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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 83, NWS El Paso, TX

September 7, 2021Luna County, New Mexico

NWS El Paso, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 7, 2021, 5:48 PM MDT for Luna County, New Mexico. It was in force for 42 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 7, 2021, 5:48 PM MDT (23:48 UTC)
Expired: Sep 7, 2021, 6:30 PM MDT
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS El Paso, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Damage threat: Considerable
Hail: 1.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Luna County, NM

The radar

The El Paso radar (KEPZ), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:49 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, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 98 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: 810 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -123 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1993 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 17 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 85 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

148 
WUUS54 KEPZ 072348
SVREPZ
NMC029-080030-
/O.NEW.KEPZ.SV.W.0083.210907T2348Z-210908T0030Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service El Paso TX
548 PM MDT Tue Sep 7 2021

The National Weather Service in El Paso has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Central Luna County in southwestern New Mexico...

* Until 630 PM MDT.

* At 548 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 5 miles northwest
  of Akela, moving west at 40 mph.

  HAZARD...Golf ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail 
           damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect 
           wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Deming, Akela, Sunshine, Rock Hound State Park and Spring Canyon
  State Park.

This includes Interstate 10 in New Mexico between mile markers 66 and
105.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3238 10740 3220 10737 3194 10796 3233 10807
TIME...MOT...LOC 2348Z 079DEG 34KT 3228 10748 

THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

BROWN

2 follow-up statements

119 
WWUS54 KEPZ 072358
SVSEPZ

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service El Paso TX
558 PM MDT Tue Sep 7 2021

NMC029-080030-
/O.CON.KEPZ.SV.W.0083.000000T0000Z-210908T0030Z/
Luna NM-
558 PM MDT Tue Sep 7 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM MDT
FOR CENTRAL LUNA COUNTY...

At 558 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 9 miles east of
Deming, moving west at 40 mph.

HAZARD...Ping pong ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail 
         damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind 
         damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
Deming, Sunshine, Rock Hound State Park and Spring Canyon State Park.

This includes Interstate 10 in New Mexico between mile markers 66 and
99.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3237 10753 3219 10745 3194 10796 3233 10807
TIME...MOT...LOC 2358Z 079DEG 34KT 3226 10759 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.50 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

BROWN

116 
WWUS54 KEPZ 080012
SVSEPZ

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service El Paso TX
612 PM MDT Tue Sep 7 2021

NMC029-080030-
/O.CON.KEPZ.SV.W.0083.000000T0000Z-210908T0030Z/
Luna NM-
612 PM MDT Tue Sep 7 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM MDT
FOR CENTRAL LUNA COUNTY...

At 612 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 5 miles east of
Deming, moving west at 30 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...
Deming, Sunshine, Rock Hound State Park and Spring Canyon State Park.

This includes Interstate 10 in New Mexico between mile markers 72 and
93.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3233 10758 3219 10756 3199 10785 3198 10787
      3234 10798 3234 10795
TIME...MOT...LOC 0012Z 079DEG 26KT 3225 10767 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

BROWN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 7, 2:52 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ	Otero	23 min
Sep 7, 2:57 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EPZ	Otero	20 min
Sep 7, 4:05 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EPZ	Doña Ana	28 min
Sep 7, 4:48 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ	Doña Ana	27 min
Sep 7, 4:58 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ	Luna	32 min
Sep 7, 5:05 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ		25 min
Sep 7, 5:19 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ	Doña Ana	26 min
Sep 7, 5:41 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ	Luna	34 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.