Alert archive / New Mexico / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2019
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 19, NWS El Paso, TX
NWS El Paso, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 1, 2019, 1:54 PM MDT for Otero County, New Mexico. It was in force for 24 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, 1:54 PM MDT (19:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 1, 2019, 2:18 PM MDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS El Paso, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.75 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 19:55 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, 7.9 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
- 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
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 51 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 1, 4:03 AM MDT, 9 hours 51 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 1, 4:10 AM MDT, 9 hours 44 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, 36 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 6:07 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | 38 min | |
| May 31, 6:34 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | 41 min | |
| May 31, 6:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Otero | 46 min |
| May 31, 6:47 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Otero | 43 min |
| May 31, 7:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Otero | 45 min |
| Jun 1, 1:18 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Otero | 42 min |
| Jun 1, 1:24 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Otero | 51 min |
| Jun 1, 2:08 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | 52 min | |
| Jun 1, 2:16 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Otero | 44 min |
| Jun 1, 2:46 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | 44 min | |
| Jun 1, 2:54 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Otero | 21 min |
| Jun 1, 3:00 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Otero | 15 min |
| May 31, 7:03 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Hudspeth | 42 min |
| May 31, 7:34 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Hudspeth | 41 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.