Alert archive / New Mexico / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS El Paso, TX

August 10, 2002Luna County, New Mexico

NWS El Paso, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 10, 2002, 4:53 PM MDT for Luna County, New Mexico. It was in force for 37 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Aug 10, 2002, 4:53 PM MDT (22:53 UTC)
Expired
Aug 10, 2002, 5:30 PM MDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS El Paso, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Luna County, NM

The radar

The El Paso radar (KEPZ), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 10, 4:58 PM MDTHail 0.88Columbus, NM

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

The nearest sounding before it

Santa Teresa, NM (KEPZ), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 118 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 2002-08-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 612 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 2002-08-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -6 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
612 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-144 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1902 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-6 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
111 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.

452 
WUUS54 KEPZ 102253
SVRELP
NMC029-102330-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX
451 PM MDT SAT AUG 10 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN LUNA COUNTY IN NEW MEXICO

* UNTIL 530 PM MDT

* AT 441 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR COLUMBUS...WITH OTHER POSSIBLE SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORMS BETWEEN COLUMBUS AND THE HIDLAGO COUNTY LINE. DAMAGING 
WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS. VERY LOW 
VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING DUST WILL ALSO BE OCCURING.

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

LAT...LON 3225 10823 3177 10821 3176 10739 3222 10758

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 10, 2:33 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZDoña Ana42 min
Aug 10, 4:12 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZLuna48 min
Aug 10, 4:31 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZSierra59 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.