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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS El Paso, TX

May 8, 2012Doña Ana County, Sierra County, New Mexico

NWS El Paso, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 8, 2012, 12:48 PM MDT for Doña Ana County, Sierra County, New Mexico. It was in force for 42 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
May 8, 2012, 12:48 PM MDT (18:48 UTC)
Expired
May 8, 2012, 1:30 PM MDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS El Paso, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Doña Ana County, NM, Sierra County, NM

The radar

The El Paso radar (KEPZ), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:48 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, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 112 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 2012-05-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 187 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 2012-05-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 75 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
187 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-196 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1649 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
75 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
39 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

583 
WUUS54 KEPZ 081848
SVREPZ
NMC013-051-081930-
/O.NEW.KEPZ.SV.W.0013.120508T1848Z-120508T1930Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX
1248 PM MDT TUE MAY 8 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN DONA ANA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...
  SOUTH CENTRAL SIERRA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...

* UNTIL 130 PM MDT

* AT 1244 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 6 MILES
  WEST OF HATCH...MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SALEM...
  GARFIELD...
  DERRY...

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3283 10739 3282 10714 3262 10719 3262 10734
TIME...MOT...LOC 1848Z 175DEG 12KT 3268 10726

$$

JMG
2 follow-up statements
900 
WWUS54 KEPZ 081908
SVSEPZ

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX
108 PM MDT TUE MAY 8 2012

NMC013-051-081930-
/O.CON.KEPZ.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-120508T1930Z/
SIERRA NM-DONA ANA NM-
108 PM MDT TUE MAY 8 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN
DONA ANA AND SOUTH CENTRAL SIERRA COUNTIES UNTIL 130 PM MDT...

AT 105 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 8 MILES
NORTHWEST OF HATCH...MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SALEM...
  GARFIELD...
  DERRY...

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3267 10718 3263 10734 3283 10739 3282 10714
      3276 10716
TIME...MOT...LOC 1909Z 175DEG 12KT 3275 10727

$$

JMG
892 
WWUS54 KEPZ 081930
SVSEPZ

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX
130 PM MDT TUE MAY 8 2012

NMC013-051-081940-
/O.EXP.KEPZ.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-120508T1930Z/
SIERRA NM-DONA ANA NM-
130 PM MDT TUE MAY 8 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN DONA ANA AND
SOUTH CENTRAL SIERRA COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS.  HOWEVER HEAVY RAIN IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 3267 10718 3263 10734 3283 10739 3282 10714
      3276 10716
TIME...MOT...LOC 1908Z 175DEG 12KT 3275 10727

$$

JMG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 8, 12:17 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZLuna28 min
May 8, 12:44 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZLuna46 min
May 8, 1:11 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZLuna, Sierra49 min
May 8, 1:35 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZSierra40 min
May 8, 2:05 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZLuna40 min
May 8, 2:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZLuna, Sierra47 min
May 8, 2:46 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningEPZDoña Ana, Luna, Sierra89 min
May 8, 3:16 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZDoña Ana, Luna44 min
May 8, 3:26 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZLuna32 min
May 8, 5:36 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZDoña Ana54 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Mexico, 2012Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2012

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.