Alert archive / New Mexico / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 22, NWS El Paso, TX
NWS El Paso, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 11, 2021, 4:12 PM MDT for Otero County, New Mexico. It was in force for 48 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, 4:12 PM MDT (22:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 11, 2021, 5:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 48 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), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:12 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, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 170 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.
703
WUUS54 KEPZ 112212
SVREPZ
NMC035-112300-
/O.NEW.KEPZ.SV.W.0022.210711T2212Z-210711T2300Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service El Paso TX
412 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 500 PM MDT.
* At 411 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 6 miles southeast
of Apache Summit, moving southeast at 25 mph. Additional weaker
storms were also moving toward Mayhill.
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...
Mayhill, Silver Lake, Elk Silver, Sixteen Springs, Cox Canyon and
Dry Canyon.
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.
Large hail and damaging winds and continuous cloud to ground
lightning is occurring with this storm. Move indoors immediately.
Lightning is one of nature's leading killers. Remember, if you can
hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning.
&&
LAT...LON 3296 10533 3296 10535 3290 10535 3283 10562
3315 10571 3321 10560
TIME...MOT...LOC 2211Z 330DEG 21KT 3314 10563
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
GRZYWACZ1 follow-up statement
781
WWUS54 KEPZ 112228
SVSEPZ
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service El Paso TX
428 PM MDT Sun Jul 11 2021
NMC035-112300-
/O.CON.KEPZ.SV.W.0022.000000T0000Z-210711T2300Z/
Otero NM-
428 PM MDT Sun Jul 11 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM MDT
FOR NORTH CENTRAL OTERO COUNTY...
At 428 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Silver Lake,
moving south at 25 mph.
HAZARD...Ping pong ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail
damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind
damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Mayhill, Silver Lake, Elk Silver, Sixteen Springs, Cox Canyon and Dry
Canyon.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Prepare immediately for large hail and damaging winds. People outside
should move to a shelter, inside a strong building and away from
windows.
Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading
killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to
be struck by lightning.
&&
LAT...LON 3296 10533 3296 10535 3290 10535 3283 10562
3309 10569 3312 10563
TIME...MOT...LOC 2228Z 343DEG 22KT 3303 10560
HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
GRZYWACZThe office that day
Everything else NWS El Paso, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 11, 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, 3:26 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, 4:16 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.