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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 6, NWS El Paso, TX

May 30, 2021Hudspeth County, Texas

NWS El Paso, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 30, 2021, 5:30 PM MDT for Hudspeth County, Texas. It was in force for 30 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 30, 2021, 5:30 PM MDT (23:30 UTC)
Expired
May 30, 2021, 6:00 PM MDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS El Paso, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.5 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Hudspeth County, TX

The radar

The El Paso radar (KEPZ), 157 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:30 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 nearest sounding before it

Santa Teresa, NM (KEPZ), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 156 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 12:00Z on 2021-05-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Santa Teresa, NM at 12:00Z on 2021-05-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 12 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2866 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
12 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
102 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

130 
WUUS54 KEPZ 302330
SVREPZ
TXC229-310000-
/O.NEW.KEPZ.SV.W.0006.210530T2330Z-210531T0000Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service El Paso TX
530 PM MDT Sun May 30 2021

The National Weather Service in El Paso has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southeastern Hudspeth County in western Texas...

* Until 600 PM MDT.

* At 529 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 9 miles east of
  Fort Quitman, 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...
  Quitman Canyon. 

This includes Interstate 10 in Texas between mile markers 108 and
121.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3094 10543 3103 10554 3118 10533 3111 10511
TIME...MOT...LOC 2329Z 222DEG 30KT 3103 10543 

HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

TSB
1 follow-up statement
245 
WWUS54 KEPZ 302355
SVSEPZ

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service El Paso TX
555 PM MDT Sun May 30 2021

TXC229-310005-
/O.EXP.KEPZ.SV.W.0006.000000T0000Z-210531T0000Z/
Hudspeth TX-
555 PM MDT Sun May 30 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN HUDSPETH COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 600 PM MDT...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and has exited the warned area. Therefore, the warning will
be allowed to expire.  However gusty winds are still possible with
this thunderstorm.

LAT...LON 3094 10543 3103 10554 3118 10533 3111 10511
TIME...MOT...LOC 2355Z 222DEG 30KT 3118 10527 

$$

TSB

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 30, 2:46 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZHudspeth44 min
May 30, 5:20 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZHudspeth40 min

Nearby

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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.