Alert archive / New Mexico / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS El Paso, TX
NWS El Paso, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 22, 2021, 4:16 PM MDT for Otero County, New Mexico; Hudspeth County, Texas. 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
- May 22, 2021, 4:16 PM MDT (22:16 UTC)
- Expired
- May 22, 2021, 4:44 PM MDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS El Paso, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.5 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Otero County, NM, Hudspeth County, TX
The radar
The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 148 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 12:42 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Santa Teresa, NM (KEPZ), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 160 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.
746
WUUS54 KEPZ 222216
SVREPZ
NMC035-TXC229-222300-
/O.NEW.KEPZ.SV.W.0004.210522T2216Z-210522T2300Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service El Paso TX
416 PM MDT Sat May 22 2021
The National Weather Service in El Paso has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southeastern Otero County in south central New Mexico...
Northern Hudspeth County in western Texas...
* Until 500 PM MDT.
* At 416 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 12 miles northeast
of Dell City, moving northeast at 30 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...
Lincoln National Forest, Crow Flats and Brokeoff Mountains.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 900 PM MDT for south central
New Mexico...and western Texas.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3195 10513 3210 10526 3241 10493 3229 10485
3204 10485
TIME...MOT...LOC 2216Z 232DEG 24KT 3208 10509
HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
CRESPO1 follow-up statement
708
WWUS54 KEPZ 222244
SVSEPZ
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service El Paso TX
444 PM MDT Sat May 22 2021
NMC035-TXC229-222254-
/O.CAN.KEPZ.SV.W.0004.000000T0000Z-210522T2300Z/
Otero NM-Hudspeth TX-
444 PM MDT Sat May 22 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN OTERO AND
NORTHERN HUDSPETH COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 900 PM MDT for south central
New Mexico...and western Texas.
LAT...LON 3195 10513 3210 10526 3241 10493 3229 10485
3204 10485
TIME...MOT...LOC 2242Z 232DEG 24KT 3220 10491
$$
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, 3:11 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Otero | 49 min |
| May 22, 3:53 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Otero | 52 min |
| May 22, 4:22 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Otero | 24 min |
| May 22, 2:32 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Hudspeth | 28 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Mexico, 2021Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 2021Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2021
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.