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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS El Paso, TX

May 26, 2023Otero County, New Mexico; Hudspeth County, Texas

NWS El Paso, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 2023, 3:41 PM MDT for Otero County, New Mexico; Hudspeth County, Texas. It was in force for 31 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 26, 2023, 3:41 PM MDT (21:41 UTC)
Expired
May 26, 2023, 4:12 PM MDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS El Paso, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.25 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Otero County, NM, Hudspeth County, TX

The radar

The El Paso radar (KEPZ), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:40 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, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 317 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, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 2023-05-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 210 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, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 2023-05-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 129 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
210 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-199 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
881 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
129 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
250 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 26, 5:33 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZHudspeth27 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.