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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 64, NWS El Paso, TX

August 2, 2021Hidalgo County, New Mexico

NWS El Paso, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 2, 2021, 5:42 PM MDT for Hidalgo County, New Mexico. It was in force for 48 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
Aug 2, 2021, 5:42 PM MDT (23:42 UTC)
Expired
Aug 2, 2021, 6:30 PM MDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS El Paso, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Hidalgo County, NM

The radar

The Tucson radar (KEMX), 170 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:44 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

Tuscon, AZ (KTUS), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 190 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, Tuscon, AZ at 12:00Z on 2021-08-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 719 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, Tuscon, AZ at 12:00Z on 2021-08-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 23 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
719 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-138 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2053 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
23 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
14 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

616 
WUUS54 KEPZ 022342
SVREPZ
NMC023-030030-
/O.NEW.KEPZ.SV.W.0064.210802T2342Z-210803T0030Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service El Paso TX
542 PM MDT Mon Aug 2 2021

The National Weather Service in El Paso has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northwestern Hidalgo County in southwestern New Mexico...

* Until 630 PM MDT.

* At 541 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Lordsburg, 
  moving east at 10 mph. Blowing dust from outflow winds is reducing 
  visibility to less than a mile. 

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and blowing dust. 

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Steins, Lordsburg, Road Forks, Lordsburg Playa and Shakespeare. 

This includes Interstate 10 in New Mexico between mile markers 2 and
27.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3218 10902 3226 10902 3247 10875 3228 10860
TIME...MOT...LOC 2341Z 277DEG 9KT 3237 10877 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

REYNOLDS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 1, 8:09 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZHidalgo3 hr
Aug 1, 11:52 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZDoña Ana3 hr
Aug 2, 12:45 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZGrant2 hr
Aug 2, 1:05 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZGrant115 min
Aug 2, 2:07 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZ23 min
Aug 2, 2:59 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZGrant2 hr
Aug 2, 3:19 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningEPZGrant116 min
Aug 2, 3:23 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZSierra112 min
Aug 2, 3:39 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZGrant36 min
Aug 2, 3:42 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZGrant33 min
Aug 2, 4:01 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZGrant119 min
Aug 2, 4:12 PM MDTAreal Flood WarningEPZGrant2 hr
Aug 2, 4:14 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZGrant2 hr
Aug 2, 4:26 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZGrant34 min
Aug 2, 4:29 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZGrant2 hr
Aug 2, 4:49 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZGrant116 min
Aug 2, 5:05 PM MDTAreal Flood WarningEPZGrant115 min
Aug 2, 5:14 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZGrant31 min
Aug 2, 5:34 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZHidalgo26 min
Aug 2, 5:50 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZLuna25 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.