Alert archive / New Mexico / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 62, NWS El Paso, TX
NWS El Paso, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 25, 2021, 5:24 PM MDT for Doña Ana County, Otero County, Sierra County, New Mexico. It was in force for 51 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 25, 2021, 5:24 PM MDT (23:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 25, 2021, 6:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS El Paso, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 70.0 mph
Counties Doña Ana County, NM, Otero County, NM, Sierra County, NM
The radar
The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 9 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:28 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, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 148 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
- 114 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -125 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1238 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
501
WUUS54 KEPZ 252324
SVREPZ
NMC013-035-051-260015-
/O.NEW.KEPZ.SV.W.0062.210725T2324Z-210726T0015Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service El Paso TX
524 PM MDT Sun Jul 25 2021
The National Weather Service in El Paso has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northwestern Otero County in south central New Mexico...
East central Sierra County in south central New Mexico...
Northeastern Dona Ana County in south central New Mexico...
* Until 615 PM MDT.
* At 523 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 9 miles northwest
of Holloman Air Force Base, moving northwest at 30 mph.
HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to
mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.
* Locations impacted include...
Three Rivers, Northrup Landing, Tularosa, White Sands National
Monument and Holloman Air Force Base.
This includes Highway 54 in New Mexico between mile markers 74 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.
&&
LAT...LON 3311 10587 3269 10631 3308 10667 3339 10629
3339 10614
TIME...MOT...LOC 2323Z 137DEG 30KT 3295 10622
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...70MPH
$$
LUNDEEN1 follow-up statement
360
WWUS54 KEPZ 260023
SVSEPZ
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service El Paso TX
623 PM MDT Sun Jul 25 2021
NMC013-035-051-260032-
/O.EXP.KEPZ.SV.W.0062.000000T0000Z-210726T0015Z/
Otero NM-Sierra NM-Dona Ana NM-
623 PM MDT Sun Jul 25 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN OTERO...EAST
CENTRAL SIERRA AND NORTHEASTERN DONA ANA COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning has been allowed to expire. However gusty
winds are still possible with this thunderstorm.
LAT...LON 3311 10587 3269 10631 3308 10667 3339 10629
3339 10614
TIME...MOT...LOC 0022Z 137DEG 30KT 3326 10656
$$
LUNDEENThe office that day
Everything else NWS El Paso, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 25, 12:00 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Otero | 30 min |
| Jul 25, 2:33 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Otero | 4 hr |
| Jul 25, 2:54 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Otero | 36 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.