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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 88, NWS El Paso, TX

September 15, 2021El Paso County, Hudspeth County, Texas

NWS El Paso, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 15, 2021, 5:42 PM MDT for El Paso County, Hudspeth County, Texas. 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 15, 2021, 5:42 PM MDT (23:42 UTC)
Expired
Sep 15, 2021, 6:15 PM MDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS El Paso, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Damage threat
Considerable
Hail
1.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties El Paso County, TX, Hudspeth County, TX

The radar

The El Paso radar (KEPZ), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:44 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, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 70 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 2021-09-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 20 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 12:00Z on 2021-09-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -45 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
20 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-428 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3262 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-45 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
0 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

121 
WUUS54 KEPZ 152342
SVREPZ
TXC141-229-160015-
/O.NEW.KEPZ.SV.W.0088.210915T2342Z-210916T0015Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service El Paso TX
542 PM MDT Wed Sep 15 2021

The National Weather Service in El Paso has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northwestern Hudspeth County in western Texas...
  East central El Paso County in western Texas...

* Until 615 PM MDT.

* At 541 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Desert Haven,
  moving southeast at 5 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...
  Loma Linda, US HWY 62, Desert Haven. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3184 10603 3187 10597 3182 10576 3172 10601
TIME...MOT...LOC 2341Z 316DEG 6KT 3183 10597 

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

$$

DEL
1 follow-up statement
674 
WWUS54 KEPZ 160003
SVSEPZ

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service El Paso TX
603 PM MDT Wed Sep 15 2021

TXC141-229-160015-
/O.CON.KEPZ.SV.W.0088.000000T0000Z-210916T0015Z/
Hudspeth TX-El Paso TX-
603 PM MDT Wed Sep 15 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM MDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN HUDSPETH AND EASTERN EL PASO COUNTIES...

At 603 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 4 miles south of
Desert Haven, moving southeast at 15 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.

Locations impacted include...
Desert Haven.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3181 10601 3185 10593 3179 10583 3172 10600
TIME...MOT...LOC 0003Z 326DEG 11KT 3177 10593 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.25 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

DEL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 15, 5:12 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZEl Paso33 min
Sep 15, 5:19 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZEl Paso, Hudspeth26 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.