Alert archive / New Mexico / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS El Paso, TX
NWS El Paso, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 2, 2011, 6:10 PM MDT for Otero County, New Mexico. It was in force for 50 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
- Jul 2, 2011, 6:10 PM MDT (00:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 2, 2011, 7:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS El Paso, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Otero County, NM
The radar
The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Santa Teresa, NM (KEPZ), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 116 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
- 264 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2855 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 5 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -6 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
787 WUUS54 KEPZ 030010 SVREPZ NMC035-030100- /O.NEW.KEPZ.SV.W.0021.110703T0010Z-110703T0100Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX 610 PM MDT SAT JUL 2 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CENTRAL OTERO COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO... * UNTIL 700 PM MDT * AT 606 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTH OF ALAMOGORDO... MOVING WEST AT 10 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... HOLLOMAN AFB... BOLES ACRES... OLIVER LEE STATE PARK... 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. 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. && LAT...LON 3268 10618 3289 10610 3283 10583 3268 10591 TIME...MOT...LOC 0010Z 106DEG 7KT 3276 10596 $$ JMG
2 follow-up statements
947 WWUS54 KEPZ 030038 SVSEPZ SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX 638 PM MDT SAT JUL 2 2011 NMC035-030100- /O.CON.KEPZ.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-110703T0100Z/ OTERO NM- 638 PM MDT SAT JUL 2 2011 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL OTERO COUNTY UNTIL 700 PM MDT... AT 635 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES EAST OF WHITE SANDS NATIONAL MONUMENT...MOVING WEST AT 10 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... HOLLOMAN AFB... BOLES ACRES... OLIVER LEE STATE PARK... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS. STRONG WINDS AND BLOWING DUST WITH THIS STORM WILL OCCUR WELL AHEAD OF ANY RAIN OR LIGHTNING. DO NOT WAIT FOR THE SOUND OF THUNDER BEFORE SEEKING SAFE SHELTER. && LAT...LON 3268 10618 3289 10610 3283 10583 3268 10591 TIME...MOT...LOC 0038Z 106DEG 7KT 3276 10601 $$ JMG
756 WWUS54 KEPZ 030055 SVSEPZ SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX 655 PM MDT SAT JUL 2 2011 NMC035-030105- /O.EXP.KEPZ.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-110703T0100Z/ OTERO NM- 655 PM MDT SAT JUL 2 2011 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL OTERO COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 700 PM MDT... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS. HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS UP TO 45 MPH ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. LAT...LON 3268 10618 3289 10610 3283 10583 3268 10591 TIME...MOT...LOC 0055Z 106DEG 7KT 3277 10605 $$ JMG
The office that day
Everything else NWS El Paso, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 3, 2:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Otero | 32 min |
| Jul 3, 3:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Otero | 30 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.