Alert archive / New Mexico / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS El Paso, TX
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.
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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, 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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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
$$
TRIPOLI1 follow-up statement
220
WWUS54 KEPZ 050013
SVSEPZ
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX
613 PM MDT SAT JUN 4 2011
NMC035-050030-
/O.CON.KEPZ.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-110605T0030Z/
OTERO NM-
613 PM MDT SAT JUN 4 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL
OTERO COUNTY UNTIL 630 PM MDT...
AT 603 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 36 MILES
NORTHWEST OF PINE SPRINGS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
THIS STORM IS SHOWING SIGNS OF WEAKENING...HOWEVER AS IT
COLLAPSES...THIS WILL BRING MORE VERY STRONG WINDS TO THE
GROUND...ALONG WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND LARGE HAIL.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CROW FLATS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM... PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE
HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
DENSE BLOWING DUST WILL LIKELY ACCOMPANY THIS STORM...REDUCING
VISIBILITIES TO DANGEROUS LEVELS ON AREA ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 3206 10523 3233 10538 3253 10505 3253 10500
3239 10483 3233 10484
TIME...MOT...LOC 0008Z 233DEG 9KT 3234 10512
$$
TRIPOLIThe office that day
Everything else NWS El Paso, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 1:50 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Otero | 55 min |
| Jun 4, 2:20 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Otero | 40 min |
| Jun 4, 5:35 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Otero | 40 min |
Nearby
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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.