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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 32, NWS El Paso, TX

June 3, 2019Otero County, New Mexico

NWS El Paso, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 2019, 1:45 PM MDT for Otero 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
Jun 3, 2019, 1:45 PM MDT (19:45 UTC)
Expired
Jun 3, 2019, 2:03 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 Otero County, NM

The radar

The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 7.8 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 2019-06-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 539 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 2019-06-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 107 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
539 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-277 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1725 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
107 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
185 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.0

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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 3, 4:05 AM MDT, 9 hours 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 3, 4:05 AM MDT, 9 hours 40 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 3, 11:51 AM MDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM
1151 AM MDT Mon Jun 3 2019

NMZ410>417-TXZ418>424-041800-
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-
1151 AM MDT Mon Jun 3 2019

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

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight
We will see scattered thunderstorms this afternoon and evening.
Some storms may produce large hail and strong outflow winds.
The threat of thunderstorms will move east of the area by
Midnight.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday
Much like today we will see a chance for strong to severe
thunderstorms mainly east of the Rio Grande on Tuesday. For
Wednesday through the weekend we will be warmer and drier.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
Spotters may be required to report hail...wind damage and heavy
rains today and Tuesday.

NMZ401>409-041800-
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-
1151 AM MDT Mon Jun 3 2019

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

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight
No hazardous weather expected today or tonight.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday
No hazardous weather expected through the coming weekend.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
Spotter activation is not anticipated.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 3, 1:04 PM MDT, 41 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 2, 6:30 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZOtero30 min
Jun 2, 6:41 PM MDTTornado WarningEPZOtero34 min
Jun 2, 7:15 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZOtero19 min
Jun 3, 1:04 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZ41 min
Jun 3, 1:10 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZOtero35 min
Jun 3, 1:26 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZOtero3 hr
Jun 3, 2:02 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZ43 min
Jun 3, 2:19 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZOtero41 min
Jun 3, 2:59 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZ46 min
Jun 3, 3:11 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZOtero13 min
Jun 3, 3:19 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZOtero41 min
Jun 3, 3:56 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZOtero49 min
Jun 3, 4:02 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZOtero43 min
Jun 3, 4:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZOtero47 min
Jun 3, 5:23 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZOtero52 min
Jun 3, 5:45 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZOtero45 min
Jun 2, 6:09 PM MDTTornado WarningEPZHudspeth36 min
Jun 3, 3:46 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZHudspeth44 min
Jun 3, 4:10 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZHudspeth50 min
Jun 3, 4:25 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZEl Paso50 min
Jun 3, 4:49 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZEl Paso, Hudspeth41 min
Jun 3, 4:57 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZHudspeth48 min
Jun 3, 5:03 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZEl Paso42 min
Jun 3, 5:14 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZEl Paso27 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.