Alert archive / New Mexico / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS El Paso, TX
NWS El Paso, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 11, 2021, 3:26 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
- Jul 11, 2021, 3:26 PM MDT (21:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 11, 2021, 4:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS El Paso, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.75 in
- Wind
- 70.0 mph
County Otero County, NM
The radar
The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 176 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.
041
WUUS54 KEPZ 112126
SVREPZ
NMC035-112215-
/O.NEW.KEPZ.SV.W.0021.210711T2126Z-210711T2215Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service El Paso TX
326 PM MDT Sun Jul 11 2021
The National Weather Service in El Paso has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
North central Otero County in south central New Mexico...
* Until 415 PM MDT.
* At 325 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 5 miles east of
Apache Summit, moving southeast at 5 mph.
HAZARD...Golf ball size hail and 70 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail
damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect
considerable tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to
mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.
* Locations impacted include...
Silver Lake, 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 3322 10572 3329 10558 3308 10534 3296 10563
TIME...MOT...LOC 2125Z 326DEG 5KT 3320 10560
HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...70MPH
$$
GRZYWACZ1 follow-up statement
955 WWUS54 KEPZ 112150 SVSEPZ Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service El Paso TX 350 PM MDT Sun Jul 11 2021 NMC035-112215- /O.CON.KEPZ.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-210711T2215Z/ Otero NM- 350 PM MDT Sun Jul 11 2021 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM MDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL OTERO COUNTY... At 350 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Elk Silver, moving south at 25 mph. HAZARD...Quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected. Locations impacted include... Silver Lake, Elk Silver and Sixteen Springs. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Prepare immediately for large hail and damaging winds. People outside should move to a shelter, inside a strong building and away from windows. Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. && LAT...LON 3313 10566 3318 10552 3308 10534 3296 10563 TIME...MOT...LOC 2150Z 339DEG 20KT 3308 10556 HAIL...1.00IN WIND...<50MPH $$ GRZYWACZ
The office that day
Everything else NWS El Paso, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 11, 2:39 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Otero | 51 min |
| Jul 11, 3:06 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Otero | 3 hr |
| 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.