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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 61, NWS El Paso, TX

July 8, 2015Sierra County, New Mexico

NWS El Paso, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 8, 2015, 3:16 PM MDT for Sierra County, New Mexico. It was in force for 18 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 8, 2015, 3:16 PM MDT (21:16 UTC)
Expired
Jul 8, 2015, 3:34 PM MDT
In force
18 min
Issued by
NWS El Paso, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Sierra County, NM

The nearest sounding before it

Santa Teresa, NM (KEPZ), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 148 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 2015-07-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 363 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Santa Teresa, NM at 12:00Z on 2015-07-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 66 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
363 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-121 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1077 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
66 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
76 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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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 8, 2:41 PM MDT, 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 8, 2:41 PM MDT, 35 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 8, 11:32 AM MDT, 3 hours 44 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
1132 AM MDT WED JUL 8 2015

NMZ401>417-TXZ418>424-091745-
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-
1132 AM MDT WED JUL 8 2015

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL HAVE A LATER START TODAY BUT WILL
EVENTUALLY ESCALATE AFTER A WEAK HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE PASSES BY.
THE MOST ACTIVE AREA SHOULD BE WEST OF THE RIO GRANDE AS WELL AS
IN THE SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS. WITH ABUNDANT MOISTURE IN PLACE
THERE IS A FLASH FLOOD THREAT...AND WITH UNSEASONAL WIND SHEAR
LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THE ACTIVE THUNDERSTORM PERIOD WILL CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY.
AGAIN...FLASH FLOODING...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE
POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGER STORMS. BY SATURDAY A HIGH PRESSURE
RIDGE WILL EXTEND WESTWARD AND STRENGTHEN OVERHEAD...PUSHING THE
DEEPER MOISTURE WESTWARD INTO ARIZONA AND SOMEWHAT STABILIZING
THE LOCAL ATMOSPHERE. THUS OVER THE WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE FEW IN THE LOWLANDS EXCEPT NEAR THE ARIZONA
BORDER...WHILE A BETTER CHANCE FOR STORMS WILL EXIST IN THE
MOUNTAINS. THESE STORMS WILL NOT BE AS STRONG AS IN THE NEAR TERM
BUT COULD STILL RESULT IN LOCALIZED FLOODING. ALSO...AS EARLY AS
MONDAY AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES COULD CLIMB INTO THE TRIPLE DIGITS.
THIS ALONG WITH RESIDUAL LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND SOMEWHAT HUMID
CONDITIONS WILL RESULT IN AN INCREASE IN HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS SHOULD REPORT ANY OBSERVED HAZARDOUS WEATHER OR FLOODING
TO THIS OFFICE VIA OUR SPOTTER PHONE LINE OR VIA TWITTER USING OUR
HANDLE @NWSELPASO OR TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT.

FAUSETT

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 8, 12:57 PM MDT, 2 hours 19 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX
1257 PM MDT WED JUL 8 2015

NMZ405-081945-
LOWLANDS OF THE BOOTHEEL NM-
1257 PM MDT WED JUL 8 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN HIDALGO COUNTY UNTIL
145 PM MDT...

AT 1256 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 14
MILES NORTHEAST OF ALAMO HUECO...OR 22 MILES NORTHEAST OF ANTELOPE
WELLS...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

THIS STORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN
HIDALGO COUNTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 3175 10821 3149 10821 3147 10834 3168 10840
TIME...MOT...LOC 1856Z 252DEG 13KT 3160 10828

HARDIMAN
Special weather statement, Jul 8, 12:59 PM MDT, 2 hours 17 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX
1259 PM MDT WED JUL 8 2015

NMZ402-408-409-081945-
SIERRA COUNTY LAKES NM-EASTERN BLACK RANGE FOOTHILLS NM-
SOUTHERN GILA HIGHLANDS/BLACK RANGE NM-
1259 PM MDT WED JUL 8 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WEST CENTRAL SIERRA COUNTY UNTIL
145 PM MDT...

AT 1259 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM
NEAR HERMOSA...OR 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF HILLSBORO...MOVING SOUTHEAST
AT 10 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

THIS STORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF WEST CENTRAL SIERRA
COUNTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 3317 10742 3314 10744 3313 10744 3295 10753
      3305 10778 3318 10771
TIME...MOT...LOC 1859Z 295DEG 7KT 3309 10768

HARDIMAN
Special weather statement, Jul 8, 1:24 PM MDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX
124 PM MDT WED JUL 8 2015

NMZ402-408-409-082015-
SIERRA COUNTY LAKES NM-EASTERN BLACK RANGE FOOTHILLS NM-
SOUTHERN GILA HIGHLANDS/BLACK RANGE NM-
124 PM MDT WED JUL 8 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN SIERRA COUNTY UNTIL
215 PM MDT...

AT 124 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
CHLORIDE...OR NEAR WINSTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WINSTON...
CHLORIDE.

THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

LAT...LON 3314 10770 3330 10780 3344 10753 3324 10738
TIME...MOT...LOC 1924Z 243DEG 23KT 3326 10768

HARDIMAN
Local storm report, Jul 8, 1:44 PM MDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX
144 PM MDT WED JUL 08 2015

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0140 PM     HAIL             3 SE CHLORIDE           33.30N 107.64W
07/08/2015  E1.00 INCH       SIERRA             NM   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED QUARTER SIZE HAIL NEAR
            WINSTON. HAIL SOUNDED INTENSE OVER PHONE.

&&

EVENT NUMBER EPZ1500095

FAUSETT
Special weather statement, Jul 8, 2:28 PM MDT, 48 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 8, 3:09 PM MDT, 7 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 7, 6:12 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZOtero63 min
Jul 7, 6:19 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZGrant, Sierra3 hr
Jul 8, 12:34 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZGrant41 min
Jul 8, 12:57 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZHidalgo48 min
Jul 8, 12:59 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZSierra46 min
Jul 8, 1:13 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZSierra27 min
Jul 8, 1:16 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZSierra3 hr
Jul 8, 1:24 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZSierra51 min
Jul 8, 1:34 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZSierra56 min
Jul 8, 1:55 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZSierra3 hr
Jul 8, 2:01 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZGrant, Hidalgo, Luna3 hr
Jul 8, 2:03 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZSierra27 min
Jul 8, 2:26 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningEPZGrant, Hidalgo, Luna3 hr
Jul 8, 2:28 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZLuna47 min
Jul 8, 2:46 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZGrant, Luna44 min
Jul 8, 2:50 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZGrant, Luna3 hr
Jul 8, 3:09 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZDoña Ana51 min
Jul 8, 3:39 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZDoña Ana51 min
Jul 8, 4:17 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZGrant, Luna, Sierra3 hr
Jul 8, 4:59 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZDoña Ana46 min
Jul 8, 5:02 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZDoña Ana3 hr
Jul 8, 5:40 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZSierra50 min
Jul 8, 5:44 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZSierra3 hr
Jul 7, 6:23 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZEl Paso37 min
Jul 7, 7:03 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZEl Paso, Hudspeth57 min
Jul 7, 7:37 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZHudspeth53 min
Jul 7, 8:01 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZHudspeth59 min
Jul 7, 8:06 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZHudspeth3 hr
Jul 7, 8:46 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZHudspeth59 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.