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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 23, NWS El Paso, TX

July 11, 2021Sierra County, New Mexico

NWS El Paso, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 11, 2021, 4:16 PM MDT for Sierra County, New Mexico. It was in force for 21 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, 4:16 PM MDT (22:16 UTC)
Expired: Jul 11, 2021, 4:37 PM MDT
In force: 21 min
Issued by: NWS El Paso, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 50.0 mph

County Sierra County, NM

The radar

The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:17 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, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 150 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: 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

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The text

As transmitted.

407 
WUUS54 KEPZ 112216
SVREPZ
NMC051-112300-
/O.NEW.KEPZ.SV.W.0023.210711T2216Z-210711T2300Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service El Paso TX
416 PM MDT Sun Jul 11 2021

The National Weather Service in El Paso has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  West central Sierra County in south central New Mexico...

* Until 500 PM MDT.

* At 415 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles southwest
  of San Miguel, moving southeast at 25 mph.

  HAZARD...Quarter size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected.

* Locations impacted include...
  Caballo, Palomas, Ladder Ranch, Lower Animas Creek, Upper Palomas
  Canyon, Lower Palomas Canyon and Caballo Lake.

 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Prepare immediately for large hail and deadly cloud to ground
lightning. Seek shelter inside a well-built structure. 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 3310 10764 3321 10753 3302 10713 3281 10747
TIME...MOT...LOC 2215Z 319DEG 22KT 3311 10752 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$

GRZYWACZ

1 follow-up statement

441 
WWUS54 KEPZ 112237
SVSEPZ

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service El Paso TX
437 PM MDT Sun Jul 11 2021

NMC051-112247-
/O.CAN.KEPZ.SV.W.0023.000000T0000Z-210711T2300Z/
Sierra NM-
437 PM MDT Sun Jul 11 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL SIERRA COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
                
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 has been cancelled.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM MDT for
south central New Mexico.

To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will relay your report to the National Weather Service
El Paso.

Remember, a Severe Thunderstorm Warning still remains in effect for
Southern New Mexico until 10 PM MDT. 

LAT...LON 3310 10764 3321 10753 3302 10713 3281 10747
TIME...MOT...LOC 2236Z 319DEG 22KT 3301 10742 

$$

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, 3:26 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, 4:23 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.