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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 28, NWS El Paso, TX

July 11, 2021Otero County, New Mexico

NWS El Paso, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 11, 2021, 5:03 PM MDT for Otero County, New Mexico. It was in force for 28 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, 5:03 PM MDT (23:03 UTC)
Expired: Jul 11, 2021, 5:31 PM MDT
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS El Paso, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.25 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Otero County, NM

The radar

The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:04 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, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 166 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

851 
WUUS54 KEPZ 112303
SVREPZ
NMC035-112345-
/O.NEW.KEPZ.SV.W.0028.210711T2303Z-210711T2345Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service El Paso TX
503 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 545 PM MDT.

* At 503 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Mescalero,
  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...
  Mescalero, Silver Lake, Elk Silver and Soldier Canyon. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3319 10581 3322 10571 3306 10554 3296 10578
TIME...MOT...LOC 2303Z 345DEG 15KT 3316 10572 

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

GRZYWACZ

1 follow-up statement

547 
WWUS54 KEPZ 112331
SVSEPZ

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

NMC035-112341-
/O.CAN.KEPZ.SV.W.0028.000000T0000Z-210711T2345Z/
Otero NM-
531 PM MDT Sun Jul 11 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL OTERO 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.  However heavy rain is
still possible with this thunderstorm.

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

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

LAT...LON 3319 10581 3322 10571 3306 10554 3296 10578
TIME...MOT...LOC 2330Z 345DEG 15KT 3305 10568 

$$

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, 4:16 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, 5:08 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.