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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 89, NWS El Paso, TX

September 15, 2021Hudspeth County, Texas

NWS El Paso, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 15, 2021, 6:11 PM MDT for Hudspeth County, Texas. It was in force for 49 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, 6:11 PM MDT (00:11 UTC)
Expired: Sep 15, 2021, 7:00 PM MDT
In force: 49 min
Issued by: NWS El Paso, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.5 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Hudspeth County, TX

The radar

The El Paso radar (KEPZ), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:11 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 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 79 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: 497 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -80 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 3008 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 20 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

860 
WUUS54 KEPZ 160011
SVREPZ
TXC229-160100-
/O.NEW.KEPZ.SV.W.0089.210916T0011Z-210916T0100Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service El Paso TX
611 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...

* Until 700 PM MDT.

* At 610 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 5 miles south of
  Desert Haven, moving southeast at 10 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.

* This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
  northwestern Hudspeth County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3174 10597 3177 10588 3170 10569 3158 10595
TIME...MOT...LOC 0010Z 323DEG 10KT 3175 10591 

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

$$

DEL

1 follow-up statement

502 
WWUS54 KEPZ 160032
SVSEPZ

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

TXC229-160100-
/O.CON.KEPZ.SV.W.0089.000000T0000Z-210916T0100Z/
Hudspeth TX-
632 PM MDT Wed Sep 15 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM MDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN HUDSPETH COUNTY...

At 632 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles southeast of
Desert Haven, moving east at 10 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.

This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
northwestern Hudspeth County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3174 10593 3177 10588 3170 10569 3163 10585
TIME...MOT...LOC 0032Z 288DEG 9KT 3174 10586 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 15, 6:14 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EPZ	El Paso, Hudspeth	2 hr
Sep 16, 4:39 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EPZ	Hudspeth	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.