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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 37, NWS El Paso, TX

July 11, 2021Otero County, New Mexico

NWS El Paso, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 11, 2021, 6:01 PM MDT for Otero County, New Mexico. It was in force for 44 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, 6:01 PM MDT (00:01 UTC)
Expired: Jul 11, 2021, 6:45 PM MDT
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS El Paso, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Otero County, NM

The radar

The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:03 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, 6:50 PM MDT	TSTM WND GST 58	10 Ene White Sands, NM	MESONET STATION WSM50 LC-35 NORTH.

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 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 94 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: 751 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -59 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2875 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 0 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 154 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.8

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

607 
WUUS54 KEPZ 120001
SVREPZ
NMC035-120045-
/O.NEW.KEPZ.SV.W.0037.210712T0001Z-210712T0045Z/

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

The National Weather Service in El Paso has issued a

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

* Until 645 PM MDT.

* At 600 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 10 miles south of 
  White Sands National Monument, moving south at 20 mph. Another 
  storm is moving out of the Alamogordo area toward the west. 

  HAZARD...Golf 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...
  White Sands National Monument.

This includes the following highways...
 Highway 70 in New Mexico between mile markers 179 and 200.
 Highway 54 in New Mexico between mile markers 41 and 48.

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.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3268 10637 3280 10617 3257 10593 3238 10637
TIME...MOT...LOC 0000Z 351DEG 16KT 3264 10631 

HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

GRZYWACZ

The office that day

Everything else NWS El Paso, TX issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 11, 6:05 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EPZ	Doña Ana, Otero, Sierra	40 min
Jul 11, 6:08 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EPZ	Otero	52 min
Jul 11, 6:13 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EPZ	Doña Ana, Sierra	47 min
Jul 11, 6:19 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EPZ	Doña Ana, Otero	26 min
Jul 11, 6:24 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	EPZ	Sierra	3 hr
Jul 11, 6:28 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EPZ	Doña Ana, Otero	47 min
Jul 11, 6:33 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EPZ	Otero	42 min
Jul 11, 6:43 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EPZ	Doña Ana, Sierra	47 min
Jul 11, 6:46 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EPZ	Otero	3 hr
Jul 11, 7:00 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EPZ	Doña Ana, Otero	45 min
Jul 11, 7:04 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ	Sierra	41 min
Jul 11, 7:06 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EPZ	Doña Ana	39 min
Jul 11, 7:16 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EPZ	Otero	29 min
Jul 11, 7:22 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EPZ	Doña Ana	3 hr
Jul 11, 7:31 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EPZ	Doña Ana, Otero	44 min
Jul 11, 7:42 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EPZ	Doña Ana	3 hr
Jul 11, 7:45 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EPZ	Doña Ana, Otero	30 min
Jul 11, 7:57 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EPZ	Doña Ana, Sierra	48 min
Jul 11, 8:08 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EPZ	Doña Ana	3 hr
Jul 11, 8:11 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EPZ	Doña Ana	49 min
Jul 11, 8:26 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	EPZ	Doña Ana	3 hr
Jul 11, 8:28 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EPZ	Doña Ana	29 min
Jul 11, 8:49 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ	Doña Ana	26 min
Jul 11, 8:51 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ	Luna	24 min
Jul 11, 9:48 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ	Hidalgo	27 min
Jul 11, 10:10 PM MDT	Dust Storm Warning	EPZ	Hidalgo	2 hr
Jul 11, 10:14 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EPZ	Doña Ana	3 hr
Jul 11, 10:27 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EPZ	Luna	3 hr
Jul 11, 11:04 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EPZ	Grant	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.