Alert archive / Texas / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 11, NWS El Paso, TX
NWS El Paso, TX issued this wind advisory at Apr 11, 2012, 3:31 PM MDT for El Paso County, Texas. It took effect at Apr 11, 2012, 8:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 11, 2012, 3:31 PM MDT (21:31 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 11, 2012, 8:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Apr 12, 2012, 4:59 AM MDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS El Paso, TX
County El Paso County, TX
The radar
The El Paso radar (KEPZ), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 45 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
- 66 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -208 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1981 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 109 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
957 WWUS74 KEPZ 112131 NPWEPZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM 331 PM MDT WED APR 11 2012 ...STRONG DOWNSLOPE WINDS EXPECTED EAST OF THE FRANKLIN MOUNTAINS TONIGHT... .AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE INTO NEW MEXICO OVERNIGHT. AHEAD OF THIS DISTURBANCE...WESTERLY LOW AND MID-LEVEL WINDS WILL INCREASE OVER THE BORDERLAND REGION. CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR STRONG DOWNSLOPE WINDS TO DEVELOP EAST OF THE FRANKLIN MOUNTAINS LATE THIS EVENING. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL AFFECT AREAS OF NORTHEAST EL PASO...WHERE SUSTAINED WINDS 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS 45 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED. MEANWHILE MUCH LIGHTER WINDS ARE EXPECTED OVER WEST EL PASO AND THE LOWER VALLEY. THE WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST BETWEEN 9 PM AND 5 AM. TXZ419-120800- /O.NEW.KEPZ.WI.Y.0011.120412T0200Z-120412T1200Z/ EASTERN/CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT BLISS...SOCORRO... EAST AND NORTHEAST EL PASO 331 PM MDT WED APR 11 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM MDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM MDT THURSDAY. * AREA: EASTERN EL PASO COUNTY...ESPECIALLY NORTHEAST PORTIONS OF THE CITY OF EL PASO. * WIND SPEED: WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS 45TO 50 MPH. * TIMING: 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM THURSDAY. WORST WINDS BETWEEN 10 PM AND 5 AM. * IMPACT: DRIVING MAY BECOME DIFFICULT AT TIMES DUE TO STRONG WINDS ALONG ROADWAYS...ESPECIALLY OVER TRANSMOUNTAIN PASS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ HARDIMAN
1 follow-up statement
283 WWUS74 KEPZ 121059 NPWEPZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM 459 AM MDT THU APR 12 2012 ...WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED EARLY THIS MORNING... .THE ENHANCED WINDS FLOWING DOWN THE EAST SIDE OF THE FRANKLIN MOUNTAINS HAVE DIMINISHED THIS MORNING. HOWEVER WINDS WILL INCREASE AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE ENTIRE METRO AREA. GUSTY WINDS ARE LIKELY AGAIN LATE TONIGHT IN THIS SAME REGION OF NORTHEAST EL PASO AND THE EAST SLOPES OF THE FRANKLIN MOUNTAINS. TXZ419-121200- /O.CAN.KEPZ.WI.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-120412T1200Z/ EASTERN/CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT BLISS...SOCORRO... EAST AND NORTHEAST EL PASO 459 AM MDT THU APR 12 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. $$ HEFNER
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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.