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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 65, NWS El Paso, TX

August 2, 2021Hidalgo County, New Mexico

NWS El Paso, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 2, 2021, 6:30 PM MDT for Hidalgo County, New Mexico. 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: Aug 2, 2021, 6:30 PM MDT (00:30 UTC)
Expired: Aug 2, 2021, 7:00 PM MDT
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS El Paso, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.25 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Hidalgo County, NM

The radar

The Tucson radar (KEMX), 175 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:34 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 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 197 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 219 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -39 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1999 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 18 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 29 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

678 
WUUS54 KEPZ 030030
SVREPZ
NMC023-030100-
/O.NEW.KEPZ.SV.W.0065.210803T0030Z-210803T0100Z/

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

The National Weather Service in El Paso has issued a

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

* Until 700 PM MDT.

* At 630 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 6 miles north of
  Animas, moving southeast at 10 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage 
           to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Cotton City, Animas and Windmill. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3206 10888 3212 10880 3198 10854 3181 10879
TIME...MOT...LOC 0030Z 321DEG 9KT 3204 10879 

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

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1 follow-up statement

318 
WWUS54 KEPZ 030048
SVSEPZ

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service El Paso TX
648 PM MDT Mon Aug 2 2021

NMC023-030100-
/O.CON.KEPZ.SV.W.0065.000000T0000Z-210803T0100Z/
Hidalgo NM-
648 PM MDT Mon Aug 2 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM MDT
FOR CENTRAL HIDALGO COUNTY...

At 648 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 5 miles northeast of
Animas, moving southeast at 10 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to 
         roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
Animas and Windmill. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3197 10884 3209 10874 3198 10854 3181 10879
TIME...MOT...LOC 0048Z 321DEG 9KT 3200 10876 

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 2, 6:37 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ		23 min
Aug 2, 7:07 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EPZ	Hidalgo	113 min
Aug 2, 8:13 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EPZ	Hidalgo	2 hr
Aug 2, 8:58 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EPZ	Hidalgo	2 hr
Aug 3, 12:39 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EPZ	Otero	3 hr
Aug 3, 2:26 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EPZ	Grant, Sierra	2 hr
Aug 3, 2:34 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EPZ	Otero	116 min
Aug 3, 2:42 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	EPZ	Grant, Sierra	2 hr
Aug 3, 3:21 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EPZ	Grant	39 min
Aug 3, 3:49 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	EPZ	Grant	3 hr
Aug 3, 4:05 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EPZ	Grant, Luna	3 hr
Aug 3, 4:36 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EPZ	Grant, Luna	54 min
Aug 3, 4:48 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EPZ	Grant	117 min
Aug 3, 4:50 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EPZ	Grant, Luna	115 min
Aug 3, 5:12 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	EPZ	Grant	2 hr
Aug 3, 5:17 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EPZ	Grant	28 min
Aug 3, 5:41 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EPZ	Grant, Luna	2 hr

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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.