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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS El Paso, TX

June 26, 2000Hudspeth County, Texas

NWS El Paso, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 2000, 5:06 PM MDT for Hudspeth 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
Jun 26, 2000, 5:06 PM MDT (23:06 UTC)
Expired
Jun 26, 2000, 6:05 PM MDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS El Paso, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Hudspeth County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Santa Teresa, NM (KEPZ), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 133 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 2000-06-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 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, Santa Teresa, NM at 12:00Z on 2000-06-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -11 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
3448 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
2 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-11 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-83 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 
WUUS54 KEPZ 262318 COR
SVRELP
TXC229-270005-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING...CORRECTED FOR NWR PRONUNICIATION PROBLEM 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX
506 PM MDT MON JUN 26 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN HUDSPETH COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS

* UNTIL 605 PM MDT

* AT 501 PM MDT... DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
  11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SIERRA BLANCA... MOVING NORTH AT 3 MPH.

* THE STORM IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN OVER OPEN COUNTRY BUT MAY
AFFECT TRAVELERS ON I-10 WEST OF SIERRA BLANCA UNTIL 5:45 PM

EXPECT WINDS GREATER THAN 55 MPH...HAIL THREE QUARTER INCH OR 4
LARGER...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN WITH THIS STORM. 
PERSONS TRAVELLING ALONG I-10 WEST OF SIERRA BLANCA SHOULD EXERCISE 
CAUTION.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS El Paso, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 26, 2:25 PM MDT, 2 hours 41 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 26, 2:25 PM MDT, 2 hours 41 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
225 PM MDT MON JUN 26 2000

SYNOPSIS...
UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE WILL BEGIN TO WEAKEN TONIGHT AND ALLOW
LOWER AND MID LEVEL MOISTURE TO SLIDE UP FROM THE SOUTHEAST.  THIS
PUSH OF MOISTURE WILL HELP COOL OUR TEMPS A LITTLE AND BRING UP OUR
CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS FOR THIS REST OF WEEK.

DISCUSSION...
LOW PRESSURE SOUTH OF NEW MEXICO WILL CONTINUE TO SPIN SLOWLY OFF TO
THE WEST...BUT SOME OF ITS MOISTURE WILL GET DRAWN BACK TO THE NORTH
OVER THE FORECAST AREA.  COOL FRONT HAS RACED ACROSS THE AREA AND
HELPED TO FIRE SOME CONVECTION ALONG THE MOUNTAINS JUST WEST OF THE
RIO GRANDE IN MEXICO.  ALL THE MODELS ARE BRINGING IN THE MOISTURE
BIG TIME FOR TOMORROW.  I'M NOT ENTIRELY CONVINCED THAT ALL THIS
MOISTURE WILL SHOW UP...BUT ITS NEVER A GOOD IDEA TO BET AGAINST ALL
THE MODELS...SO I'LL HEDGE THINGS POP WISE ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING
THE ON GOING THUNDERSTORMS.  CLOUDS WILL ALSO BE ON THE INCREASE
ACCORDINGLY.  WITH THE INCREASED CLOUDS AND MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE
THE TREND OF TAKING THE TEMPS BELOW NORMAL.  WINDS WILL CONTINUE
FROM THE SOUTHEAST FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS.

IN THE EXTENDED...UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE TO CONTINUE ACROSS THE
AREA...BUT IT WILL CONTINUE TO ALLOW SOME MOISTURE TO SLIDE UP FROM
THE SOUTHEAST.  SO I'LL KEEP LOW POPS IN THE EXTENDED ALONG WITH
SLIGHTLY BELOW SEASONAL TEMPS.

EL PASO               BB  70/ 94/ 65/ 95/ 66  12222
LAS CRUCES            BB  61/ 91/ 56/ 92/ 57  12222
ALAMOGORDO            BB  65/ 92/ 60/ 93/ 61  12222
CLOUDCROFT            BB  47/ 70/ 42/ 71/ 43  03131
TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES BB  65/ 92/ 60/ 93/ 61  12222
SILVER CITY           BB  56/ 84/ 51/ 85/ 52  02222
DEMING                BB  60/ 92/ 55/ 93/ 56  02222
LORDSBURG             BB  60/ 93/ 55/ 94/ 56  02222
SIERRA BLANCA         BB  66/ 91/ 61/ 92/ 62  12222

.ELP...NONE

15 BRICE

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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.