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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 1, NWS El Paso, TX

May 22, 2021Hudspeth County, Texas

NWS El Paso, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 22, 2021, 2:32 PM MDT for Hudspeth County, Texas. It was in force for 28 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: May 22, 2021, 2:32 PM MDT (20:32 UTC)
Expired: May 22, 2021, 3:00 PM MDT
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS El Paso, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Hudspeth County, TX

The radar

The El Paso radar (KEPZ), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:34 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
May 22, 12:42 PM MDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Santa Teresa, NM (KEPZ), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 130 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 3028 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 200 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

884 
WUUS54 KEPZ 222032
SVREPZ
TXC229-222115-
/O.NEW.KEPZ.SV.W.0001.210522T2032Z-210522T2115Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service El Paso TX
232 PM MDT Sat May 22 2021

The National Weather Service in El Paso has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northeastern Hudspeth County in western Texas...

* Until 315 PM MDT.

* At 229 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 13 miles south of 
  Cornudas, moving northeast at 25 mph. The storm will be moving 
  through Farm Road 1111 and towards highway 62 & 180 between 
  Cornudas and Slat Flat.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage 
           to roofs, siding, and trees.

* This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
  northeastern Hudspeth County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 900 PM MDT for western Texas.

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3146 10543 3157 10556 3189 10535 3168 10505
TIME...MOT...LOC 2029Z 211DEG 20KT 3159 10543 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

CRESPO

1 follow-up statement

496 
WWUS54 KEPZ 222100
SVSEPZ

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service El Paso TX
300 PM MDT Sat May 22 2021

TXC229-222109-
/O.CAN.KEPZ.SV.W.0001.000000T0000Z-210522T2115Z/
Hudspeth TX-
300 PM MDT Sat May 22 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN HUDSPETH COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 900 PM MDT for western Texas.

LAT...LON 3146 10543 3157 10556 3189 10535 3168 10505
TIME...MOT...LOC 2058Z 211DEG 20KT 3174 10533 

$$

CRESPO

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 22, 4:16 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EPZ	Hudspeth	28 min

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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.