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Tornado Warning 2, NWS El Paso, TX

October 27, 1998Otero County, New Mexico; El Paso County, Hudspeth County, Texas

NWS El Paso, TX issued this tornado warning at Oct 27, 1998, 11:00 AM MST for Otero County, New Mexico; El Paso County, Hudspeth County, Texas. It was in force for 60 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Oct 27, 1998, 11:00 AM MST (18:00 UTC)
Expired
Oct 27, 1998, 12:00 PM MST
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS El Paso, TX
Area
Whole counties

Counties Otero County, NM, El Paso County, TX, Hudspeth County, TX

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Oct 27, 11:30 AM MSTHail 1.75El Paso, TXA movie crew filming east of El Paso reported golfball sized hail.

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

The nearest sounding before it

Santa Teresa, NM (KEPZ), launched 12:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 87 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 12:00Z on 1998-10-27Temperature 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 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 12:00Z on 1998-10-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 51 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
997 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
51 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
158 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.

786 
WFUS1 KELP 271806 RRA
TORELP
NMC035-TXC141-229-271910-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX
1100 AM MST TUE OCT 27 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN EL PASO COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS
  NORTHERN HUDSPETH COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS
  SOUTHERN OTERO COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO

* UNTIL 1200 PM MST

* AT 1054 AM MST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO JUST
NORTHEAST OF EL PASO MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

*  THE TORNADO WILL REMAIN OVER RURAL AREAS BUT MAY AFFECT
SUBDIVISIONS ALONG US 62/180


...THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION..ACT QUICKLY. GO TO A
SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE. AVOID WINDOWS.
ABANDON MOBILE HOMES FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET INTO A
DITCH OR CULVERT.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 27, 12:46 AM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZGrant, Hidalgo34 min
Oct 27, 10:05 AM MSTTornado WarningEPZEl Paso65 min
Oct 27, 12:00 PM MSTTornado WarningEPZHudspeth60 min
Oct 27, 12:10 PM MSTTornado WarningEPZDuval60 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.