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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 76, NWS El Paso, TX

October 19, 2024Otero County, New Mexico

NWS El Paso, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 19, 2024, 5:55 PM MDT for Otero 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
Oct 19, 2024, 5:55 PM MDT (23:55 UTC)
Expired
Oct 19, 2024, 6:22 PM MDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS El Paso, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.25 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 23:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 282 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 2024-10-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2024-10-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -125 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
899 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-125 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
32 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
Oct 19, 1:04 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZOtero26 min
Oct 19, 3:17 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZOtero28 min
Oct 19, 3:48 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZ27 min
Oct 19, 4:12 PM MDTDust Storm AdvisoryEPZDoña Ana33 min
Oct 19, 5:05 PM MDTDust Storm AdvisoryEPZDoña Ana85 min
Oct 19, 5:07 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZSierra53 min
Oct 19, 5:50 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZOtero25 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.