO.W.0002.230528T2303Z-230528T2330Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
503 PM MDT Sun May 28 2023

The National Weather Service in Midland has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Northeastern Lea County in southeastern New Mexico...

* Until 530 PM MDT.
    
* At 502 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located 7 miles southwest of Bronco, or 10 miles southeast of
  Tatum, moving southeast at 10 mph.

  HAZARD...Tornado and ping pong ball size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.

  IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without 
           shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. 
           Damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur.  Tree 
           damage is likely.

* This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
  northeastern Lea County, including the following locations...
  Gladiola.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.

Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3327 10306 3309 10306 3304 10314 3323 10327
      3330 10307
TIME...MOT...LOC 2302Z 311DEG 7KT 3319 10315 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.50 IN

$$

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1 follow-up statement

956 
WWUS54 KMAF 282314
SVSMAF

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
514 PM MDT Sun May 28 2023

NMC025-282330-
/O.CON.KMAF.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-230528T2330Z/
Lea NM-
514 PM MDT Sun May 28 2023

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM MDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN LEA COUNTY...
    
At 514 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Bronco, or 13 miles east of Tatum, moving east at 15
mph.

HAZARD...Tornado and ping pong ball size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.

IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without 
         shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage 
         to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur.  Tree damage is 
         likely.

Locations impacted include...
Gladiola.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.

Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3327 10306 3309 10306 3304 10314 3323 10327
      3330 10307
TIME...MOT...LOC 2314Z 280DEG 11KT 3318 10309 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.50 IN

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 28, 3:45 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Eddy	45 min
May 28, 4:26 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Lea	49 min
May 28, 4:44 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Lea	46 min
May 28, 5:29 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Lea	46 min
May 28, 5:36 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Lea	39 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.