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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS El Paso, TX

June 16, 2015Grant County, New Mexico

NWS El Paso, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 2015, 3:00 PM MDT for Grant County, New Mexico. It was in force for 30 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
Jun 16, 2015, 3:00 PM MDT (21:00 UTC)
Expired
Jun 16, 2015, 3:30 PM MDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS El Paso, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Grant County, NM

The radar

The El Paso radar (KEPZ), 184 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Santa Teresa, NM (KEPZ), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 184 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 2015-06-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 386 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 2015-06-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -37 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
386 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-120 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1430 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-37 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
63 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

752 
WUUS54 KEPZ 162100
SVREPZ
NMC017-162130-
/O.NEW.KEPZ.SV.W.0021.150616T2100Z-150616T2130Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX
300 PM MDT TUE JUN 16 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO  HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTH CENTRAL GRANT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...

* UNTIL 330 PM MDT

* AT 258 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
  OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED OVER ARENAS VALLEY...OR NEAR
  SILVER CITY...AND MOVING SOUTH AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SILVER CITY...BAYARD...SANTA CLARA...HURLEY...LITTLE WALNUT
  VILLAGE...NORTH HURLEY...PINOS ALTOS...ARENAS VALLEY...FORT
  BAYARD...COBRE...TYRONE...MCMILLAN CAMPGROUND AND CHERRY CREEK
  CAMPGROUND.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...
DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION...MOVE TO
AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY
RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER
COVERS THE ROAD.

&&

LAT...LON 3301 10839 3301 10814 3260 10805 3260 10843
TIME...MOT...LOC 2058Z 350DEG 31KT 3276 10821 

$$

FAUSETT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 16, 2:36 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZGrant24 min
Jun 16, 3:13 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZDoña Ana47 min
Jun 16, 3:22 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZGrant3 hr
Jun 16, 3:34 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZGrant26 min
Jun 16, 4:21 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZGrant39 min
Jun 16, 4:49 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZGrant26 min
Jun 16, 5:13 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZGrant62 min

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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.