Alert archive / New Mexico / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2007
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 24, NWS El Paso, TX
NWS El Paso, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 18, 2007, 4:59 PM MDT for Grant County, Hidalgo County, New Mexico. It was in force for 46 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
- May 18, 2007, 4:59 PM MDT (22:59 UTC)
- Expired
- May 18, 2007, 5:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS El Paso, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Grant County, NM, Hidalgo County, NM
The radar
The El Paso radar (KEPZ), 181 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:59 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Santa Teresa, NM (KEPZ), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 181 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
- 202 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -152 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 894 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 El Paso, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 18, 3:20 PM MDT, 1 hour 39 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 18, 3:20 PM MDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, May 18, 6:50 AM MDT, 10 hours 9 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM 650 AM MDT FRI MAY 18 2007 NMZ022>025-030>032-TXZ055-056-191300- SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS/LOWER GILA REGION-SIERRA COUNTY LAKES REGION- TULAROSA BASIN/SOUTHERN DESERT-SOUTHERN SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS- SOUTHWEST DESERT/BOOTHEEL-SOUTHWEST DESERT/MIMBRES BASIN- SOUTHERN DESERT-EL PASO-HUDSPETH- 650 AM MDT FRI MAY 18 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...SOUTHWEST NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWEST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH SMALL HAIL. A FEW OF THE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE AND PRODUCE LARGE HAIL. WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE NEAR STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH SUNDAY. A FEW OF THEM MAY BE SEVERE...PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. DRY CONDITIONS EXPECTED FOR MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS MAY BE CALLED ON FOR REPORTS TODAY.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 18, 12:25 PM MDT, 4 hours 34 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM 1225 PM MDT FRI MAY 18 2007 NMZ022>025-030>032-TXZ055-056-190300- SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS/LOWER GILA REGION-SIERRA COUNTY LAKES REGION- TULAROSA BASIN/SOUTHERN DESERT-SOUTHERN SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS- SOUTHWEST DESERT/BOOTHEEL-SOUTHWEST DESERT/MIMBRES BASIN- SOUTHERN DESERT-EL PASO-HUDSPETH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SILVER CITY...TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES... ALAMOGORDO...MESCALERO...CLOUDCROFT...TIMBERON...LORDSBURG... DEMING...LAS CRUCES...EL PASO...SIERRA BLANCA...DELL CITY 1225 PM MDT FRI MAY 18 2007 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO TONIGHT... SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT HAVE ALREADY DEVELOPED OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE GILA AND SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS WILL SPREAD TOWARD THE LOWLANDS AS THE AFTERNOON PROGRESSES. VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR THAT IS IN PLACE ACROSS THE REGION WILL MEAN STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL RATES. THE RELATIVELY SLOW MOVEMENT OF INDIVIDUAL STORMS TODAY WILL WORK TO INCREASE THE THREAT OF LOCALIZED FLOODING. IN ADDITION...SOME STORMS THAT DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON WILL HAVE THE CAPABILITY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND STRONG DAMAGING WINDS. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS...WEATHER RADIO OR THE INTERNET AT WEATHER.GOV/ELPASO FOR THE LATEST UPDATES AND ADVISORIES. PIEPER
Special weather statement, May 18, 12:25 PM MDT, 4 hours 34 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT..CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM 1225 PM MDT FRI MAY 18 2007 NMZ022>025-030>032-TXZ055-056-190300- SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS/LOWER GILA REGION-SIERRA COUNTY LAKES REGION- TULAROSA BASIN/SOUTHERN DESERT-SOUTHERN SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS- SOUTHWEST DESERT/BOOTHEEL-SOUTHWEST DESERT/MIMBRES BASIN- SOUTHERN DESERT-EL PASO-HUDSPETH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SILVER CITY...TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES... ALAMOGORDO...MESCALERO...CLOUDCROFT...TIMBERON...LORDSBURG... DEMING...LAS CRUCES...EL PASO...SIERRA BLANCA...DELL CITY 1225 PM MDT FRI MAY 18 2007 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO TONIGHT... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT HAVE ALREADY DEVELOPED OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE GILA AND SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS WILL SPREAD TOWARD THE LOWLANDS AS THE AFTERNOON PROGRESSES. VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR THAT IS IN PLACE ACROSS THE REGION WILL MEAN STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL RATES. THE RELATIVELY SLOW MOVEMENT OF INDIVIDUAL STORMS TODAY WILL WORK TO INCREASE THE THREAT OF LOCALIZED FLOODING. IN ADDITION...SOME STORMS THAT DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON WILL HAVE THE CAPABILITY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND STRONG DAMAGING WINDS. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS...WEATHER RADIO OR THE INTERNET AT WEATHER.GOV/ELPASO FOR THE LATEST UPDATES AND ADVISORIES. PIEPER
Local storm report, May 18, 2:28 PM MDT, 2 hours 31 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS El Paso, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 1:52 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Sierra | 38 min |
| May 18, 2:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Grant | 46 min |
| May 18, 2:23 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | EPZ | Grant | 67 min |
| May 18, 5:39 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Hidalgo | 51 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.