Alert archive / New Mexico / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 78, NWS El Paso, TX
NWS El Paso, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 27, 2021, 6:28 PM MDT for Doña Ana County, New Mexico. It was in force for 32 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 27, 2021, 6:28 PM MDT (00:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 27, 2021, 7:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS El Paso, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
County Doña Ana County, NM
The radar
The El Paso radar (KEPZ), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Santa Teresa, NM (KEPZ), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 59 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
- 75 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -70 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2924 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 6 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
294 WUUS54 KEPZ 280028 SVREPZ NMC013-280100- /O.NEW.KEPZ.SV.W.0078.210828T0028Z-210828T0100Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Warning National Weather Service El Paso TX 628 PM MDT Fri Aug 27 2021 The National Weather Service in El Paso has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Central Dona Ana County in south central New Mexico... * Until 700 PM MDT. * At 627 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Organ, moving southwest at 5 mph. HAZARD...Quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected. * Locations impacted include... Organ, Talavera, East Mesa, Northeast Las Cruces, Aguirre Springs and Portions of Organ Mountains Desert Peaks National Monument. This includes Highway 70 in New Mexico between mile markers 154 and 163. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. && LAT...LON 3245 10658 3238 10656 3230 10667 3241 10676 TIME...MOT...LOC 0027Z 059DEG 5KT 3238 10663 HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX WIND GUST...<50 MPH $$ BROWN
2 follow-up statements
303 WWUS54 KEPZ 280045 SVSEPZ Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service El Paso TX 645 PM MDT Fri Aug 27 2021 NMC013-280100- /O.CON.KEPZ.SV.W.0078.000000T0000Z-210828T0100Z/ Dona Ana NM- 645 PM MDT Fri Aug 27 2021 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM MDT FOR CENTRAL DONA ANA COUNTY... At 645 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Organ, moving west at 5 mph. HAZARD...Quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected. Locations impacted include... Talavera, East Mesa, Northeast Las Cruces, Aguirre Springs and Portions of Organ Mountains Desert Peaks National Monument. This includes Highway 70 in New Mexico between mile markers 154 and 160. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. && LAT...LON 3244 10664 3237 10657 3230 10667 3241 10676 TIME...MOT...LOC 0045Z 103DEG 5KT 3240 10665 HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX WIND GUST...<50 MPH $$ BROWN
644
WWUS54 KEPZ 280053
SVSEPZ
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service El Paso TX
653 PM MDT Fri Aug 27 2021
NMC013-280103-
/O.EXP.KEPZ.SV.W.0078.000000T0000Z-210828T0100Z/
Dona Ana NM-
653 PM MDT Fri Aug 27 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL DONA ANA COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 700 PM MDT...
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 will be allowed to expire. However heavy rain
is still possible with this thunderstorm.
LAT...LON 3244 10664 3237 10657 3230 10667 3241 10676
TIME...MOT...LOC 0053Z 059DEG 5KT 3240 10666
$$
BROWNThe office that day
Everything else NWS El Paso, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 27, 6:09 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Doña Ana | 36 min |
| Aug 27, 6:17 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Luna | 28 min |
| Aug 27, 6:42 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Doña Ana | 2 hr |
| Aug 27, 6:47 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Doña Ana | 118 min |
| Aug 27, 7:35 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Doña Ana, Luna | 115 min |
| Aug 28, 1:26 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Otero | 2 hr |
| Aug 28, 1:35 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | 25 min | |
| Aug 28, 2:01 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Grant, Sierra | 119 min |
| Aug 28, 2:25 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Sierra | 2 hr |
| Aug 28, 2:45 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Hidalgo | 30 min |
| Aug 28, 3:55 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Otero | 2 hr |
| Aug 28, 5:22 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Luna | 113 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.