Alert archive / New Mexico / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 80, NWS El Paso, TX
NWS El Paso, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 5, 2021, 4:42 PM MDT for Sierra County, New Mexico. It was in force for 33 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
- Sep 5, 2021, 4:42 PM MDT (22:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 5, 2021, 5:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS El Paso, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.25 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Sierra County, NM
The radar
The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:44 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, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 170 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
- 614 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -101 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1691 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
960
WUUS54 KEPZ 052242
SVREPZ
NMC051-052315-
/O.NEW.KEPZ.SV.W.0080.210905T2242Z-210905T2315Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service El Paso TX
442 PM MDT Sun Sep 5 2021
The National Weather Service in El Paso has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northeastern Sierra County in south central New Mexico...
* Until 515 PM MDT.
* At 442 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 24 miles northeast
of Engle, moving southeast at 20 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.
* This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
northeastern Sierra County.
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 3341 10645 3323 10685 3348 10687 3348 10658
TIME...MOT...LOC 2242Z 321DEG 17KT 3344 10675
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.25 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
DELThe office that day
Everything else NWS El Paso, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 4, 6:13 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Doña Ana | 2 hr |
| Sep 5, 7:18 AM MDT | Flash Flood Watch | EPZ | Otero | 14 hr |
| Sep 5, 11:52 AM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Doña Ana | 3 hr |
| Sep 5, 12:27 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Grant | 3 hr |
| Sep 5, 12:31 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Sierra | 29 min |
| Sep 5, 12:59 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Otero | 2 hr |
| Sep 5, 1:13 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Grant | 3 hr |
| Sep 5, 1:26 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | 34 min | |
| Sep 5, 1:36 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | EPZ | Otero | 3 hr |
| Sep 5, 1:40 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Grant | 3 hr |
| Sep 5, 1:51 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Grant | 3 hr |
| Sep 5, 1:57 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Otero | 3 hr |
| Sep 5, 1:59 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Grant | 31 min |
| Sep 5, 2:04 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Grant | 26 min |
| Sep 5, 2:14 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Grant, Sierra | 3 hr |
| Sep 5, 2:25 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Grant | 3 hr |
| Sep 5, 2:38 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Sierra | 3 hr |
| Sep 5, 2:48 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Otero | 3 hr |
| Sep 5, 2:59 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | EPZ | Grant | 3 hr |
| Sep 5, 3:01 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Sierra | 14 min |
| Sep 5, 3:05 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Grant | 115 min |
| Sep 5, 3:20 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Grant, Sierra | 3 hr |
| Sep 5, 3:39 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Sierra | 36 min |
| Sep 5, 4:03 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Sierra | 117 min |
| Sep 5, 4:19 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Sierra | 3 hr |
| Sep 5, 4:36 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Grant, Luna | 3 hr |
| Sep 5, 4:47 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | EPZ | Grant, Luna | 3 hr |
| Sep 5, 5:02 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Grant | 118 min |
| Sep 5, 5:05 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | 25 min | |
| Sep 5, 5:20 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Sierra | 3 hr |
| Sep 5, 5:25 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Grant | 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.