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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 17, NWS El Paso, TX

July 26, 2005El Paso County, Hudspeth County, Texas

NWS El Paso, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 26, 2005, 6:56 PM MDT for El Paso County, Hudspeth County, Texas. It was in force for 54 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 26, 2005, 6:56 PM MDT (00:56 UTC)
Expired
Jul 26, 2005, 7:50 PM MDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS El Paso, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties El Paso County, TX, Hudspeth County, TX

The radar

The El Paso radar (KEPZ), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 343 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, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2005-07-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 901 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, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2005-07-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 23 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
901 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-79 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2255 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
23 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
67 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 Jul 26, 2:30 PM MDT, 4 hours 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 26, 2:30 PM MDT, 4 hours 26 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 26, 11:10 AM MDT, 7 hours 46 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX
1110 AM MDT TUE JUL 26 2005

NMZ022>024-030>032-TXZ055-056-262200-
EL PASO TX-HUDSPETH TX-SIERRA COUNTY LAKES REGION NM-
SOUTHERN DESERT NM-SOUTHWEST DESERT/BOOTHEEL NM-
SOUTHWEST DESERT/MIMBRES BASIN NM-
SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS/LOWER GILA REGION NM-
TULAROSA BASIN/SOUTHERN DESERT NM-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALAMOGORDO...ANTHONY...CANUTILLO...
CHAPARRAL...DEMING...EL PASO...FABENS...FORT BLISS...HOLLOMAN AFB...
LAS CRUCES...LORDSBURG...MONTANA VISTA...SAN ELIZARIO...
SIERRA BLANCA...SILVER CITY...SOCORRO...SUNLAND PARK...
TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES AND UNIVERSITY PARK
1110 AM MDT TUE JUL 26 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWEST AND SOUTHCENTRAL NEW
MEXICO AND FAR WEST TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING...

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON
ACROSS THE REGION. TONIGHT A STRONG FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL PUSH
INTO THE REGION FROM THE NORTHEAST. THIS SYSTEM WILL INCREASE
THUNDERSTORM AND SHOWER ACTIVITY ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF OF THE
REGION LATE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. MOISTURE LEVELS ARE WELL
ABOVE NORMAL...AND SLOW MOVING STORMS WILL CREATE POTENTIAL FOR VERY
HEAVY RAINFALL. THUS A FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL BE ISSUED FOR TONIGHT
THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...

FOR THURSDAY MUCH OF THE MOISTURE GETS SHOVED SOUTH AND WEST OF THE
AREA WITH THE FRONTAL PASSAGE. ABUNDANT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL
REMAIN HOWEVER. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER AREAS EAST
OF THE RIO GRANDE...BUT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER
AREAS WEST OF THE RIVER. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS WILL RAISE CHANCES FOR
ARROYO/ROADWAY AND RESIDENTIAL FLOODING WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY.

FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...STORM COVERAGE WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE
THROUGH THE PERIOD ALTHOUGH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING ARE
STILL A POSSIBILITY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION NOT REQUIRED AT THIS TIME BUT MAY BE REQUIRED
BEGINNING LATER TUESDAY.

BIRD

In the hours before

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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.