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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 57, NWS El Paso, TX

October 9, 2006Grant County, Hidalgo County, New Mexico

NWS El Paso, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 9, 2006, 1:33 PM MDT for Grant County, Hidalgo County, New Mexico. It was in force for 42 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
Oct 9, 2006, 1:33 PM MDT (19:33 UTC)
Expired
Oct 9, 2006, 2:15 PM MDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS El Paso, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Grant County, NM, Hidalgo County, NM

The radar

The El Paso radar (KEPZ), 181 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Oct 9, 9:05 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Santa Teresa, NM (KEPZ), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 181 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 2006-10-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 89 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 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 2006-10-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 22 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
89 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-102 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1158 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
22 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
89 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 Oct 9, 2:42 AM MDT, 10 hours 51 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 9, 2:42 AM MDT, 10 hours 51 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 9, 4:00 AM MDT, 9 hours 33 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
400 AM MDT MON OCT 9 2006

NMZ022>025-030>032-TXZ055-056-101800-
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-
400 AM MDT MON OCT 9 2006

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH TONIGHT. A
FEW STORMS MAY PRODUCE HAIL OVER AN INCH IN DIAMETER...DAMAGING WIND
GUSTS ABOVE 60 MPH AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS. AN ISOLATED TORNADO IS
ALSO POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

DRY WEATHER EXPECTED TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED TODAY AND THIS EVENING FOR
SEVERE OR HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS.

ROGASH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 9, 2:15 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZGrant45 min
Oct 9, 3:14 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZGrant46 min
Oct 9, 5:13 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZLuna47 min
Oct 9, 5:57 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZGrant, Luna33 min
Oct 9, 4:09 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZEl Paso, Hudspeth51 min
Oct 9, 4:23 PM MDTTornado WarningEPZEl Paso37 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.