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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 88, NWS El Paso, TX
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.
- 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
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
$$
DEL1 follow-up statement
674
WWUS54 KEPZ 160003
SVSEPZ
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service El Paso TX
603 PM MDT Wed Sep 15 2021
TXC141-229-160015-
/O.CON.KEPZ.SV.W.0088.000000T0000Z-210916T0015Z/
Hudspeth TX-El Paso TX-
603 PM MDT Wed Sep 15 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM MDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN HUDSPETH AND EASTERN EL PASO COUNTIES...
At 603 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 4 miles south of
Desert Haven, moving southeast at 15 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Desert Haven.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3181 10601 3185 10593 3179 10583 3172 10600
TIME...MOT...LOC 0003Z 326DEG 11KT 3177 10593
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.25 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
DELThe office that day
Everything else NWS El Paso, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 15, 5:12 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | El Paso | 33 min |
| Sep 15, 5:19 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | El Paso, Hudspeth | 26 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.