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Wind Advisory 11, NWS El Paso, TX

April 11, 2012El Paso County, Texas

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.

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, 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Santa Teresa, NM at 12:00Z on 2012-04-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 66 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 2012-04-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 36 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
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

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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.