Alert archive / New Mexico / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS El Paso, TX
NWS El Paso, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 22, 2021, 3:11 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
- May 22, 2021, 3:11 PM MDT (21:11 UTC)
- Expired
- May 22, 2021, 4:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 49 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), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 12:42 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Santa Teresa, NM (KEPZ), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 122 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3028 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 200 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
751
WUUS54 KEPZ 222111
SVREPZ
NMC035-222200-
/O.NEW.KEPZ.SV.W.0003.210522T2111Z-210522T2200Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service El Paso TX
311 PM MDT Sat May 22 2021
The National Weather Service in El Paso has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
South central Otero County in south central New Mexico...
* Until 400 PM MDT.
* At 309 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 12 miles south of
Timberon, moving northeast at 20 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...
Timberon.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 900 PM MDT for south central
New Mexico.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3231 10565 3241 10578 3271 10561 3253 10535
TIME...MOT...LOC 2109Z 212DEG 15KT 3246 10565
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
CRESPO2 follow-up statements
338
WWUS54 KEPZ 222139
SVSEPZ
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service El Paso TX
339 PM MDT Sat May 22 2021
NMC035-222200-
/O.CON.KEPZ.SV.W.0003.000000T0000Z-210522T2200Z/
Otero NM-
339 PM MDT Sat May 22 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM MDT
FOR CENTRAL OTERO COUNTY...
At 338 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles southeast of
Timberon, moving northeast at 15 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Timberon.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 900 PM MDT for south central
New Mexico.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3244 10561 3251 10572 3271 10561 3255 10538
TIME...MOT...LOC 2138Z 212DEG 15KT 3256 10557
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
CRESPO110
WWUS54 KEPZ 222151
SVSEPZ
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service El Paso TX
351 PM MDT Sat May 22 2021
NMC035-222201-
/O.EXP.KEPZ.SV.W.0003.000000T0000Z-210522T2200Z/
Otero NM-
351 PM MDT Sat May 22 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL OTERO COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 400 PM MDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and has exited the warned area. Therefore, the warning will
be allowed to expire.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 900 PM MDT for south central
New Mexico.
LAT...LON 3244 10561 3251 10572 3271 10561 3255 10538
TIME...MOT...LOC 2151Z 212DEG 15KT 3259 10555
$$
CRESPOThe office that day
Everything else NWS El Paso, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 5:46 AM MDT | Wind Advisory | EPZ | Grant, Hidalgo, Luna, Sierra | 14 hr |
| May 22, 2:39 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | 51 min | |
| May 22, 2:47 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | 43 min | |
| May 22, 2:56 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Otero | 49 min |
| May 22, 3:53 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Otero | 52 min |
| May 22, 4:16 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Otero | 28 min |
| May 22, 4:22 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Otero | 24 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.