Alert archive / New Mexico / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2002

Severe Thunderstorm Watch 729

October 26, 20025 counties in New Mexico; Culberson County, El Paso County, Hudspeth County, Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Oct 26, 2002, 3:35 PM MDT for 5 counties in New Mexico; Culberson County, El Paso County, Hudspeth County, Texas. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Oct 26, 2002, 3:35 PM MDT (21:35 UTC)
Expired
Oct 26, 2002, 9:00 PM MDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center

Counties Doña Ana County, NM, Lincoln County, NM, Otero County, NM, Sierra County, NM, Socorro County, NM, Culberson County, TX, El Paso County, TX, Hudspeth County, TX

Warnings issued inside it

6 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 26, 3:47 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQLincoln43 min
Oct 26, 4:30 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZOtero30 min
Oct 26, 6:37 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZOtero53 min
Oct 26, 6:37 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZOtero53 min
Oct 26, 6:46 PM MDTTornado WarningEPZOtero44 min
Oct 26, 6:46 PM MDTTornado WarningEPZOtero44 min

The nearest sounding before it

Santa Teresa, NM (KEPZ), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 146 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 2002-10-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 130 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 2002-10-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 141 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
130 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-120 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
915 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
141 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
193 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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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.