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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 8, NWS El Paso, TX

May 21, 2023Sierra County, New Mexico

NWS El Paso, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 21, 2023, 1:48 PM MDT for Sierra County, New Mexico. It was in force for 27 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
May 21, 2023, 1:48 PM MDT (19:48 UTC)
Expired
May 21, 2023, 2:15 PM MDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS El Paso, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
50.0 mph

County Sierra County, NM

The radar

The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 220 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, Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM at 12:00Z on 2023-05-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 23 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM at 12:00Z on 2023-05-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 31 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
23 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-129 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1357 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
31 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
19 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 20, 7:21 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZSierra114 min
May 20, 9:13 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZOtero2 hr
May 21, 1:25 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZSierra35 min
May 21, 1:41 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZSierra3 hr
May 21, 2:58 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZ32 min
May 21, 3:03 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZSierra27 min
May 21, 4:07 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZSierra23 min
May 21, 4:26 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZDoña Ana34 min
May 21, 4:39 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZ36 min
May 21, 4:45 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZ30 min
May 21, 5:03 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZ27 min
May 21, 5:17 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZOtero28 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.