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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS El Paso, TX

June 12, 2021Hudspeth County, Texas; Otero County, New Mexico

NWS El Paso, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 2021, 5:32 PM MDT for Hudspeth County, Texas; Otero County, New Mexico. It was in force for 43 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
Jun 12, 2021, 5:32 PM MDT (23:32 UTC)
Expired
Jun 12, 2021, 6:15 PM MDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS El Paso, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Otero County, NM, Hudspeth County, TX

The radar

The El Paso radar (KEPZ), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:31 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, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 91 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 2021-06-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Santa Teresa, NM at 12:00Z on 2021-06-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -8 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
5195 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
52 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

460 
WUUS54 KEPZ 122332
SVREPZ
NMC035-TXC229-130015-
/O.NEW.KEPZ.SV.W.0013.210612T2332Z-210613T0015Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service El Paso TX
532 PM MDT Sat Jun 12 2021

The National Weather Service in El Paso has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  South central Otero County in south central New Mexico...
  North central Hudspeth County in western Texas...

* Until 615 PM MDT.

* At 531 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 13 miles northeast
  of Loma Linda, moving east at 10 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts, frequent cloud to ground lightning, 
           and quarter size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Cornudas Mountains.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3189 10586 3205 10585 3204 10555 3187 10559
TIME...MOT...LOC 2331Z 272DEG 9KT 3197 10575 

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

Pegram
1 follow-up statement
471 
WWUS54 KEPZ 122353
SVSEPZ

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service El Paso TX
553 PM MDT Sat Jun 12 2021

NMC035-TXC229-130015-
/O.CON.KEPZ.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-210613T0015Z/
Otero NM-Hudspeth TX-
553 PM MDT Sat Jun 12 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM MDT
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL OTERO AND NORTH CENTRAL HUDSPETH COUNTIES...

At 552 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 17 miles northeast
of Loma Linda, moving east at 10 mph.

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.

Locations impacted include...
Cornudas Mountains.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3189 10586 3205 10585 3204 10555 3187 10559
TIME...MOT...LOC 2352Z 272DEG 9KT 3197 10569 

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

Pegram

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 12, 2:30 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZOtero45 min
Jun 12, 2:38 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZOtero21 min
Jun 12, 2:57 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZOtero3 hr
Jun 12, 3:49 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZOtero26 min
Jun 12, 4:00 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZ30 min
Jun 12, 4:57 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZOtero33 min
Jun 12, 5:01 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZOtero29 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.