Alert archive / New Mexico / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS El Paso, TX

June 14, 2002Doña Ana County, Luna County, Sierra County, New Mexico

NWS El Paso, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 2002, 4:50 PM MDT for Doña Ana County, Luna County, Sierra County, New Mexico. It was in force for 40 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 14, 2002, 4:50 PM MDT (22:50 UTC)
Expired
Jun 14, 2002, 5:30 PM MDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS El Paso, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Doña Ana County, NM, Luna County, NM, Sierra County, NM

The radar

The El Paso radar (KEPZ), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:49 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

Santa Teresa, NM (KEPZ), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 102 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, Santa Teresa, NM at 12:00Z on 2002-06-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 111 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, Santa Teresa, NM at 12:00Z on 2002-06-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 16 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
111 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-407 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2410 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
16 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
35 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS54 KEPZ 142250
SVRELP
NMC013-029-051-142330-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX
446 PM MDT FRI JUN 14 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN LUNA COUNTY IN NEW MEXICO
  EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL SIERRA COUNTY IN NEW MEXICO

* UNTIL 530 PM MDT

* AT 437 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL SIERRA COUNTY...OR
  ABOUT 32 MILES NORTHEAST OF DEMING...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS EXPECTED TO BE ALONG...
NEW MEXICO STATE HIGHWAY 26 NEAR THE LUNA AND SIERRA COUNTY LINES 
AROUND 5 PM.

VERY LARGE HAIL IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THE STORM MOVE TO A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER.

INTENSE LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...STAY
AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. MOVE INDOORS IF 
POSSIBLE. 

STAY TUNED TO YOUR WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL BROADCAST MEDIA OUTLETS FOR
THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

LAT...LON 3264 10756 3231 10741 3247 10718 3271 10739

The office that day

Everything else NWS El Paso, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 14, 2:46 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZSierra44 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Mexico, 2002Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2002

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.