Alert archive / New Mexico / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 20, NWS El Paso, TX
NWS El Paso, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 11, 2021, 2:39 PM MDT for Otero County, New Mexico. It was in force for 51 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
- Jul 11, 2021, 2:39 PM MDT (20:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 11, 2021, 3:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 51 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), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:43 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 11, 2:23 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Santa Teresa, NM (KEPZ), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 185 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
- 345 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -353 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2381 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
602
WUUS54 KEPZ 112039
SVREPZ
NMC035-112130-
/O.NEW.KEPZ.SV.W.0020.210711T2039Z-210711T2130Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service El Paso TX
239 PM MDT Sun Jul 11 2021
The National Weather Service in El Paso has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northeast Otero County in south central New Mexico...
* Until 330 PM MDT.
* At 238 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Ruidoso
Downs, moving southeast at 20 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...
Lake Mescalero, Elk Silver, Apache Summit and Sixteen Springs.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Prepare immediately for large hail and damaging winds. People outside
should move immediately to shelter inside a strong building. Stay
away from windows.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 3315 10531 3308 10532 3296 10553 3329 10574
3330 10571 3330 10547
TIME...MOT...LOC 2038Z 325DEG 16KT 3328 10560
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
GRZYWACZ1 follow-up statement
622
WWUS54 KEPZ 112109
SVSEPZ
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service El Paso TX
309 PM MDT Sun Jul 11 2021
NMC035-112130-
/O.CON.KEPZ.SV.W.0020.000000T0000Z-210711T2130Z/
Otero NM-
309 PM MDT Sun Jul 11 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM MDT
FOR NORTH CENTRAL OTERO COUNTY...
At 309 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles east of
Apache Summit, moving south at 15 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Elk Silver, Apache Summit and Sixteen Springs.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Prepare immediately for large hail and damaging winds. People outside
should move to a shelter, inside a strong building and away from
windows.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 3315 10531 3308 10532 3296 10553 3324 10571
3328 10566 3329 10554
TIME...MOT...LOC 2109Z 343DEG 11KT 3320 10557
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
GRZYWACZThe office that day
Everything else NWS El Paso, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 11, 3:06 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Otero | 3 hr |
| Jul 11, 3:26 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Otero | 49 min |
| Jul 11, 3:48 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | 27 min | |
| Jul 11, 3:57 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Grant | 33 min |
| Jul 11, 4:12 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Otero | 48 min |
| Jul 11, 4:16 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Sierra | 21 min |
| Jul 11, 4:23 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Otero | 37 min |
| Jul 11, 4:27 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Otero | 48 min |
| Jul 11, 4:31 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Grant | 33 min |
| Jul 11, 4:33 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Otero | 3 hr |
| Jul 11, 4:45 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Sierra | 30 min |
| Jul 11, 4:47 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | EPZ | Grant | 6 hr |
| Jul 11, 4:50 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Otero | 40 min |
| Jul 11, 5:03 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Otero | 28 min |
| Jul 11, 5:08 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Otero | 37 min |
| Jul 11, 5:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Otero | 46 min |
| Jul 11, 5:16 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Otero | 44 min |
| Jul 11, 5:21 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Doña Ana | 39 min |
| Jul 11, 5:25 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Otero | 50 min |
| Jul 11, 5:26 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Doña Ana, Otero | 49 min |
| Jul 11, 5:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Sierra | 46 min |
| Jul 11, 5:33 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Otero | 42 min |
| Jul 11, 5:36 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Otero | 3 hr |
| Jul 11, 5:49 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Otero | 41 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.