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Blowing Dust Advisory 5, NWS El Paso, TX

December 13, 2012Doña Ana County, Grant County, Luna County, New Mexico; El Paso County, Texas

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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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 13, 5:05 PM MSTHigh Wind WarningEPZDoña Ana, Grant, Luna, Otero, Sierra20 hr
Dec 13, 5:05 PM MSTWind AdvisoryEPZGrant, Hidalgo20 hr

Nearby

Blowing Dust Advisories in New Mexico, 2012Blowing Dust Advisories in Texas, 2012Every blowing dust advisory in 2012

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.