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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 47, NWS El Paso, TX

July 11, 2021Doña Ana County, New Mexico

NWS El Paso, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 11, 2021, 7:06 PM MDT for Doña Ana County, New Mexico. It was in force for 39 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, 7:06 PM MDT (01:06 UTC)
Expired
Jul 11, 2021, 7:45 PM MDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS El Paso, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.5 in
Wind
70.0 mph

County Doña Ana County, NM

The radar

The El Paso radar (KEPZ), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 11, 7:15 PM MDTTSTM WND GST 923 Ene Dona Ana, NMMESONET STATION EW1486 TWIN PEAKS WIND SPEEDS ON RIDGE TOP.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 11, 2:23 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Santa Teresa, NM (KEPZ), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 76 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Santa Teresa, NM at 00:00Z on 2021-07-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 751 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Santa Teresa, NM at 00:00Z on 2021-07-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 0 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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

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The text

As transmitted.

317 
WUUS54 KEPZ 120106
SVREPZ
NMC013-120145-
/O.NEW.KEPZ.SV.W.0047.210712T0106Z-210712T0145Z/

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

The National Weather Service in El Paso has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  East central Dona Ana County in south central New Mexico...

* Until 745 PM MDT.

* At 706 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Jornada
  Range, moving south at 20 mph.

  HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and ping pong ball size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail 
           damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect 
           considerable tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to 
           mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.

* Locations impacted include...
  Leasburg, White Sands Missile Range Headquarters, Jornada Range,
  Radium Springs, Dona Ana, Organ, East Mesa, Portions of Jornada
  Experimental Range, Hill, Northeast Las Cruces, Fort Selden State
  Historic Site, Aguirre Springs, Portions of Organ Mountains Desert
  Peaks National Monument, Lake Lucero and Leasburg Dam State Park.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 25 in New Mexico between mile markers 11 and 25.
 Highway 70 in New Mexico between mile markers 155 and 175.

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 3271 10695 3275 10640 3239 10639 3236 10653
      3241 10694
TIME...MOT...LOC 0106Z 354DEG 19KT 3264 10675 

HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

GRZYWACZ

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 11, 6:01 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZOtero44 min
Jul 11, 6:05 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZDoña Ana, Otero, Sierra40 min
Jul 11, 6:08 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZOtero52 min
Jul 11, 6:13 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZDoña Ana, Sierra47 min
Jul 11, 6:19 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZDoña Ana, Otero26 min
Jul 11, 6:24 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningEPZSierra3 hr
Jul 11, 6:28 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZDoña Ana, Otero47 min
Jul 11, 6:33 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZOtero42 min
Jul 11, 6:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZDoña Ana, Sierra47 min
Jul 11, 6:46 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZOtero3 hr
Jul 11, 7:00 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZDoña Ana, Otero45 min
Jul 11, 7:04 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZSierra41 min
Jul 11, 7:16 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZOtero29 min
Jul 11, 7:22 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZDoña Ana3 hr
Jul 11, 7:31 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZDoña Ana, Otero44 min
Jul 11, 7:42 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZDoña Ana3 hr
Jul 11, 7:45 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZDoña Ana, Otero30 min
Jul 11, 7:57 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZDoña Ana, Sierra48 min
Jul 11, 8:08 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZDoña Ana3 hr
Jul 11, 8:11 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZDoña Ana49 min
Jul 11, 8:26 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningEPZDoña Ana3 hr
Jul 11, 8:28 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZDoña Ana29 min
Jul 11, 8:49 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZDoña Ana26 min
Jul 11, 8:51 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZLuna24 min
Jul 11, 9:48 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZHidalgo27 min
Jul 11, 10:10 PM MDTDust Storm WarningEPZHidalgo2 hr
Jul 11, 10:14 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZDoña Ana3 hr
Jul 11, 10:27 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZLuna3 hr
Jul 11, 11:04 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZGrant3 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.