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Tornado Warning 2, NWS El Paso, TX

May 2, 2007El Paso County, Texas

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.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Santa Teresa, NM at 12:00Z on 2007-05-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 25 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Santa Teresa, NM at 12:00Z on 2007-05-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -44 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 2, 1:08 PM MDTTornado WarningEPZEl Paso37 min
May 2, 1:27 PM MDTTornado WarningEPZEl Paso48 min
May 2, 1:33 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningEPZEl Paso117 min
May 2, 1:55 PM MDTTornado WarningEPZHudspeth37 min

Nearby

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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.