Alert archive / New Mexico / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 93, NWS El Paso, TX
NWS El Paso, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 15, 2021, 8:20 PM MDT for Otero County, New Mexico. It was in force for 40 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, 8:20 PM MDT (02:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 15, 2021, 9:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS El Paso, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Otero County, NM
The radar
The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:23 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, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 90 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
732
WUUS54 KEPZ 160220
SVREPZ
NMC035-160300-
/O.NEW.KEPZ.SV.W.0093.210916T0220Z-210916T0300Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service El Paso TX
820 PM MDT Wed Sep 15 2021
The National Weather Service in El Paso has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southwestern Otero County in south central New Mexico...
* Until 900 PM MDT.
* At 820 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 6 miles northeast
of Orogrande, moving east at 25 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...
Orogrande and The Otero Mesa.
This includes Highway 54 in New Mexico between mile markers 28 and
40.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3237 10616 3253 10612 3253 10570 3223 10578
TIME...MOT...LOC 0220Z 283DEG 20KT 3246 10604
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
DEL1 follow-up statement
729 WWUS54 KEPZ 160238 SVSEPZ Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service El Paso TX 838 PM MDT Wed Sep 15 2021 NMC035-160300- /O.CON.KEPZ.SV.W.0093.000000T0000Z-210916T0300Z/ Otero NM- 838 PM MDT Wed Sep 15 2021 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN OTERO COUNTY... At 838 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 16 miles east of Orogrande, moving east at 35 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include... The Otero Mesa. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. && LAT...LON 3234 10607 3253 10600 3249 10571 3223 10578 TIME...MOT...LOC 0238Z 276DEG 29KT 3239 10581 HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH $$ DEL
The office that day
Everything else NWS El Paso, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 15, 7:06 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Doña Ana | 39 min |
| Sep 15, 7:17 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Doña Ana, Otero | 43 min |
| Sep 15, 7:36 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Doña Ana, Otero | 39 min |
| Sep 15, 7:48 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Otero | 27 min |
| Sep 15, 8:13 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Otero | 32 min |
| Sep 15, 8:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Doña Ana, Otero | 30 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.