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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 53, NWS El Paso, TX
NWS El Paso, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 26, 2023, 1:36 PM MDT for Otero County, New Mexico. It was in force for 15 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
- Sep 26, 2023, 1:36 PM MDT (19:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 26, 2023, 1:51 PM MDT
- In force
- 15 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), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 341 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
- 844 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -68 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1148 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -50 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 Sep 26, 12:01 PM MDT, 1 hour 35 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 26, 12:01 PM MDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service El Paso TX/Santa Teresa NM 1100 AM MDT Tue Sep 26 2023 NMZ401-403>411-414>417-425>429-TXZ418>424-271730- Upper Gila River Valley-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- West Slopes Sacramento Mountains Below 7500 Feet- Sacramento Mountains Above 7500 Feet- East Slopes Sacramento Mountains Below 7500 Feet-Otero Mesa- Central Grant County/Silver City Area- Southern Gila Region Highlands/Black Range- West Central Tularosa Basin/White Sands- East Central Tularosa Basin/Alamogordo-Southeast Tularosa Basin- 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- 1100 AM MDT Tue Sep 26 2023 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of south central New Mexico, southwest New Mexico, and southwest Texas. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight Scattered showers and thunderstorms will develop this afternoon and evening, mainly east of the Rio Grande. There is a marginal risk that a few of these storms could become severe with hail over an inch in diameter, wind gusts to 60 mph and brief heavy rain. Storms will move out of the area by midnight. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday After a couple of dry days Wednesday and Thursday, daily storm chances return for Friday through the weekend. Storms look to mainly be focused east of the Rio Grande again. Most storms will not become severe, but a few could on Saturday with hail over an inch in diameter, strong winds and brief heavy rain. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not anticipated, but spotters are encouraged to report any severe weather to the National Weather Service or law enforcement. 26
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Sep 26, 12:22 PM MDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
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Everything else NWS El Paso, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Sep 26, 12:22 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Otero | 23 min |
| Sep 26, 1:12 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Otero | 33 min |
| Sep 26, 1:16 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Otero | 29 min |
| Sep 26, 1:18 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Otero | 3 hr |
| Sep 26, 2:06 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Otero | 39 min |
| Sep 26, 2:35 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | 25 min | |
| Sep 26, 2:39 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Otero | 3 hr |
| Sep 26, 2:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Otero | 25 min |
| Sep 26, 2:52 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Otero | 38 min |
| Sep 26, 3:22 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Otero | 38 min |
| Sep 26, 3:37 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Otero | 3 hr |
| Sep 26, 3:40 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | 35 min | |
| Sep 26, 4:15 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Otero | 30 min |
| Sep 26, 4:18 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Otero | 3 hr |
| Sep 26, 4:38 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Doña Ana | 52 min |
| Sep 26, 4:46 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Doña Ana | 3 hr |
| Sep 26, 5:15 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | EPZ | Doña Ana | 3 hr |
| Sep 26, 5:26 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Doña Ana | 34 min |
| Sep 26, 4:05 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | El Paso | 25 min |
| Sep 26, 4:12 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Hudspeth | 48 min |
| Sep 26, 4:42 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Hudspeth | 15 min |
| Sep 26, 5:20 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | El Paso | 25 min |
| Sep 26, 5:25 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | El Paso | 35 min |
| Sep 26, 5:41 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | El Paso | 34 min |
| Sep 26, 5:49 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | El Paso | 12 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.