Alert archive / New Mexico / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2019
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 23, NWS El Paso, TX
NWS El Paso, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 2019, 2:09 PM MDT for Otero County, New Mexico. It was in force for 22 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 2, 2019, 2:09 PM MDT (20:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 2, 2019, 2:31 PM MDT
- In force
- 22 min
- Issued by
- NWS El Paso, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.25 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 20:09 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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 2:01 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Santa Teresa, NM (KEPZ), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 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
- 1368 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -90 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1303 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 68 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 179 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
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 2, 4:05 AM MDT, 10 hours 4 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 2, 4:05 AM MDT, 10 hours 4 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 2, 4:10 AM MDT, 9 hours 59 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM 410 AM MDT Sun Jun 02 2019 NMZ401>417-TXZ418>424-031400- 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 Sun Jun 02 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 this afternoon and this evening 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...Monday through Saturday Showers and thunderstorms possible 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 through saturday. .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 2, 12:38 PM MDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service El Paso TX
1238 PM MDT Sun Jun 2 2019
NMZ415-416-021915-
East Slopes Sacramento Mountains Below 7500 Feet NM-
Sacramento Mountains Above 7500 Feet NM-
1238 PM MDT Sun Jun 2 2019
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTH CENTRAL OTERO COUNTY UNTIL
115 PM MDT...
At 1234 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a pair of strong
thunderstorms near Elk Silver and to the north, east of Mescalero.
These storms were slow moving, and drifting to the northeast.
Nickel size hail and wind gusts up to 50 mph are possible with this
storm. In addition, due to the slow motion of these storms, heavy
rainfall is likely.
Locations impacted include...
Lake Mescalero, Elk Silver and Sixteen Springs.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Heavy rainfall is also occurring with these storm, and may lead to
localized flooding along drainages, streams, and arroyos draining
east off the eastern slopes to the Sacramentos. Do not drive your
vehicle through flooded roadways.
This storm may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio
stations and available television stations for additional information
and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.
&&
LAT...LON 3296 10532 3296 10535 3295 10535 3297 10562
3330 10569 3330 10532
TIME...MOT...LOC 1834Z 256DEG 4KT 3307 10556
BIRDThe office that day
Everything else NWS El Paso, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 12:38 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | 37 min | |
| Jun 2, 12:57 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Otero | 3 hr |
| Jun 2, 5:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Otero | 32 min |
| Jun 1, 10:27 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Hudspeth | 26 min |
| Jun 2, 4:24 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Hudspeth | 51 min |
| Jun 2, 4:59 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Hudspeth | 46 min |
| Jun 2, 5:08 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Hudspeth | 37 min |
| Jun 2, 5:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Hudspeth | 46 min |
| Jun 2, 5:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Hudspeth | 46 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.