Alert archive / New Mexico / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS El Paso, TX
NWS El Paso, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 11, 2012, 3:55 PM MDT for Doña Ana County, Otero County, Sierra 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
- May 11, 2012, 3:55 PM MDT (21:55 UTC)
- Expired
- May 11, 2012, 4:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS El Paso, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Doña Ana County, NM, Otero County, NM, Sierra County, NM
The radar
The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:54 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, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 133 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1377 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 218 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 238 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
497 WUUS54 KEPZ 112155 SVREPZ NMC013-035-051-112245- /O.NEW.KEPZ.SV.W.0021.120511T2155Z-120511T2245Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX 355 PM MDT FRI MAY 11 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN DONA ANA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO... NORTHWESTERN OTERO COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO... EASTERN SIERRA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO... * UNTIL 445 PM MDT * AT 345 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 33 MILES EAST OF TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... CUTTER... NORTHRUP LANDING... UPHAM... 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. THIS THUNDERSTORM IS EXPECTED TO STAY IN UNPOPULATED RURAL AREAS. && LAT...LON 3323 10627 3259 10644 3290 10725 3337 10686 TIME...MOT...LOC 2154Z 296DEG 4KT 3313 10667 $$ NOVLAN
1 follow-up statement
680 WWUS54 KEPZ 112238 SVSEPZ SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX 438 PM MDT FRI MAY 11 2012 NMC013-035-051-112246- /O.EXP.KEPZ.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-120511T2245Z/ OTERO NM-SIERRA NM-DONA ANA NM- 438 PM MDT FRI MAY 11 2012 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN DONA ANA... EASTERN SIERRA AND NORTHWESTERN OTERO COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 445 PM MDT... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS DROPPED DOWN BELOW WARNING THRESHOLDS. LAT...LON 3323 10627 3259 10644 3290 10725 3337 10686 TIME...MOT...LOC 2236Z 296DEG 4KT 3311 10662 $$ NOVLAN
The office that day
Everything else NWS El Paso, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 5:22 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Otero | 38 min |
| May 11, 5:57 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Doña Ana, Otero | 48 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.