Alert archive / New Mexico / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 56, NWS El Paso, TX
NWS El Paso, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 15, 2021, 5:05 PM MDT for Hidalgo County, Luna County, New Mexico. It was in force for 40 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 15, 2021, 5:05 PM MDT (23:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 15, 2021, 5:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS El Paso, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Hidalgo County, NM, Luna County, NM
The radar
The El Paso radar (KEPZ), 146 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:06 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 nearest sounding before it
Santa Teresa, NM (KEPZ), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 146 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
- 2287 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 5 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
659
WUUS54 KEPZ 152305
SVREPZ
NMC023-029-152345-
/O.NEW.KEPZ.SV.W.0056.210715T2305Z-210715T2345Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service El Paso TX
505 PM MDT Thu Jul 15 2021
The National Weather Service in El Paso has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southwestern Luna County in southwestern New Mexico...
Southeastern Hidalgo County in southwestern New Mexico...
* Until 545 PM MDT.
* At 504 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 17 miles northeast
of Alamo Hueco, moving northeast at 15 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...
Hachita Valley.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 3183 10822 3178 10811 3178 10821 3161 10821
3156 10831 3164 10835
TIME...MOT...LOC 2304Z 223DEG 11KT 3165 10827
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
BROWN2 follow-up statements
500
WWUS54 KEPZ 152324
SVSEPZ
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service El Paso TX
524 PM MDT Thu Jul 15 2021
NMC023-029-152345-
/O.CON.KEPZ.SV.W.0056.000000T0000Z-210715T2345Z/
Luna NM-Hidalgo NM-
524 PM MDT Thu Jul 15 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM MDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN LUNA AND SOUTHEASTERN HIDALGO COUNTIES...
At 524 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 16 miles southeast
of Hachita, moving northeast at 15 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Hachita Valley.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 3179 10822 3178 10811 3178 10821 3161 10821
3158 10829 3165 10834
TIME...MOT...LOC 2324Z 223DEG 11KT 3170 10822
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
BROWN738
WWUS54 KEPZ 152335
SVSEPZ
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service El Paso TX
535 PM MDT Thu Jul 15 2021
NMC023-029-152345-
/O.EXP.KEPZ.SV.W.0056.000000T0000Z-210715T2345Z/
Luna NM-Hidalgo NM-
535 PM MDT Thu Jul 15 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN LUNA AND
SOUTHEASTERN HIDALGO COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 545 PM MDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. However heavy rain
is still possible with this thunderstorm.
LAT...LON 3179 10822 3178 10811 3178 10821 3161 10821
3158 10829 3165 10834
TIME...MOT...LOC 2335Z 223DEG 11KT 3172 10820
$$
BROWNThe office that day
Everything else NWS El Paso, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 7:12 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Grant | 3 hr |
| Jul 15, 12:58 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Grant | 3 hr |
| Jul 15, 1:53 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Grant | 3 hr |
| Jul 15, 2:30 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | EPZ | Grant | 3 hr |
| Jul 15, 2:37 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Sierra | 3 hr |
| Jul 15, 3:21 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Grant, Sierra | 2 hr |
| Jul 15, 3:37 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Luna | 23 min |
| Jul 15, 4:19 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Hidalgo | 26 min |
| Jul 15, 4:37 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Hidalgo | 38 min |
| Jul 15, 4:43 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Sierra | 32 min |
| Jul 15, 5:32 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Hidalgo | 28 min |
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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.