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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS El Paso, TX

May 21, 2012Otero County, New Mexico

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Santa Teresa, NM at 12:00Z on 2012-05-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 6 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 2012-05-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 44 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 20, 9:40 PM MDTFire Weather WatchEPZCatron, Doña Ana, Grant, Hidalgo, Lincoln, Luna and 2 more33 hr
May 21, 12:32 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZOtero20 min
May 21, 1:44 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZOtero46 min
May 21, 2:13 PM MDTRed Flag WarningEPZCatron, Grant, Hidalgo, Luna, Sierra31 hr
May 21, 2:13 PM MDTRed Flag WarningEPZCatron, Doña Ana, Grant, Hidalgo, Lincoln, Luna and 2 more55 hr
May 21, 2:27 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZOtero48 min
May 21, 3:02 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZOtero20 min
May 21, 3:06 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZOtero39 min
May 21, 3:15 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZOtero45 min
May 21, 3:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZOtero47 min
May 21, 3:48 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZOtero, Sierra42 min
May 21, 4:29 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZOtero46 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.