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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 93, NWS El Paso, TX

September 15, 2021Otero County, New Mexico

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.

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, 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.

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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

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

$$

DEL
1 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 15, 7:06 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZDoña Ana39 min
Sep 15, 7:17 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZDoña Ana, Otero43 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

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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.