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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 23, NWS El Paso, TX

July 14, 2006Doña Ana County, Sierra County, New Mexico

NWS El Paso, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 14, 2006, 4:38 PM MDT for Doña Ana County, Sierra County, New Mexico. It was in force for 52 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 14, 2006, 4:38 PM MDT (22:38 UTC)
Expired
Jul 14, 2006, 5:30 PM MDT
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS El Paso, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Doña Ana County, NM, Sierra County, NM

The radar

The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Tuscon, AZ (KTUS), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 370 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, Tuscon, AZ at 12:00Z on 2006-07-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 210 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, Tuscon, AZ at 12:00Z on 2006-07-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 7 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
210 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-310 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2563 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
159 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 14, 1:07 PM MDT, 3 hours 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 14, 1:07 PM MDT, 3 hours 31 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
107 PM MDT FRI JUL 14 2006

.SYNOPSIS...
EASTERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO TRANSPORT MOIST AIR INTO SOUTHERN
NEW MEXICO AND WESTERN TEXAS WHILE WEAK UPPER DISTURBANCES MOVE
NEAR THE REGION. THIS WEATHER PATTERN WILL BRING A FEW AFTERNOON
AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND INTO NEXT WEEK.

&&

.DISCUSSION...
UPPER HIGH CENTER NOW LOCATED NEAR FOUR CORNERS REGION AND IS
EXPECTED TO REMAIN IN THIS GENERAL VICINITY INTO TUESDAY.
CIRCULATION AROUND CENTER WILL INDUCE DEEP EASTERLY FLOW ACROSS
NEW MEXICO. LOW LEVEL FLOW WILL BE DOMINATED BY THE USUAL THERMAL
LOW OVER WESTERN ARIZONA WITH BOUNDARY LAYER EASTERLY WINDS
TRANSPORTING GULF OF MEXICO MOISTURE INTO THE REGION. HOWEVER MID
LEVEL FLOW MAY BE DRIER AS TRAJECTORIES SHOW INFLOW OF WARM CONTINENTAL
AIR MASS ABOVE 600 MB FOR MUCH OF THE PERIOD. THE EXCEPTION MAY
OCCUR WHEN WEAK EASTERLY MOVING WAVES/INVERTED TROUGHS ALOFT
APPROACH THE AREA AS SUGGESTED BY MODELS. TIMING AND LOCATION OF
THESE FEATURES DIFFICULT USUALLY REQUIRING BROAD BRUSH FORECAST OF
ISOLATED TO SCATTERED CONVECTION.

BOTH GFS AND WRF PREDICT ONE SUCH WAVE MOVING INTO WESTERN TEXAS
ON SATURDAY WITH DEEP TRANSPORT OF GULF MOISTURE. HOWEVER BOTH
MODELS ALSO CONSISTENT IN KEEPING THE DEEPER MOISTURE AND STRONGER
UPWARD FORCING SOUTH OF THE BORDER. NEVERTHELESS ENOUGH MOISTURE
TRANSPORT SHOULD OCCUR NORTHWARD TO BRING CWA PRECIPITABLE WATER
AMOUNTS NEAR 1.2 OVER SOUTHERN ZONES ALONG WITH CAPES ABOVE 1000
J/KG. THUS SCATTERED CONVECTION LOOKS LIKELY ON SATURDAY.

THEREAFTER EXPECT WARMER DRIER AIR ALOFT TO MOVE INTO THE AREA
WITH ENOUGH LOW LEVEL HEATING AND MOISTURE FOR MAINLY ISOLATED
CONVECTION MOST OF NEXT WEEK.

&&

.AVIATION...
ISOLATED AREAS OF MVFR CEILINGS AND VISIBILITIES IN THUNDERSTORMS
THROUGH SATURDAY...MAINLY FROM THE MID AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE EVENING
HOURS.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
EL PASO                 76  96  73  96  74 /  20  30  20  20  20
SIERRA BLANCA TX        69  94  66  93  66 /  20  30  20  20  20
LAS CRUCES              73  95  71  95  71 /  20  30  20  20  20
ALAMOGORDO              71  94  68  94  68 /  20  30  20  10  10
CLOUDCROFT              55  71  51  71  52 /  20  30  20  20  20
TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES   71  94  68  94  68 /  20  20  20  10  10
SILVER CITY             68  90  64  90  66 /  20  20  20  20  20
DEMING                  72  95  69  97  69 /  20  30  20  20  20
LORDSBURG               72  97  69  96  70 /  20  20  20  20  20

&&

.EPZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...

05 ROGASH
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 14, 10:20 AM MDT, 6 hours 18 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
1020 AM MDT FRI JUL 14 2006

NMZ022>025-030>032-TXZ055-056-150000-
SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS/LOWER GILA REGION-SIERRA COUNTY LAKES REGION-
TULAROSA BASIN/SOUTHERN DESERT-SOUTHERN SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS-
SOUTHWEST DESERT/BOOTHEEL-SOUTHWEST DESERT/MIMBRES BASIN-
SOUTHERN DESERT-EL PASO-HUDSPETH-
1020 AM MDT FRI JUL 14 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
NEW MEXICO...SOUTHWEST NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWEST TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. HAZARD POTENTIALS INCLUDE SMALL HAIL...LOCALIZED HEAVY
RAINS WITH MINOR FLOODING... AND GUSTY WINDS UP TO 50 MPH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. ISOLATED TO
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE PERIOD...MAINLY
FROM MID AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE EVENING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTERS MAY BE CALLED UPON TO PROVIDE LOCAL WEATHER CONDITIONS.

ROGASH

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 14, 4:19 PM MDT, 19 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 14, 2:58 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZDoña Ana62 min
Jul 14, 4:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZLuna62 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Mexico, 2006Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2006

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.