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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 62, NWS El Paso, TX

July 25, 2021Doña Ana County, Otero County, Sierra County, New Mexico

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Santa Teresa, NM at 12:00Z on 2021-07-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 114 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2021-07-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 13 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
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

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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
 
$$

LUNDEEN
1 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 

$$

LUNDEEN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 25, 12:00 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZOtero30 min
Jul 25, 2:33 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZOtero4 hr
Jul 25, 2:54 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZOtero36 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.