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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 270, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 21, 2024, 3:56 PM MDT for Eddy County, Lea County, New Mexico. It was in force for 34 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 21, 2024, 3:56 PM MDT (21:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 21, 2024, 4:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Eddy County, NM, Lea County, NM
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 175 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:58 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 21, 2:31 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 351 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
- 598 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -153 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1341 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 101 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 126 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Sep 21, 12:48 PM MDT, 3 hours 8 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 21, 12:48 PM MDT, 3 hours 8 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 21, 12:54 PM MDT, 3 hours 2 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX 154 PM CDT Sat Sep 21 2024 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-059>063-067>070-075-082- 270>282-221900- Guadalupe Mountains of Eddy County-Eddy County Plains- Northern Lea County-Central Lea County-Southern Lea County-Gaines- Dawson-Borden-Scurry-Andrews-Martin-Howard-Mitchell-Loving-Winkler- Ector-Midland-Glasscock-Ward-Crane-Upton-Reagan-Pecos-Terrell- Guadalupe Mountains Above 7000 Feet-Guadalupe and Delaware Mountains- Van Horn and Highway 54 Corridor-Eastern Culberson County- Reeves County Plains-Chinati Mountains-Marfa Plateau-Davis Mountains- Davis Mountains Foothills-Central Brewster County-Chisos Basin- Presidio Valley-Lower Brewster County- 154 PM CDT Sat Sep 21 2024 /1254 PM MDT Sat Sep 21 2024/ This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southeast New Mexico, southwest Texas and western Texas. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. There is a low risk of severe thunderstorms this afternoon and evening for portions of Southeast New Mexico and the western Permian Basin. Any severe thunderstorms that develop may be capable of producing frequent lightning, torrential rainfall, large hail, and damaging winds. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. On Sunday, a few strong thunderstorms will be possible over the eastern Permian Basin into the Stockton Plateau. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather conditions according to Standard Operating Procedures. This product, along with other watches, warnings, advisories, and statements issued by the National Weather Service Office in Midland, can be found on the internet at... https://weather.gov/midland
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Sep 21, 2:42 PM MDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
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Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
318 PM MDT Sat Sep 21 2024
NMZ028-033-212200-
Eddy County Plains NM-Central Lea County NM-
318 PM MDT Sat Sep 21 2024
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN EDDY AND
SOUTHWESTERN LEA COUNTIES THROUGH 400 PM MDT...
At 318 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Avalon, or 9 miles north of Carlsbad, moving northeast at 35 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph and penny size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Carlsbad, Avalon, Carlsbad North, Lake Avalon, Lea County Zip
Franklin Memorial Airport, and Loco Hills.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
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 3242 10423 3251 10434 3293 10403 3264 10373
TIME...MOT...LOC 2118Z 219DEG 32KT 3253 10422
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH
44The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 21, 4:12 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Cochran | 48 min |
| Sep 21, 4:12 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Reeves | 63 min |
| Sep 21, 4:38 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Loving | 67 min |
| Sep 21, 4:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Reeves, Ward | 62 min |
| Sep 21, 5:23 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Reeves, Ward, Winkler | 56 min |
| Sep 21, 5:27 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Gaines | 63 min |
| Sep 21, 5:50 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Andrews, Loving, Winkler | 55 min |
| Sep 21, 2:42 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Eddy | 33 min |
| Sep 21, 3:18 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Eddy | 42 min |
| Sep 21, 4:00 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Eddy | 45 min |
| Sep 21, 4:27 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy, Lea | 63 min |
| Sep 21, 4:41 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Eddy | 49 min |
| Sep 21, 5:06 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy, Lea | 39 min |
| Sep 21, 5:34 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy, Lea | 56 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.