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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 53, NWS El Paso, TX

July 11, 2021Doña Ana County, New Mexico

NWS El Paso, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 11, 2021, 8:28 PM MDT for Doña Ana County, New Mexico. It was in force for 29 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: Jul 11, 2021, 8:28 PM MDT (02:28 UTC)
Expired: Jul 11, 2021, 8:57 PM MDT
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS El Paso, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Doña Ana County, NM

The radar

The El Paso radar (KEPZ), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:31 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.

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, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 80 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

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The text

As transmitted.

579 
WUUS54 KEPZ 120228
SVREPZ
NMC013-120315-
/O.NEW.KEPZ.SV.W.0053.210712T0228Z-210712T0315Z/

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

The National Weather Service in El Paso has issued a

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

* Until 915 PM MDT.

* At 828 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles south of
  Hatch, moving south at 40 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage 
           to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Leasburg, Rincon, Radium Springs, Dona Ana, East Mesa, Portions of
  Jornada Experimental Range, Hill, Fort Selden State Historic Site
  and Leasburg Dam State Park.

This includes Interstate 25 in New Mexico between mile markers 10 and
34.
 
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 3257 10729 3272 10697 3243 10667 3225 10728
TIME...MOT...LOC 0228Z 346DEG 34KT 3256 10712 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

GRZYWACZ

1 follow-up statement

064 
WWUS54 KEPZ 120257
SVSEPZ

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

NMC013-120307-
/O.CAN.KEPZ.SV.W.0053.000000T0000Z-210712T0315Z/
Dona Ana NM-
857 PM MDT Sun Jul 11 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL DONA ANA COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and has exited the warned area. Therefore, the warning has
been cancelled.  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 3257 10729 3272 10697 3243 10667 3225 10728
TIME...MOT...LOC 0256Z 346DEG 34KT 3229 10704 

$$

GRZYWACZ

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 11, 6:01 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EPZ	Otero	44 min
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, 8:49 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.