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Tornado Warning 3, NWS El Paso, TX

September 29, 2004Otero County, New Mexico

NWS El Paso, TX issued this tornado warning at Sep 29, 2004, 4:25 PM MDT for Otero County, New Mexico. It was in force for 35 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Sep 29, 2004, 4:25 PM MDT (22:25 UTC)
Expired
Sep 29, 2004, 5:00 PM MDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS El Paso, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Otero County, NM

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Sep 29, 2:40 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Santa Teresa, NM (KEPZ), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 102 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 2004-09-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2 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 2004-09-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 78 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
2 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-193 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1044 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
78 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
124 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 
WFUS54 KEPZ 292225
TORELP
NMC035-292300-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX
425 PM MDT WED SEP 29 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WEST CENTRAL OTERO COUNTY IN NEW MEXICO

* UNTIL 500 PM MDT

* AT 417 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO OVER WEST CENTRAL OTERO COUNTY...OR ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTH OF
  HOLLOMAN AFB...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  RURAL CENTRAL OTERO COUNTY AT 440 PM MDT

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION. ACT QUICKLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE
PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF AVAILABLE.
OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. AVOID
WINDOWS AND DOORS. ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A STURDIER
BUILDING OR INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT.

STAY TUNED TO YOUR WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL BROADCAST MEDIA OUTLETS FOR
THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM MDT
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR NEW MEXICO AND TEXAS.

LAT...LON 3273 10628 3248 10628 3246 10583 3281 10587

$$

GNL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 29, 1:11 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZDoña Ana, Luna, Sierra49 min
Sep 29, 1:44 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZDoña Ana46 min
Sep 29, 2:32 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZDoña Ana43 min
Sep 29, 3:09 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZGrant, Hidalgo36 min
Sep 29, 3:21 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZDoña Ana39 min
Sep 29, 3:42 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZGrant, Hidalgo, Luna48 min
Sep 29, 3:42 PM MDTTornado WarningEPZDoña Ana33 min
Sep 29, 3:50 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZDoña Ana, Otero40 min
Sep 29, 3:59 PM MDTTornado WarningEPZDoña Ana46 min
Sep 29, 4:42 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZDoña Ana48 min
Sep 29, 4:59 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningEPZDoña Ana76 min
Sep 29, 5:01 PM MDTTornado WarningEPZOtero29 min
Sep 29, 5:33 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZOtero42 min
Sep 29, 5:49 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZDoña Ana56 min
Sep 29, 5:53 PM MDTTornado WarningEPZOtero52 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.