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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS El Paso, TX

May 18, 2016Luna County, New Mexico

NWS El Paso, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 18, 2016, 4:37 PM MDT for Luna County, New Mexico. It was in force for 38 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
May 18, 2016, 4:37 PM MDT (22:37 UTC)
Expired
May 18, 2016, 5:15 PM MDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS El Paso, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
50.0 mph

County Luna County, NM

The radar

The El Paso radar (KEPZ), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:37 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, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 78 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 2016-05-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2016-05-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 140 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
961 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
60 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
140 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
143 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

086 
WUUS54 KEPZ 182237
SVREPZ
NMC029-182315-
/O.NEW.KEPZ.SV.W.0013.160518T2237Z-160518T2315Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX
437 PM MDT WED MAY 18 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO  HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN LUNA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...

* UNTIL 515 PM MDT

* AT 437 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES EAST OF
  COLUMBUS...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

  HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  COLUMBUS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING. SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A WELL-BUILT STRUCTURE. STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3192 10767 3203 10731 3178 10731 3178 10766
TIME...MOT...LOC 2237Z 258DEG 23KT 3185 10755 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$

GRZYWACZ
1 follow-up statement
478 
WWUS54 KEPZ 182309
SVSEPZ

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX
509 PM MDT WED MAY 18 2016

NMC029-182319-
/O.EXP.KEPZ.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-160518T2315Z/
LUNA NM-
509 PM MDT WED MAY 18 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN LUNA COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 515 PM MDT...
        
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
EL PASO .

LAT...LON 3192 10767 3203 10731 3178 10731 3178 10766
TIME...MOT...LOC 2308Z 258DEG 23KT 3185 10755 

$$

GRZYWACZ

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 18, 1:25 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZDoña Ana50 min
May 18, 2:08 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZDoña Ana52 min
May 18, 2:17 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZ43 min
May 18, 2:33 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZSierra42 min
May 18, 2:44 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZGrant46 min
May 18, 2:48 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZHidalgo42 min
May 18, 3:03 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZDoña Ana42 min
May 18, 3:08 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZSierra52 min
May 18, 3:11 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZSierra49 min
May 18, 3:17 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZDoña Ana43 min
May 18, 3:28 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZGrant47 min
May 18, 3:43 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZDoña Ana47 min
May 18, 3:50 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZDoña Ana40 min
May 18, 3:56 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZDoña Ana49 min
May 18, 3:59 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZOtero46 min
May 18, 4:05 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZLuna40 min
May 18, 4:11 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZDoña Ana49 min
May 18, 4:15 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZGrant45 min
May 18, 4:24 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZDoña Ana51 min
May 18, 4:35 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZDoña Ana3 hr
May 18, 4:40 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZOtero50 min
May 18, 4:55 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZDoña Ana, Luna50 min
May 18, 4:59 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZOtero46 min
May 18, 5:02 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZSierra43 min
May 18, 5:11 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZ49 min
May 18, 5:25 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZOtero50 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.