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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 60, NWS El Paso, TX

July 23, 2021Sierra County, New Mexico

NWS El Paso, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 23, 2021, 5:33 PM MDT for Sierra County, New Mexico. It was in force for 42 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 23, 2021, 5:33 PM MDT (23:33 UTC)
Expired
Jul 23, 2021, 6:15 PM MDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS El Paso, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.88 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Sierra County, NM

The radar

The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:37 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, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 172 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 2021-07-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 318 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 12:00Z on 2021-07-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -33 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
318 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-216 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1894 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-33 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
11 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

007 
WUUS54 KEPZ 232333
SVREPZ
NMC051-240015-
/O.NEW.KEPZ.SV.W.0060.210723T2333Z-210724T0015Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service El Paso TX
533 PM MDT Fri Jul 23 2021

The National Weather Service in El Paso has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  North central Sierra County in south central New Mexico...

* Until 615 PM MDT.

* At 533 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 5 miles north of
  Cuchillo, moving northeast at 5 mph.

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

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Monticello, Cuchillo, North Monticello Point, Alamosa Canyon, Las
  Placitas, Lakeshore Highlands, Elephant Butte Lake and South
  Monticello Campground.

This includes Interstate 25 in New Mexico between mile markers 81 and
96.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Large hail and damaging winds and continuous cloud to ground
lightning is occurring with this storm. Move indoors immediately.
Lightning is one of nature's leading killers. Remember, if you can
hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning.

Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3326 10712 3320 10742 3335 10751 3348 10732
      3348 10726
TIME...MOT...LOC 2333Z 240DEG 6KT 3331 10739 

HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

CRESPO

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 22, 10:09 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZHidalgo2 hr
Jul 22, 10:47 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZHidalgo28 min
Jul 23, 9:10 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZ35 min
Jul 23, 11:38 AM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZOtero6 min
Jul 23, 11:44 AM MDTFlash Flood WarningEPZOtero3 hr
Jul 23, 12:26 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZOtero3 hr
Jul 23, 1:02 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZOtero3 hr
Jul 23, 1:52 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZOtero3 hr
Jul 23, 2:40 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZLuna35 min
Jul 23, 2:44 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZ31 min
Jul 23, 2:52 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZGrant3 hr
Jul 23, 3:04 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZLuna3 hr
Jul 23, 3:08 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZGrant, Luna, Sierra35 min
Jul 23, 3:26 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZDoña Ana31 min
Jul 23, 4:02 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZGrant, Luna3 hr
Jul 23, 4:07 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZDoña Ana18 min
Jul 23, 4:22 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZDoña Ana23 min
Jul 23, 4:25 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningEPZDoña Ana3 hr
Jul 23, 4:42 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZDoña Ana3 hr
Jul 23, 4:58 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZSierra32 min
Jul 23, 5:12 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZDoña Ana3 hr
Jul 23, 5:16 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningEPZDoña Ana3 hr
Jul 23, 5:21 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZDoña Ana, Sierra3 hr
Jul 23, 5:25 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZSierra35 min
Jul 23, 5:35 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZSierra3 hr
Jul 23, 5:56 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZLuna34 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.