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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 70, NWS El Paso, TX

October 15, 2006Doña Ana County, Otero County, New Mexico

NWS El Paso, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 15, 2006, 2:40 PM MDT for Doña Ana County, Otero County, New Mexico. It was in force for 50 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 15, 2006, 2:40 PM MDT (20:40 UTC)
Expired
Oct 15, 2006, 3:30 PM MDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS El Paso, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Doña Ana County, NM, Otero County, NM

The radar

The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:40 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 15, 9:13 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 389 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 12:00Z on 2006-10-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 288 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 12:00Z on 2006-10-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 196 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
288 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
572 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
196 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
154 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 15, 6:45 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZOtero45 min
Oct 15, 8:52 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZDoña Ana, Otero23 min
Oct 15, 1:18 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZEl Paso43 min
Oct 15, 3:40 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZEl Paso, Hudspeth50 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.