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Special Weather Statement, NWS El Paso, TX

July 1, 2021Luna County, New Mexico

NWS El Paso, TX issued this special weather statement at Jul 1, 2021, 7:21 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
Jul 1, 2021, 7:21 PM MDT (01:21 UTC)
Expired
Jul 1, 2021, 8:00 PM MDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS El Paso, TX

County Luna County, NM

The radar

The El Paso radar (KEPZ), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Santa Teresa, NM (KEPZ), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 69 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 2021-07-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 573 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 2021-07-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -46 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
573 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-19 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1674 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
2 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-46 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-10 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

972 
WWUS84 KEPZ 020121
SPSEPZ

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service El Paso TX
721 PM MDT Thu Jul 1 2021
 
NMZ407-411-020200-
Southwest Desert/Mimbres Basin NM-
Southern Dona Ana County/Mesilla Valley NM-
721 PM MDT Thu Jul 1 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN LUNA AND
SOUTHWESTERN DONA ANA COUNTIES UNTIL 800 PM MDT...

At 720 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 13
miles east of Columbus, moving west at 20 mph.

Dime size hail and winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with
this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Camel Mountain.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may lead
to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.

&&

LAT...LON 3186 10755 3185 10729 3179 10725 3178 10753
TIME...MOT...LOC 0120Z 080DEG 17KT 3181 10742 

$$

JD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 1, 6:08 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZOtero112 min
Jul 1, 6:12 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZDoña Ana2 hr
Jul 1, 6:37 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZ38 min
Jul 1, 6:57 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZDoña Ana, Luna2 hr
Jul 1, 7:07 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZDoña Ana, Otero113 min
Jul 2, 2:33 AM MDTFlood WatchEPZGrant, Hidalgo, Luna, Otero, Sierra14 min
Jul 2, 3:01 AM MDTFlash Flood WatchEPZGrant, Hidalgo, Luna, Otero, Sierra27 hr
Jul 2, 10:30 AM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZOtero3 hr
Jul 2, 11:01 AM MDTFlash Flood WarningEPZOtero3 hr
Jul 2, 11:56 AM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZOtero2 hr
Jul 2, 12:11 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZOtero3 hr
Jul 2, 12:22 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZGrant113 min
Jul 2, 12:36 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZOtero3 hr
Jul 2, 1:32 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZGrant3 hr
Jul 2, 3:20 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZOtero3 hr
Jul 2, 3:56 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZGrant, Luna3 hr
Jul 2, 4:28 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZDoña Ana, Sierra2 hr
Jul 2, 5:03 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZSierra3 hr
Jul 2, 5:44 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZLuna46 min
Jul 2, 5:48 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZLuna117 min
Jul 2, 1:22 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZEl Paso3 hr
Jul 2, 1:28 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZHudspeth3 hr
Jul 2, 3:25 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZHudspeth3 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.