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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 96, NWS El Paso, TX

September 25, 2021Luna County, New Mexico

NWS El Paso, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 25, 2021, 7:51 PM MDT for Luna County, New Mexico. It was in force for 39 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 25, 2021, 7:51 PM MDT (01:51 UTC)
Expired
Sep 25, 2021, 8:30 PM MDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS El Paso, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.25 in
Wind
50.0 mph

County Luna County, NM

The radar

The El Paso radar (KEPZ), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:53 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, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 128 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 2021-09-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 205 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 2021-09-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 120 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
205 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-115 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1690 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
120 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
255 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.0
Supercell composite
-0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

909 
WUUS54 KEPZ 260151
SVREPZ
NMC029-260230-
/O.NEW.KEPZ.SV.W.0096.210926T0151Z-210926T0230Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service El Paso TX
751 PM MDT Sat Sep 25 2021

The National Weather Service in El Paso has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  West central Luna County in southwestern New Mexico...

* Until 830 PM MDT.

* At 751 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 10 miles south of
  Gage, moving northeast at 25 mph.

  HAZARD...Half dollar size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected.

* This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
  west central Luna County.

This includes Interstate 10 in New Mexico between mile markers 68 and
78.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3200 10815 3217 10820 3230 10782 3201 10784
TIME...MOT...LOC 0151Z 243DEG 21KT 3207 10811 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.25 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...<50 MPH

$$

BROWN
2 follow-up statements
601 
WWUS54 KEPZ 260210
SVSEPZ

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service El Paso TX
810 PM MDT Sat Sep 25 2021

NMC029-260230-
/O.CON.KEPZ.SV.W.0096.000000T0000Z-210926T0230Z/
Luna NM-
810 PM MDT Sat Sep 25 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM MDT
FOR WEST CENTRAL LUNA COUNTY...

At 810 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 9 miles southeast of
Gage, moving northeast at 25 mph.

HAZARD...Quarter size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected.

This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of west
central Luna County.

This includes Interstate 10 in New Mexico between mile markers 68 and
78.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3204 10803 3220 10811 3230 10782 3207 10784
TIME...MOT...LOC 0210Z 243DEG 21KT 3212 10799 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...<50 MPH

$$

BROWN
852 
WWUS54 KEPZ 260223
SVSEPZ

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service El Paso TX
823 PM MDT Sat Sep 25 2021

NMC029-260232-
/O.EXP.KEPZ.SV.W.0096.000000T0000Z-210926T0230Z/
Luna NM-
823 PM MDT Sat Sep 25 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL LUNA COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 830 PM MDT...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.  However small hail
is still possible with this thunderstorm.

LAT...LON 3204 10803 3220 10811 3230 10782 3207 10784
TIME...MOT...LOC 0222Z 243DEG 21KT 3215 10792 

$$

BROWN

The office that day

Everything else NWS El Paso, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 25, 6:03 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZLuna27 min
Sep 25, 6:44 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZLuna31 min
Sep 25, 6:57 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZLuna24 min
Sep 25, 7:24 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZLuna36 min
Sep 25, 8:38 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZLuna37 min
Sep 26, 1:58 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZHidalgo32 min
Sep 26, 2:22 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZSierra23 min
Sep 26, 2:33 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZSierra42 min
Sep 26, 2:39 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZGrant36 min
Sep 26, 2:46 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZLuna29 min
Sep 26, 2:59 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZLuna34 min
Sep 26, 3:23 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZDoña Ana, Luna8 min
Sep 26, 3:41 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZDoña Ana34 min
Sep 26, 3:54 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZDoña Ana, Luna51 min
Sep 26, 4:03 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZSierra27 min
Sep 26, 4:14 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZSierra46 min
Sep 26, 4:32 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatEPZDoña Ana, Sierra43 min
Sep 26, 4:42 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZDoña Ana33 min
Sep 26, 4:54 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZSierra22 min
Sep 26, 5:14 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZDoña Ana, Otero, Sierra46 min
Sep 26, 5:37 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZLuna38 min
Sep 26, 5:41 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZOtero34 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.