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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 84, NWS El Paso, TX

September 7, 2021Luna County, New Mexico

NWS El Paso, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 7, 2021, 6:22 PM MDT for Luna County, New Mexico. It was in force for 34 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, 6:22 PM MDT (00:22 UTC)
Expired
Sep 7, 2021, 6:56 PM MDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS El Paso, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Luna County, NM

The radar

The El Paso radar (KEPZ), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:25 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 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 111 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 2021-09-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 246 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 2021-09-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -1 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
246 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-63 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3271 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-1 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
20 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

595 
WUUS54 KEPZ 080022
SVREPZ
NMC029-080115-
/O.NEW.KEPZ.SV.W.0084.210908T0022Z-210908T0115Z/

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

The National Weather Service in El Paso has issued a

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

* Until 715 PM MDT.

* At 622 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near 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, Gage, Sunshine and Spring Canyon State Park. 

This includes Interstate 10 in New Mexico between mile markers 62 and
84.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3228 10769 3215 10762 3197 10795 3228 10815
TIME...MOT...LOC 0022Z 079DEG 25KT 3223 10774 

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

$$

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2 follow-up statements
247 
WWUS54 KEPZ 080036
SVSEPZ

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

NMC029-080115-
/O.CON.KEPZ.SV.W.0084.000000T0000Z-210908T0115Z/
Luna NM-
636 PM MDT Tue Sep 7 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM MDT
FOR WEST CENTRAL LUNA COUNTY...

At 635 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 6 miles southwest 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...
Gage and Sunshine. 

This includes Interstate 10 in New Mexico between mile markers 62 and
75.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3226 10785 3210 10771 3197 10795 3228 10815
TIME...MOT...LOC 0035Z 079DEG 25KT 3221 10785 

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

$$

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819 
WWUS54 KEPZ 080056
SVSEPZ

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

NMC029-080106-
/O.CAN.KEPZ.SV.W.0084.000000T0000Z-210908T0115Z/
Luna NM-
656 PM MDT Tue Sep 7 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL LUNA COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and has exited the warned area. Therefore, the warning has
been cancelled.

LAT...LON 3226 10785 3210 10771 3197 10795 3228 10815
TIME...MOT...LOC 0055Z 079DEG 25KT 3218 10802 

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 7, 6:35 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZ25 min
Sep 7, 7:10 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZHidalgo35 min
Sep 7, 8:16 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZHidalgo29 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.