Alert archive / New Mexico / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2014
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 90, NWS El Paso, TX
NWS El Paso, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 2, 2014, 2:31 PM MST for Otero County, New Mexico. It was in force for 29 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
- Nov 2, 2014, 2:31 PM MST (21:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 2, 2014, 3:00 PM MST
- In force
- 29 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 21:30 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, 9.5 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 113 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -132 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2040 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 100 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 122 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
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 Nov 2, 3:15 AM MST, 11 hours 16 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 2, 3:15 AM MST, 11 hours 16 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 2, 5:45 AM MST, 8 hours 46 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM 645 AM MDT SUN NOV 02 2014 NMZ401>417-TXZ418>424-031130- 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- 645 AM MDT SUN NOV 02 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NM AND TX. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH MOST ACTIVITY THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. A FEW STORMS MAY PRODUCE WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH AND HAIL UP TO AN INCH IN DIAMETER. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS POSSIBLE WITH RAINFALL AMOUNTS GREATER THAN AN INCH OVER A FEW LOCATIONS. ALSO BREEZY TO WINDY ACROSS THE REGION WITH GUSTS AROUND 30 TO 40 MPH THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ALSO EXPECTED ON MONDAY WITH UP TO A QUARTER INCH OF RAINFALL POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED TODAY AND TONIGHT TO MONITOR FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING STRONG WINDS...HAIL AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS. ROGASH
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Nov 2, 2:17 PM MST, 14 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX 217 PM MST SUN NOV 2 2014 NMZ410>413-417-022200- CENTRAL TULAROSA BASIN NM-NORTHERN DONA ANA COUNTY NM-OTERO MESA NM-SOUTHERN DONA ANA COUNTY/MESILLA VALLEY NM-SOUTHERN TULAROSA BASIN NM- 217 PM MST SUN NOV 2 2014 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THREATENING EASTERN DONA ANA AND WESTERN OTERO COUNTIES THROUGH 300 PM MST... AT 215 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 16 MILES EAST OF LAS CRUCES...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... WHITE SANDS MAIN POST... ORGAN... AGUIRRE SPRINGS... THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. TORRENTIAL RAIN MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND UNDERPASSES. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ON A FLOODED ROADWAY. && LAT...LON 3282 10627 3254 10579 3219 10647 3240 10665 TIME...MOT...LOC 2117Z 230DEG 37KT 3234 10650 JMG
The office that day
Everything else NWS El Paso, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 2, 1:59 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Doña Ana | 31 min |
| Nov 2, 2:17 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Otero | 43 min |
| Nov 2, 3:44 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Doña Ana | 31 min |
| Nov 2, 4:42 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | El Paso | 48 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Mexico, 2014Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2014
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.