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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS El Paso, TX

June 13, 2014El Paso County, Texas; Doña Ana County, Otero County, New Mexico

NWS El Paso, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 2014, 4:04 PM MDT for El Paso County, Texas; Doña Ana County, Otero County, New Mexico. It was in force for 26 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jun 13, 2014, 4:04 PM MDT (22:04 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 2014, 4:30 PM MDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS El Paso, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Doña Ana County, NM, Otero County, NM, El Paso County, TX

The radar

The El Paso radar (KEPZ), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 13, 4:15 PM MDTTSTM WND GST 69Santa Teresa, NMMULTIPLE GUSTS NEAR 60 KNOTS. ZERO VISIBILITY IN BLOWING DUST

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 13, 1:27 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Santa Teresa, NM (KEPZ), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 27 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 2014-06-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 700 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 2014-06-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 105 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
700 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-241 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2322 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
105 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
138 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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The text

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

474 
WUUS54 KEPZ 132204
SVREPZ
NMC013-035-TXC141-132230-
/O.NEW.KEPZ.SV.W.0021.140613T2204Z-140613T2230Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX
404 PM MDT FRI JUN 13 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN DONA ANA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...
  SOUTHWESTERN OTERO COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...
  NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS...

* UNTIL 430 PM MDT

* AT 358 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
  OF 65 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ANTHONY...
  MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MCGREGOR RANGE BASE...
  EAST EL PASO...
  NORTHEAST EL PASO...
  WEST EL PASO...
  SUNLAND PARK...
  CHAPARRAL...
  ANTHONY...
  CENTRAL EL PASO...
  BERINO...
  SAN MIGUEL...
  FRANKLIN MOUNTAINS STATE PARK...

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.

DENSE BLOWING DUST WILL LIKELY ACCOMPANY THIS STORM...REDUCING
VISIBILITIES TO DANGEROUS LEVELS ON AREA ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 3179 10607 3176 10652 3178 10653 3178 10672
      3222 10681 3231 10622
TIME...MOT...LOC 2204Z 252DEG 16KT 3192 10664

$$

NOVLAN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 13, 2:17 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZHudspeth29 min
Jun 13, 4:18 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZEl Paso, Hudspeth27 min
Jun 13, 4:29 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZEl Paso31 min
Jun 13, 3:32 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZDoña Ana28 min
Jun 13, 4:21 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZLuna54 min
Jun 13, 4:56 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZGrant, Hidalgo64 min
Jun 13, 5:28 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZDoña Ana, Luna, Sierra47 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.