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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 18, NWS El Paso, TX

June 6, 2023Doña Ana County, New Mexico

NWS El Paso, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 6, 2023, 5:55 PM MDT for Doña Ana County, New Mexico. It was in force for 50 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 6, 2023, 5:55 PM MDT (23:55 UTC)
Expired
Jun 6, 2023, 6:45 PM MDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS El Paso, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.25 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Doña Ana County, NM

The radar

The El Paso radar (KEPZ), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Santa Teresa, NM (KEPZ), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 55 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 12:00Z on 2023-06-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 235 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Santa Teresa, NM at 12:00Z on 2023-06-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -49 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
235 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-185 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1579 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-49 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
254 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS El Paso, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 6, 5:52 PM MDT, 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 6, 5:52 PM MDT, 3 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 6, 11:36 AM MDT, 6 hours 19 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service El Paso TX/Santa Teresa NM
1136 AM MDT Tue Jun 6 2023

NMZ401>417-TXZ418>424-071745-
Upper Gila River Valley-Southern Gila Highlands/Black Range-
Southern Gila Foothills/Mimbres Valley-
Southwest Desert/Lower Gila River Valley-Lowlands of the Bootheel-
Uplands of the Bootheel-Southwest Desert/Mimbres Basin-
Eastern Black Range Foothills-Sierra County Lakes-
Northern Dona Ana County-Southern Dona Ana County/Mesilla Valley-
Central Tularosa Basin-Southern Tularosa Basin-
West Slopes Sacramento Mountains Below 7500 Feet-
Sacramento Mountains Above 7500 Feet-
East Slopes Sacramento Mountains Below 7500 Feet-Otero Mesa-
Western El Paso County-Eastern/Central El Paso County-
Northern Hudspeth Highlands/Hueco Mountains-Salt Basin-
Southern Hudspeth Highlands-
Rio Grande Valley of Eastern El Paso/Western Hudspeth Counties-
Rio Grande Valley of Eastern Hudspeth County-
1136 AM MDT Tue Jun 6 2023

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of south central
New Mexico, southwest New Mexico, and southwest Texas.

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight...

Scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms across the Rio
Grande Valley and east of the river expected this afternoon and
evening. Storms should start in the mountains with outflows
kicking up storms in the lowlands later this afternoon. Hail,
lightning, gusty outflow winds, blowing dust and localized
flooding is likely with these storms.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday...

Chances for storms exist for Wednesday afternoon in areas east of
the Rio Grande. Otherwise, drier air and southwest winds prevail
for the rest of the week and weekend.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Please report to the office any sightings of hail, wind damage
and/or flooding.

HC

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 6, 5:23 PM MDT, 32 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 6, 5:27 PM MDT, 28 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 6, 5:29 PM MDT, 26 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jun 6, 5:37 PM MDT, 18 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jun 6, 5:46 PM MDT, 9 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 6, 5:52 PM MDT, 3 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 5, 7:12 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZ33 min
Jun 5, 7:48 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZOtero27 min
Jun 5, 8:13 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZOtero32 min
Jun 5, 8:44 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZOtero31 min
Jun 5, 9:19 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZDoña Ana26 min
Jun 6, 2:15 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZOtero30 min
Jun 6, 2:29 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZOtero3 hr
Jun 6, 3:09 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZOtero36 min
Jun 6, 3:33 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZOtero42 min
Jun 6, 4:32 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZOtero118 min
Jun 6, 4:35 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZGrant25 min
Jun 6, 4:47 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZLuna28 min
Jun 6, 5:12 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZOtero48 min
Jun 6, 5:20 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZLuna25 min
Jun 6, 5:21 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZLuna39 min
Jun 6, 5:22 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatEPZDoña Ana, Otero38 min
Jun 6, 5:29 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZDoña Ana46 min
Jun 6, 5:46 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZDoña Ana, Luna28 min
Jun 6, 5:53 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZOtero22 min
Jun 5, 6:25 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZHudspeth35 min
Jun 5, 8:51 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZEl Paso24 min
Jun 5, 9:23 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZEl Paso37 min
Jun 6, 4:57 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZEl Paso, Hudspeth48 min
Jun 6, 5:23 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZEl Paso37 min
Jun 6, 5:27 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZHudspeth33 min
Jun 6, 5:30 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZEl Paso2 hr
Jun 6, 5:41 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZEl Paso49 min
Jun 6, 5:52 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZEl Paso23 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.