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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 66, NWS El Paso, TX

July 22, 2014Otero County, New Mexico

NWS El Paso, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 22, 2014, 1:15 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 counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 22, 2014, 1:15 PM MDT (19:15 UTC)
Expired: Jul 22, 2014, 2:00 PM MDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS El Paso, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Otero County, NM

The radar

The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Santa Teresa, NM (KEPZ), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 122 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 50 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -273 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2217 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 7 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 1 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 40 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS El Paso, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 22, 3:32 AM MDT, 9 hours 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 22, 3:32 AM MDT, 9 hours 43 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 22, 11:29 AM MDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
1129 AM MDT TUE JUL 22 2014

NMZ401>417-TXZ418>424-231730-
UPPER GILA RIVER VALLEY-SOUTHERN GILA HIGHLANDS/BLACK RANGE-
SOUTHERN GILA FOOTHILLS/MIMBRES VALLEY-
SOUTHWEST DESERT/LOWER GILA RIVER VALLEY-LOWLANDS OF THE BOOTHEEL-
UPLANDS OF THE BOOTHEEL-SOUTHWEST DESERT/MIMBRES BASIN-
EASTERN BLACK RANGE FOOTHILLS-SIERRA COUNTY LAKES-
NORTHERN DONA ANA COUNTY-SOUTHERN DONA ANA COUNTY/MESILLA VALLEY-
CENTRAL TULAROSA BASIN-SOUTHERN TULAROSA BASIN-
WEST SLOPES SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS BELOW 7500 FEET-
SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 7500 FEET-
EAST SLOPES SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS BELOW 7500 FEET-OTERO MESA-
WESTERN EL PASO COUNTY-EASTERN/CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY-
NORTHERN HUDSPETH HIGHLANDS/HUECO MOUNTAINS-SALT BASIN-
SOUTHERN HUDSPETH HIGHLANDS-
RIO GRANDE VALLEY OF EASTERN EL PASO/WESTERN HUDSPETH COUNTIES-
RIO GRANDE VALLEY OF EASTERN HUDSPETH COUNTY-
1129 AM MDT TUE JUL 22 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NM AND TX.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

HOT TEMPERATURES ARE AGAIN EXPECTED WITH AFTERNOON HIGHS AROUND 100
DEGREES ACROSS THE LOWLANDS. THERE WILL ALSO BE A FEW SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE PRIMARY THREAT BEING STRONG WIND GUSTS TO 45
MPH ALONG WITH BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

HOT WEATHER WILL CONTINUE WITH DAYTIME HIGH TEMPERATURES 100 TO 105
DEGREES EACH DAY ACROSS THE LOWLANDS. THERE WILL ALSO BE A SLIGHT
CHANCE OF AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS...MOSTLY OVER
MOUNTAINS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

HEFNER

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 22, 11:49 AM MDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX
1149 AM MDT TUE JUL 22 2014

NMZ412>417-221845-
CENTRAL TULAROSA BASIN NM-EAST SLOPES SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS BELOW 7500
FEET NM-OTERO MESA NM-SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 7500 FEET
NM-SOUTHERN TULAROSA BASIN NM-WEST SLOPES SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS BELOW
7500 FEET NM-
1149 AM MDT TUE JUL 22 2014

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THREATENING NORTHEAST OTERO COUNTY THROUGH
1245 PM MDT...

AT 1139 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEAST OTERO COUNTY.

HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  TIMBERON...
  MESCALERO...
  CLOUDCROFT...
  ELK SILVER...
  SIXTEEN SPRINGS...
  SILVER LAKE...
  APACHE SUMMIT...
  BURRO FLATS...
  MOUNTAIN PARK...
  BENT...
  BLUFF SPRINGS...
  LAKE MESCALERO...
  OLIVER LEE STATE PARK...

TORRENTIAL RAIN MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ON A FLOODED ROADWAY.

&&

LAT...LON 3295 10535 3253 10535 3252 10532 3250 10532
      3251 10592 3340 10595 3340 10573 3331 10572
      3331 10532 3296 10530
TIME...MOT...LOC 1748Z 157DEG 3KT 3315 10573

ROGASH

Special weather statement, Jul 22, 12:32 PM MDT, 43 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX
1232 PM MDT TUE JUL 22 2014

NMZ412-414>417-221915-
CENTRAL TULAROSA BASIN NM-EAST SLOPES SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS BELOW 7500
FEET NM-OTERO MESA NM-SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 7500 FEET NM-WEST
SLOPES SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS BELOW 7500 FEET NM-
1232 PM MDT TUE JUL 22 2014

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THREATENING NORTHERN OTERO COUNTY THROUGH 115
PM MDT...

AT 1224 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEASTERN OTERO COUNTY.

HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE
FLOODING.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  TIMBERON...
  MESCALERO...
  CLOUDCROFT...
  SILVER LAKE...
  APACHE SUMMIT...
  BURRO FLATS...
  MOUNTAIN PARK...
  BENT...
  SUNSPOT...
  HIGH ROLLS...
  BLUFF SPRINGS...
  LAKE MESCALERO...

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A
STURDY BUILDING.

TORRENTIAL RAIN MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ON A FLOODED ROADWAY.

&&

LAT...LON 3259 10562 3263 10585 3340 10591 3340 10573
      3339 10572 3331 10572 3331 10559
TIME...MOT...LOC 1831Z 017DEG 4KT 3306 10578

ROGASH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 22, 11:49 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ	Otero	56 min
Jul 22, 12:13 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EPZ	Otero	2 hr
Jul 22, 12:32 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ	Otero	43 min
Jul 22, 2:09 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EPZ	Otero	111 min
Jul 22, 2:31 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ	Otero	44 min
Jul 22, 3:20 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ	Doña Ana	55 min
Jul 22, 3:37 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EPZ	Doña Ana, Otero	25 min
Jul 22, 3:52 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ		53 min
Jul 22, 4:26 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ	Doña Ana	64 min
Jul 22, 4:38 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EPZ	Otero	112 min
Jul 21, 8:02 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EPZ	El Paso	118 min
Jul 22, 4:47 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EPZ	Hudspeth	118 min
Jul 22, 5:25 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EPZ	El Paso	3 hr
Jul 22, 5:45 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	EPZ	El Paso, Hudspeth	3 hr

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.