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Tornado Warning 2, NWS El Paso, TX
NWS El Paso, TX issued this tornado warning at May 2, 2007, 1:06 PM MDT for El Paso 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 outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 2, 2007, 1:06 PM MDT (19:06 UTC)
- Expired
- May 2, 2007, 2:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS El Paso, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County El Paso County, TX
The radar
The El Paso radar (KEPZ), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Santa Teresa, NM (KEPZ), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 37 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 25 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -155 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2292 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -44 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -2 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KEPZ 021908 TOREPZ TXC141-022000- /O.NEW.KEPZ.TO.W.0002.070502T1906Z-070502T2000Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX 106 PM MDT WED MAY 2 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS... THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF EL PASO ...SOCORRO...SAN ELIZARIO...FORT BLISS... * UNTIL 200 PM MDT(300 PM CDT) * AT 1258 PM MDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO OVER EL PASO TEXAS. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SPARKS...CLINT AND HORIZON CITY THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG TO VIOLENT TORNADOES. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM MDT WEDNESDAY EVENING(900 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING) FOR SOUTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. LAT...LON 3186 10643 3170 10650 3150 10620 3169 10616 $$ ROGASH
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS54 KEPZ 021934 SVSEPZ SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX 129 PM MDT WED MAY 2 2007 TXC141-022000- /O.CON.KEPZ.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070502T2000Z/ EL PASO TX- 129 PM MDT WED MAY 2 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM MDT(300 PM CDT) FOR EL PASO COUNTY... BETWEEN 110 PM AND 130 PM THIS AFTERNOON...TWO TORNADOES TOUCHED DOWN OVER THE CITY OF EL PASO INCLUDING ONE BY FORT BLISS AND ANOTHER NEAR NORTHEAST PORTIONS OF THE CITY. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH ROTATION CONTINUES MOVING ACROSS EL PASO COUNTY SO FURTHER TORNADO DEVELOPMENT ALONG WITH LARGE HAIL AND HEAVY RAINS ARE POSSIBLE. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM MDT WEDNESDAY EVENING(900 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING) FOR SOUTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. LAT...LON 3186 10643 3170 10650 3150 10620 3169 10616 $$ ROGASH
The office that day
Everything else NWS El Paso, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 1:08 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | EPZ | El Paso | 37 min |
| May 2, 1:27 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | EPZ | El Paso | 48 min |
| May 2, 1:33 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | EPZ | El Paso | 117 min |
| May 2, 1:55 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | EPZ | Hudspeth | 37 min |
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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.