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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 72, NWS El Paso, TX

August 23, 2021Grant County, Hidalgo County, New Mexico

NWS El Paso, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 23, 2021, 3:22 PM MDT for Grant County, Hidalgo County, New Mexico. It was in force for 38 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 23, 2021, 3:22 PM MDT (21:22 UTC)
Expired: Aug 23, 2021, 4:00 PM MDT
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS El Paso, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.25 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Grant County, NM, Hidalgo County, NM

The radar

The El Paso radar (KEPZ), 183 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:22 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, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 183 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: 657 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -91 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1970 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 71 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 133 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

867 
WUUS54 KEPZ 232122
SVREPZ
NMC017-023-232200-
/O.NEW.KEPZ.SV.W.0072.210823T2122Z-210823T2200Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service El Paso TX
322 PM MDT Mon Aug 23 2021

The National Weather Service in El Paso has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southwestern Grant County in southwestern New Mexico...
  North central Hidalgo County in southwestern New Mexico...

* Until 400 PM MDT.

* At 321 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles east of
  Lordsburg, moving northeast at 5 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...
  Lordsburg.

This includes Interstate 10 in New Mexico between mile markers 24 and
34.
 
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 3224 10858 3231 10870 3253 10861 3239 10835
TIME...MOT...LOC 2121Z 205DEG 5KT 3235 10858 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.25 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

CRESPO

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 22, 7:00 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ	Grant	30 min
Aug 22, 7:48 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EPZ	Hidalgo	117 min
Aug 22, 10:16 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EPZ	Sierra	119 min
Aug 22, 10:46 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EPZ	Grant	119 min
Aug 23, 12:11 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EPZ	Grant	19 min
Aug 23, 12:30 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	EPZ	Grant	3 hr
Aug 23, 12:39 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EPZ	Hidalgo	3 hr
Aug 23, 12:43 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ	Hidalgo	32 min
Aug 23, 1:19 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EPZ	Hidalgo	41 min
Aug 23, 1:27 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ	Hidalgo	33 min
Aug 23, 1:40 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EPZ	Hidalgo	3 hr
Aug 23, 1:55 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	EPZ	Hidalgo	3 hr
Aug 23, 2:01 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EPZ	Grant, Sierra	3 hr
Aug 23, 2:08 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EPZ	Grant, Hidalgo	3 hr
Aug 23, 2:18 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EPZ	Otero	117 min
Aug 23, 2:30 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ	Hidalgo	30 min
Aug 23, 2:47 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ	Hidalgo	28 min
Aug 23, 2:52 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ	Grant	23 min
Aug 23, 3:00 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EPZ	Grant, Hidalgo	3 hr
Aug 23, 3:07 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EPZ	Grant, Sierra	3 hr
Aug 23, 3:13 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	EPZ	Grant, Sierra	3 hr
Aug 23, 3:30 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	EPZ	Grant	3 hr
Aug 23, 3:35 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EPZ	Grant, Luna	25 min
Aug 23, 3:47 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	EPZ	Grant, Sierra	2 hr
Aug 23, 3:55 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ	Grant	35 min
Aug 23, 4:03 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EPZ	Grant, Luna	27 min
Aug 23, 4:06 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EPZ	Sierra	114 min
Aug 23, 4:13 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EPZ	Doña Ana	16 min
Aug 23, 4:17 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EPZ	Doña Ana	28 min
Aug 23, 4:23 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ	Sierra	37 min
Aug 23, 4:29 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	EPZ	Doña Ana	106 min
Aug 23, 4:40 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EPZ	Sierra	35 min
Aug 23, 4:48 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EPZ	Sierra	21 min
Aug 23, 4:55 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EPZ	Sierra	3 hr
Aug 23, 5:09 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	EPZ	Sierra	3 hr
Aug 23, 5:24 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	EPZ	Otero	111 min
Aug 23, 5:28 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EPZ	Doña Ana, Otero, Sierra	2 hr
Aug 23, 5:53 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	EPZ	Doña Ana	112 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.