Alert archive / New Mexico / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2020
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 15, NWS El Paso, TX
NWS El Paso, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 23, 2020, 4:59 PM MDT for Doña Ana County, Otero County, Sierra County, New Mexico. It was in force for 46 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 23, 2020, 4:59 PM MDT (22:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 23, 2020, 5:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS El Paso, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Doña Ana County, NM, Otero County, NM, Sierra County, NM
The radar
The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:01 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 23, 1:52 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 261 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
- 184 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -314 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1722 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 102 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 163 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 23, 1:46 PM MDT, 3 hours 13 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 23, 1:46 PM MDT, 3 hours 13 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 23, 12:14 PM MDT, 4 hours 45 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service El Paso TX/Santa Teresa NM 1214 PM MDT Tue Jun 23 2020 NMZ401>417-TXZ418>424-241815- 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- 1214 PM MDT Tue Jun 23 2020 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of south central New Mexico, southwest New Mexico, and southwest Texas. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight. Scattered thunderstorms, mainly east of the Continental Divide. wind gusts of 50 to 60 mph possible with some of these storms, along with small hail. Widely dispersed smoke will persist over the region, mainly west of the Rio Grande Valley. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday. Scattered thunderstorms again Wednesday and Thursday. Wind gusts of 40 to 50 mph possible with these storms, along with small hail. Slight chance of thunderstorms continuing Friday and Saturday, mainly over Otero and Hudspeth Counties. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will not be needed. Hefner
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 23, 2:48 PM MDT, 2 hours 11 minutes before
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service El Paso TX 248 PM MDT Tue Jun 23 2020 NMZ414>416-232130- East Slopes Sacramento Mountains Below 7500 Feet NM- West Slopes Sacramento Mountains Below 7500 Feet NM- Sacramento Mountains Above 7500 Feet NM- 248 PM MDT Tue Jun 23 2020 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTH CENTRAL OTERO COUNTY UNTIL 330 PM MDT... At 247 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 4 miles southeast of Apache Summit, moving southeast at 10 mph. Nickel size hail, winds in excess of 45 mph and locally heavy rain will be possible with this storm. Locations impacted include... Mescalero, Silver Lake, Elk Silver, Sixteen Springs and Dry Canyon. A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 900 PM MDT for south central New Mexico. LAT...LON 3315 10578 3327 10561 3307 10534 3289 10559 TIME...MOT...LOC 2047Z 320DEG 11KT 3316 10565 33
Special weather statement, Jun 23, 4:05 PM MDT, 54 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service El Paso TX
405 PM MDT Tue Jun 23 2020
NMZ415-416-232245-
East Slopes Sacramento Mountains Below 7500 Feet NM-
Sacramento Mountains Above 7500 Feet NM-
405 PM MDT Tue Jun 23 2020
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTH CENTRAL OTERO COUNTY UNTIL
445 PM MDT...
At 404 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 8
miles north of Elk Silver, moving southeast at 10 mph.
Nickel size hail, winds in excess of 45 mph and locally heavy rain
will be possible with this storm.
This storm will remain over mainly rural areas of north central Otero
County.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 900 PM MDT for
south central New Mexico.
LAT...LON 3319 10531 3296 10532 3296 10535 3288 10536
3317 10566 3329 10550
TIME...MOT...LOC 2204Z 320DEG 9KT 3318 10553
33Special weather statement, Jun 23, 4:46 PM MDT, 13 minutes before
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service El Paso TX 446 PM MDT Tue Jun 23 2020 NMZ408-409-232330- Eastern Black Range Foothills NM-Sierra County Lakes NM- 446 PM MDT Tue Jun 23 2020 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTH CENTRAL SIERRA COUNTY UNTIL 530 PM MDT... At 446 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 11 miles northeast of Cuchillo, moving southeast at 15 mph. Nickel size hail, wind gusts up to 50 mph, and locally heavy rainfall will be possible with this storm. Locations impacted include... Engle, Cutter, City of Elephant Butte, Rock House, North Monticello Point, Alamosa Canyon, Elephant Butte Lake, Rock Canyon, Hot Springs Landing, Lost Canyon, Lakeshore Highlands and South Monticello Campground. This includes Interstate 25 in New Mexico between mile markers 81 and 97. LAT...LON 3332 10737 3347 10724 3335 10678 3301 10701 TIME...MOT...LOC 2246Z 305DEG 12KT 3336 10724 33
Special weather statement, Jun 23, 4:52 PM MDT, 7 minutes before
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service El Paso TX 452 PM MDT Tue Jun 23 2020 NMZ409-412-232330- Central Tularosa Basin NM-Sierra County Lakes NM- 452 PM MDT Tue Jun 23 2020 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN OTERO AND NORTHEASTERN SIERRA COUNTIES UNTIL 530 PM MDT... At 452 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 23 miles north of Northrup Landing, moving east at 10 mph. Nickel size hail, wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph, and locally heavy rainfall will be possible with this storm. Locations impacted include... Salinas Peak. A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 900 PM MDT for south central New Mexico. LAT...LON 3319 10665 3337 10659 3337 10621 3305 10628 TIME...MOT...LOC 2252Z 284DEG 7KT 3326 10654 33
The office that day
Everything else NWS El Paso, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 2:48 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Otero | 42 min |
| Jun 23, 4:05 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | 40 min | |
| Jun 23, 4:46 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Sierra | 44 min |
| Jun 23, 4:52 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | 38 min | |
| Jun 23, 5:30 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Otero | 45 min |
| Jun 23, 5:46 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Doña Ana, Otero, Sierra | 59 min |
| Jun 23, 5:59 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Sierra | 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.