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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS El Paso, TX

July 30, 1996El Paso County, Texas

NWS El Paso, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 30, 1996, 7:01 PM MDT for El Paso County, Texas. It was in force for 59 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 30, 1996, 7:01 PM MDT (01:01 UTC)
Expired
Jul 30, 1996, 8:00 PM MDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS El Paso, TX
Area
Whole counties

County El Paso County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Santa Teresa, NM (KEPZ), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 45 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, Santa Teresa, NM at 00:00Z on 1996-07-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 141 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Santa Teresa, NM at 00:00Z on 1996-07-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -32 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
141 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3375 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
2 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-32 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-31 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KELP 310102 RRA
SVRELP
TXC141-310200-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX
701 PM MDT TUE JUL 30 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  800 PM MDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS
 
   ...EL PASO COUNTY
 
AT 659 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
OVER THE CITY OF EL PASO TEXAS. WINDS AT THE AIRPORT IN EL PASO
HAD A WIND GUST TO 52 MPH.
 
 
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING.  DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS.  DON'T USE TELEPHONES
OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE SHTORM
HAS PASSED.  MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
 
 
 
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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.