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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 78, NWS El Paso, TX

August 27, 2021Doña Ana County, New Mexico

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.

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 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Santa Teresa, NM at 00:00Z on 2021-08-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 75 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 00:00Z on 2021-08-28The 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
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

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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

$$

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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

$$

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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 

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 27, 6:09 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZDoña Ana36 min
Aug 27, 6:17 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZLuna28 min
Aug 27, 6:42 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZDoña Ana2 hr
Aug 27, 6:47 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZDoña Ana118 min
Aug 27, 7:35 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZDoña Ana, Luna115 min
Aug 28, 1:26 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZOtero2 hr
Aug 28, 1:35 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZ25 min
Aug 28, 2:01 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZGrant, Sierra119 min
Aug 28, 2:25 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZSierra2 hr
Aug 28, 2:45 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZHidalgo30 min
Aug 28, 3:55 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZOtero2 hr
Aug 28, 5:22 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZLuna113 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.