Alert archive / New Mexico / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS El Paso, TX
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.
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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.
- 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
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 $$ JMG
2 follow-up statements
900
WWUS54 KEPZ 081908
SVSEPZ
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX
108 PM MDT TUE MAY 8 2012
NMC013-051-081930-
/O.CON.KEPZ.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-120508T1930Z/
SIERRA NM-DONA ANA NM-
108 PM MDT TUE MAY 8 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN
DONA ANA AND SOUTH CENTRAL SIERRA COUNTIES UNTIL 130 PM MDT...
AT 105 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES
NORTHWEST OF HATCH...MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SALEM...
GARFIELD...
DERRY...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM... PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE
HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
&&
LAT...LON 3267 10718 3263 10734 3283 10739 3282 10714
3276 10716
TIME...MOT...LOC 1909Z 175DEG 12KT 3275 10727
$$
JMG892
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
$$
JMGThe office that day
Everything else NWS El Paso, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 12:17 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Luna | 28 min |
| May 8, 12:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Luna | 46 min |
| May 8, 1:11 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Luna, Sierra | 49 min |
| May 8, 1:35 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Sierra | 40 min |
| May 8, 2:05 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Luna | 40 min |
| May 8, 2:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Luna, Sierra | 47 min |
| May 8, 2:46 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | EPZ | Doña Ana, Luna, Sierra | 89 min |
| May 8, 3:16 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Doña Ana, Luna | 44 min |
| May 8, 3:26 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Luna | 32 min |
| May 8, 5:36 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Doña Ana | 54 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.