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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 18, NWS El Paso, TX

June 1, 2019Otero County, New Mexico

NWS El Paso, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 1, 2019, 1:24 PM MDT for Otero County, New Mexico. It was in force for 51 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
Jun 1, 2019, 1:24 PM MDT (19:24 UTC)
Expired
Jun 1, 2019, 2:15 PM MDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS El Paso, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Otero County, NM

The radar

The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:25 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, 7.4 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Santa Teresa, NM at 12:00Z on 2019-06-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 685 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 2019-06-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 96 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
685 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-147 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1550 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
96 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
62 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.5

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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 Jun 1, 4:03 AM MDT, 9 hours 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 1, 4:03 AM MDT, 9 hours 21 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 1, 4:10 AM MDT, 9 hours 14 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM
410 AM MDT Sat Jun 01 2019

NMZ401>417-TXZ418>424-021400-
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-
410 AM MDT Fri Jun 01 2019

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of south central
New Mexico, southwest New Mexico, and southwest Texas.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight
There is a risk of thunderstorms today with most activity occurring
east of the Rio Grande. Several storms may produce large
hail...damaging winds and heavy rains with flash flooding.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday
Scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms Sunday through
Wednesday with most storms occurring east of the Rio Grande. Several
storms may produce large hail...damaging winds and heavy rains with
flash flooding.

Dry weather expected Thursday and Friday.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
Spotters may be required to report hail...wind damage and heavy
rains with flooding today through Wednesday.

Rogash

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 1, 1:18 PM MDT, 6 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service El Paso TX
118 PM MDT Sat Jun 1 2019

NMZ412>415-417-012000-
Central Tularosa Basin NM-Southern Tularosa Basin NM-Otero Mesa NM-
West Slopes Sacramento Mountains Below 7500 Feet NM-
Sacramento Mountains Above 7500 Feet NM-
118 PM MDT Sat Jun 1 2019

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WEST CENTRAL OTERO COUNTY UNTIL
200 PM MDT...

At 118 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 7
miles east of Orogrande, moving north at 20 mph.

Nickel size hail and winds in excess of 30 mph will be possible with
this storm.

Locations impacted include...
The Otero Mesa.

LAT...LON 3234 10579 3234 10606 3270 10612 3270 10576
TIME...MOT...LOC 1918Z 181DEG 17KT 3239 10597

REYNOLDS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 31, 6:07 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZ38 min
May 31, 6:34 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZ41 min
May 31, 6:44 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZOtero46 min
May 31, 6:47 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZOtero43 min
May 31, 7:30 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZOtero45 min
Jun 1, 1:18 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZOtero42 min
Jun 1, 1:54 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZOtero24 min
Jun 1, 2:08 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZ52 min
Jun 1, 2:16 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZOtero44 min
Jun 1, 2:46 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZ44 min
Jun 1, 2:54 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZOtero21 min
Jun 1, 3:00 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZOtero15 min
May 31, 7:03 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZHudspeth42 min
May 31, 7:34 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZHudspeth41 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Mexico, 2019Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2019

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.