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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 91, NWS El Paso, TX
NWS El Paso, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 27, 2026, 6:46 PM MDT for Hidalgo County, New Mexico. It was in force for 29 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
- Jul 27, 2026, 6:46 PM MDT (00:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 27, 2026, 7:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS El Paso, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Hidalgo County, NM
The radar
The Tucson radar (KEMX), 181 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Santa Teresa, NM (KEPZ), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 190 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
- 34 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -78 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 4010 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -30 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The office that day
Everything else NWS El Paso, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 6:22 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Hidalgo | 23 min |
| Jul 27, 6:37 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Doña Ana | 23 min |
| Jul 27, 8:38 PM MDT | Dust Storm Advisory | EPZ | Doña Ana, Otero | 67 min |
| Jul 28, 9:50 AM MDT | Flood Watch | EPZ | Grant, Hidalgo, Luna, Sierra | 14 hr |
| Jul 28, 4:07 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Grant | 23 min |
| Jul 28, 4:13 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Grant | 3 hr |
| Jul 28, 4:49 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Grant | 26 min |
| Jul 28, 4:51 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Grant | 24 min |
| Jul 28, 5:05 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Grant | 25 min |
| Jul 28, 5:21 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Grant | 3 hr |
| Jul 28, 5:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Grant | 16 min |
| Jul 28, 5:36 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | EPZ | Grant | 114 min |
| Jul 28, 5:48 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Grant | 27 min |
| Jul 28, 5:54 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Grant | 51 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.