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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 8, NWS El Paso, TX

May 31, 2021Otero County, New Mexico

NWS El Paso, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 31, 2021, 5:00 PM MDT for Otero County, New Mexico. It was in force for 45 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
May 31, 2021, 5:00 PM MDT (23:00 UTC)
Expired
May 31, 2021, 5:45 PM MDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS El Paso, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Otero County, NM

The radar

The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:03 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 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 124 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 12:00Z on 2021-05-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 125 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Santa Teresa, NM at 12:00Z on 2021-05-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -57 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
125 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-252 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2730 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-57 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
10 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

507 
WUUS54 KEPZ 312300
SVREPZ
NMC035-312345-
/O.NEW.KEPZ.SV.W.0008.210531T2300Z-210531T2345Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service El Paso TX
500 PM MDT Mon May 31 2021

The National Weather Service in El Paso has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Central Otero County in south central New Mexico...

* Until 545 PM MDT.

* At 459 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 6 miles west of
  Timberon, moving east at 10 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Timberon.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3264 10589 3277 10585 3274 10555 3251 10564
TIME...MOT...LOC 2259Z 287DEG 7KT 3267 10580 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

BROWN
2 follow-up statements
532 
WWUS54 KEPZ 312320
SVSEPZ

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service El Paso TX
520 PM MDT Mon May 31 2021

NMC035-312345-
/O.CON.KEPZ.SV.W.0008.000000T0000Z-210531T2345Z/
Otero NM-
520 PM MDT Mon May 31 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM MDT
FOR CENTRAL OTERO COUNTY...

At 520 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Timberon,
moving east at 10 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Timberon.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3264 10582 3275 10572 3274 10555 3254 10563
TIME...MOT...LOC 2320Z 287DEG 7KT 3266 10575 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

BROWN
997 
WWUS54 KEPZ 312335
SVSEPZ

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service El Paso TX
535 PM MDT Mon May 31 2021

NMC035-312345-
/O.EXP.KEPZ.SV.W.0008.000000T0000Z-210531T2345Z/
Otero NM-
535 PM MDT Mon May 31 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL OTERO COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 545 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 small hail
and gusty winds are still possible with this thunderstorm.

LAT...LON 3264 10582 3275 10572 3274 10555 3254 10563
TIME...MOT...LOC 2335Z 287DEG 7KT 3265 10573 

$$

BROWN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 31, 2:25 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZ50 min
May 31, 3:12 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZOtero48 min
May 31, 4:47 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZOtero43 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.