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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 90, NWS El Paso, TX

September 15, 2021Doña Ana County, Otero County, New Mexico

NWS El Paso, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 15, 2021, 7:17 PM MDT for Doña Ana County, Otero County, New Mexico. It was in force for 43 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, 7:17 PM MDT (01:17 UTC)
Expired
Sep 15, 2021, 8:00 PM MDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS El Paso, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.5 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Doña Ana County, NM, Otero County, NM

The radar

The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:19 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, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 82 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 2021-09-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 497 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 2021-09-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 5 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
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

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The text

As transmitted.

620 
WUUS54 KEPZ 160117
SVREPZ
NMC013-035-160200-
/O.NEW.KEPZ.SV.W.0090.210916T0117Z-210916T0200Z/

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

The National Weather Service in El Paso has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Western Otero County in south central New Mexico...
  Northeastern Dona Ana County in south central New Mexico...

* Until 800 PM MDT.

* At 717 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 13 miles northeast
  of Organ, moving east 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.

* Locations impacted include...
  Portions of Jornada Experimental Range.

This includes Highway 70 in New Mexico between mile markers 173 and
188.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Large hail and damaging winds and continuous cloud to ground
lightning is occurring with this storm. Move indoors immediately.
Lightning is one of nature's leading killers. Remember, if you can
hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning.

&&

LAT...LON 3257 10656 3265 10650 3265 10626 3243 10640
TIME...MOT...LOC 0117Z 287DEG 8KT 3260 10648 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.50 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, 7:06 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZDoña Ana39 min
Sep 15, 7:36 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatEPZDoña Ana, Otero39 min
Sep 15, 7:48 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZOtero27 min
Sep 15, 8:13 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZOtero32 min
Sep 15, 8:15 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZDoña Ana, Otero30 min
Sep 15, 8:20 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZOtero40 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.