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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 36, NWS El Paso, TX

July 11, 2021Otero County, New Mexico

NWS El Paso, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 11, 2021, 5:49 PM MDT for Otero County, New Mexico. It was in force for 41 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Jul 11, 2021, 5:49 PM MDT (23:49 UTC)
Expired: Jul 11, 2021, 6:30 PM MDT
In force: 41 min
Issued by: NWS El Paso, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.5 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Otero County, NM

The radar

The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 9 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:48 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jul 11, 6:00 PM MDT	TSTM WND GST 63	8 W Tularosa, NM	WSM47 FROM WSMR SAMS NETWORK.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

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, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 144 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.

079 
WUUS54 KEPZ 112349
SVREPZ
NMC035-120030-
/O.NEW.KEPZ.SV.W.0036.210711T2349Z-210712T0030Z/

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

The National Weather Service in El Paso has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northwestern Otero County in south central New Mexico...

* Until 630 PM MDT.

* At 549 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Tularosa,
  moving south at 15 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...
  Tularosa, Alamogordo, Burro Flats, High Rolls, La Luz, Mountain
  Park and Karr Canyon.

This includes Highway 54 in New Mexico between mile markers 70 and
82.
 
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.

&&

LAT...LON 3311 10620 3314 10588 3292 10578 3293 10613
TIME...MOT...LOC 2349Z 340DEG 15KT 3311 10602 

HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

GRZYWACZ

1 follow-up statement

428 
WWUS54 KEPZ 120021
SVSEPZ

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

NMC035-120031-
/O.EXP.KEPZ.SV.W.0036.000000T0000Z-210712T0030Z/
Otero NM-
621 PM MDT Sun Jul 11 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN OTERO COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 630 PM MDT...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.  However gusty
winds are still possible with this thunderstorm.

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

LAT...LON 3311 10620 3314 10588 3292 10578 3293 10613
TIME...MOT...LOC 0021Z 340DEG 15KT 3299 10597 

$$

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, 5:03 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

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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.