Alert archive / New Mexico / Blowing Dust Advisories in 2012
Blowing Dust Advisory 5, NWS El Paso, TX
NWS El Paso, TX issued this blowing dust advisory at Dec 13, 2012, 5:05 PM MST for Doña Ana County, Grant County, Luna County, New Mexico; El Paso County, Texas. It took effect at Dec 14, 2012, 8:00 AM MST. It was in force for 93 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 13, 2012, 5:05 PM MST (00:05 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 14, 2012, 8:00 AM MST
- Expired
- Dec 14, 2012, 9:33 AM MST
- In force
- 93 min
- Issued by
- NWS El Paso, TX
Counties Doña Ana County, NM, Grant County, NM, Luna County, NM, El Paso County, TX
The radar
The El Paso radar (KEPZ), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this blowing dust advisory 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 blowing dust advisory went out at Dec 13, 4:02 PM MST, 1 hour 3 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 13, 4:02 PM MST, 1 hour 3 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 13, 6:13 AM MST, 10 hours 52 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM 613 AM MST THU DEC 13 2012 NMZ401>417-TXZ418>424-141315- UPPER GILA RIVER VALLEY-SOUTHERN GILA HIGHLANDS/BLACK RANGE- SOUTHERN GILA FOOTHILLS/MIMBRES VALLEY- SOUTHWEST DESERT/LOWER GILA RIVER VALLEY-LOWLANDS OF THE BOOTHEEL- UPLANDS OF THE BOOTHEEL-SOUTHWEST DESERT/MIMBRES BASIN- EASTERN BLACK RANGE FOOTHILLS-SIERRA COUNTY LAKES- NORTHERN DONA ANA COUNTY-SOUTHERN DONA ANA COUNTY/MESILLA VALLEY- CENTRAL TULAROSA BASIN-SOUTHERN TULAROSA BASIN- WEST SLOPES SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS BELOW 7500 FEET- SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 7500 FEET- EAST SLOPES SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS BELOW 7500 FEET-OTERO MESA- WESTERN EL PASO COUNTY-EASTERN/CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY- NORTHERN HUDSPETH HIGHLANDS/HUECO MOUNTAINS-SALT BASIN- SOUTHERN HUDSPETH HIGHLANDS- RIO GRANDE VALLEY OF EASTERN EL PASO/WESTERN HUDSPETH COUNTIES- RIO GRANDE VALLEY OF EASTERN HUDSPETH COUNTY- 613 AM MST THU DEC 13 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NM AND TX. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT DRY AND MILD WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR TODAY WITH ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND SOUTHERLY WINDS EXPECTED. A WINTER STORMS SYSTEM WILL BEGIN TO APPROACH THE AREA TODAY. MOISTURE AND CLOUDS WILL BEGIN TO MOVE INTO THE AREA LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. LOWLAND RAIN SHOWERS AND HIGH MOUNTAIN SNOW SHOWERS WILL BEGIN TO OCCUR OVER THE BOOTHEEL AND GILA REGION LATE TONIGHT. SNOW LEVELS WILL INITIALLY START OUT ABOVE 7500 FEET BUT WILL LOWER TO 6500 TO 7000 FEET BY MORNING. MOUNTAIN ROADS AND PASSES IN THE GILA REGION MAY BE IMPACTED BY ACCUMULATING SNOW BY EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THE WINTER STORM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE STATE ON A TRACK FROM SOUTHWEST NEW MEXICO TO NORTHEASTERN PART OF THE STATE. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE STRONGEST IN THE MORNING HOURS...ESPECIALLY OVER THE GILA REGION. SNOW LEVELS WILL DROP TO 6000 FEET DURING THE DAY WITH 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE ABOVE 7000 FEET WITH 1 TO 3 INCHES BELOW. LOWLAND AREAS WILL HAVE SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS RAIN SHOWERS WITH FEW ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE. THE SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS WILL HAVE SNOW LATER IN THE DAY WITH 3 TO 5 INCHES POSSIBLE ABOVE 7000 FEET BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO AFFECT THE BORDER REGION AND FAR WEST TEXAS WITH WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH AND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. BLOWING DUST MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES IN DUST PRONE AREAS OF THE LOWLAND DESERTS IN THE AFTERNOON. THE RAIN AND SNOW WILL TAPER OFF AND END LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO DIMINISH BY LATE AFTERNOON. THE WEATHER PATTERN WILL REMAIN UNSETTLED THROUGH THE WEEKEND WITH WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES MOVING THE AREA. THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS FOR THE MOUNTAINS SATURDAY AND SUNDAY AS THESE SYSTEMS MOVE THROUGH THE STATE. DRY CONDITIONS WITH SEASONABLE TEMPERATURES WILL RETURN TO THE AREA MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS SHOULD REPORT ANY OBSERVED HAZARDOUS WEATHER TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THIS OFFICE. LUNDEEN
The office that day
Everything else NWS El Paso, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 13, 5:05 PM MST | High Wind Warning | EPZ | Doña Ana, Grant, Luna, Otero, Sierra | 20 hr |
| Dec 13, 5:05 PM MST | Wind Advisory | EPZ | Grant, Hidalgo | 20 hr |
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.