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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS El Paso, TX

June 4, 2011Otero County, New Mexico

NWS El Paso, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 2011, 5:49 PM MDT for Otero County, New Mexico. It was in force for 41 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 4, 2011, 5:49 PM MDT (23:49 UTC)
Expired
Jun 4, 2011, 6:30 PM MDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS El Paso, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Otero County, NM

The radar

The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:50 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, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 161 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 2011-06-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 5 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Santa Teresa, NM at 12:00Z on 2011-06-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 67 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
5 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-388 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3005 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
67 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
53 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.

298 
WUUS54 KEPZ 042349
SVREPZ
NMC035-050030-
/O.NEW.KEPZ.SV.W.0013.110604T2349Z-110605T0030Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX
549 PM MDT SAT JUN 4 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL OTERO COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...

* UNTIL 630 PM MDT

* AT 542 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 36
  MILES NORTHWEST OF PINE SPRINGS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...

  CROW FLATS...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS OF AT LEAST 58 MPH...
HAIL ONE INCH IN DIAMETER OR LARGER...ALONG WITH POTENTIALLY DEADLY
LIGHTNING. TAKE SHELTER INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING NOW.

DENSE BLOWING DUST WILL LIKELY ACCOMPANY THIS STORM...REDUCING
VISIBILITIES TO DANGEROUS LEVELS ON AREA ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 3206 10523 3233 10538 3253 10505 3253 10500
      3239 10483 3233 10484
TIME...MOT...LOC 2349Z 233DEG 9KT 3231 10516

$$

TRIPOLI
1 follow-up statement
220 
WWUS54 KEPZ 050013
SVSEPZ

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX
613 PM MDT SAT JUN 4 2011

NMC035-050030-
/O.CON.KEPZ.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-110605T0030Z/
OTERO NM-
613 PM MDT SAT JUN 4 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL
OTERO COUNTY UNTIL 630 PM MDT...

AT 603 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 36 MILES
NORTHWEST OF PINE SPRINGS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

THIS STORM IS SHOWING SIGNS OF WEAKENING...HOWEVER AS IT 
COLLAPSES...THIS WILL BRING MORE VERY STRONG WINDS TO THE 
GROUND...ALONG WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND LARGE HAIL.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...

  CROW FLATS...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM... PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE
HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

DENSE BLOWING DUST WILL LIKELY ACCOMPANY THIS STORM...REDUCING
VISIBILITIES TO DANGEROUS LEVELS ON AREA ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 3206 10523 3233 10538 3253 10505 3253 10500
      3239 10483 3233 10484
TIME...MOT...LOC 0008Z 233DEG 9KT 3234 10512

$$

TRIPOLI

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 4, 1:50 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZOtero55 min
Jun 4, 2:20 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZOtero40 min
Jun 4, 5:35 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZOtero40 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Mexico, 2011Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2011

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.