Alert archive / New Mexico / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS El Paso, TX
NWS El Paso, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 21, 2012, 1:00 PM MDT for Otero County, New Mexico. It was in force for 45 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 21, 2012, 1:00 PM MDT (19:00 UTC)
- Expired
- May 21, 2012, 1:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS El Paso, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Otero County, NM
The nearest sounding before it
Santa Teresa, NM (KEPZ), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 143 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
- 6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -349 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2786 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 44 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 80 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
708 WUUS54 KEPZ 211900 SVREPZ NMC035-211945- /O.NEW.KEPZ.SV.W.0039.120521T1900Z-120521T1945Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX 100 PM MDT MON MAY 21 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CENTRAL OTERO COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO... * UNTIL 145 PM MDT * AT 1254 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF TIMBERON THIS STORM WAS MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... PINON... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS. && LAT...LON 3258 10537 3254 10561 3277 10568 3281 10547 TIME...MOT...LOC 1859Z 347DEG 2KT 3270 10555 $$ FAUSETT
1 follow-up statement
760 WWUS54 KEPZ 211916 SVSEPZ SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX 116 PM MDT MON MAY 21 2012 NMC035-211945- /O.CON.KEPZ.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-120521T1945Z/ OTERO NM- 116 PM MDT MON MAY 21 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL OTERO COUNTY UNTIL 145 PM MDT... AT 107 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF TIMBERON. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTH AT 5 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... SACRAMENTO... PINON... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS OF AT LEAST 58 MPH... HAIL ONE INCH IN DIAMETER OR LARGER...ALONG WITH POTENTIALLY DEADLY LIGHTNING. TAKE SHELTER INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING NOW. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM... PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS. && LAT...LON 3258 10537 3254 10561 3277 10568 3281 10547 TIME...MOT...LOC 1915Z 347DEG 2KT 3269 10555 $$ FAUSETT
The office that day
Everything else NWS El Paso, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 20, 9:40 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | EPZ | Catron, Doña Ana, Grant, Hidalgo, Lincoln, Luna and 2 more | 33 hr |
| May 21, 12:32 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Otero | 20 min |
| May 21, 1:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Otero | 46 min |
| May 21, 2:13 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | EPZ | Catron, Grant, Hidalgo, Luna, Sierra | 31 hr |
| May 21, 2:13 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | EPZ | Catron, Doña Ana, Grant, Hidalgo, Lincoln, Luna and 2 more | 55 hr |
| May 21, 2:27 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Otero | 48 min |
| May 21, 3:02 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Otero | 20 min |
| May 21, 3:06 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Otero | 39 min |
| May 21, 3:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Otero | 45 min |
| May 21, 3:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Otero | 47 min |
| May 21, 3:48 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Otero, Sierra | 42 min |
| May 21, 4:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Otero | 46 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.