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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS El Paso, TX

May 22, 2021Otero County, New Mexico

NWS El Paso, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 22, 2021, 2:56 PM MDT for Otero County, New Mexico. It was in force for 49 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, 2:56 PM MDT (20:56 UTC)
Expired: May 22, 2021, 3:45 PM MDT
In force: 49 min
Issued by: NWS El Paso, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 2.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Otero County, NM

The radar

The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:55 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, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 140 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

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The text

As transmitted.

509 
WUUS54 KEPZ 222056
SVREPZ
NMC035-222145-
/O.NEW.KEPZ.SV.W.0002.210522T2056Z-210522T2145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service El Paso TX
256 PM MDT Sat May 22 2021

The National Weather Service in El Paso has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southeastern Otero County in south central New Mexico...

* Until 345 PM MDT.

* At 256 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 18 miles north of
  Dell City, moving northeast at 15 mph.

  HAZARD...Two inch hail and 60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail 
           damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect 
           wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Crow Flats.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 900 PM MDT for south central
New Mexico.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3204 10529 3217 10545 3244 10528 3224 10500
TIME...MOT...LOC 2056Z 219DEG 13KT 3218 10532 

HAIL...2.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

CRESPO

1 follow-up statement

379 
WWUS54 KEPZ 222136
SVSEPZ

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

NMC035-222146-
/O.EXP.KEPZ.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-210522T2145Z/
Otero NM-
336 PM MDT Sat May 22 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN OTERO COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 345 PM MDT...
                
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 will be allowed to expire.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 900 PM MDT for south central
New Mexico.

LAT...LON 3204 10529 3217 10545 3244 10528 3224 10500
TIME...MOT...LOC 2136Z 219DEG 13KT 3229 10522 

$$

CRESPO

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 22, 5:46 AM MDT	Wind Advisory	EPZ	Grant, Hidalgo, Luna, Sierra	14 hr
May 22, 2:39 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ		51 min
May 22, 2:47 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ		43 min
May 22, 3:11 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EPZ	Otero	49 min
May 22, 3:53 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ	Otero	52 min
May 22, 4:16 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EPZ	Otero	28 min
May 22, 4:22 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EPZ	Otero	24 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.