Alert archive / New Mexico / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 15, NWS El Paso, TX
NWS El Paso, TX issued this wind advisory at May 18, 2012, 4:48 AM MDT for 4 counties in New Mexico. It took effect at May 18, 2012, 2:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 18, 2012, 4:48 AM MDT (10:48 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 18, 2012, 2:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- May 18, 2012, 8:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS El Paso, TX
Counties Grant County, NM, Hidalgo County, NM, Luna County, NM, Sierra County, NM
The radar
The El Paso radar (KEPZ), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:51 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 00:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 141 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 6217 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
186 WWUS74 KEPZ 181048 NPWEPZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM 448 AM MDT FRI MAY 18 2012 ...STRONG WINDS WILL OCCUR OVER SOUTHWEST NEW MEXICO THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING... .AN UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL MOVE EAST THROUGH THE CENTRAL ROCKIES LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT. AS THE SYSTEM MOVES CLOSER TO THE STATE...SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH OVER MOST AREAS WITH PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST NEW MEXICO SEEING 25 TO 35 MPH WIND SPEEDS. SOME AREAS OF BLOWING DUST WILL OCCUR OVER DUST PRONE AREAS WEST OF LAS CRUCES. THE STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR BETWEEN 2 PM AND 8 PM TODAY...AND THEN DIMINISH OVERNIGHT. NMZ401>409-190200- /O.NEW.KEPZ.WI.Y.0015.120518T2000Z-120519T0200Z/ 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GILA HOT SPRINGS...BUCKHORN... MULE CREEK...CLIFF...SILVER CITY...LAKE ROBERTS...KINGSTON... FORT BAYARD...MIMBRES...FAYWOOD...HURLEY...GRANT COUNTY AIRPORT... LORDSBURG...REDROCK...VIRDEN...ANIMAS...HACHITA... ANTELOPE WELLS...CLOVERDALE...DEMING...COLUMBUS...HILLSBORO... WINSTON...TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES...DERRY...SPACEPORT 448 AM MDT FRI MAY 18 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * EVENT: POSSIBLE SUSTAIN WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH THIS AFTERNOON FROM SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS. * TIMING: STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR BETWEEN 2 PM AND 8 PM MDT. * IMPACT: STRONG WINDS MAY MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT FOR TRAVELERS DUE TO STRONG CROSS WINDS AND POSSIBLE AREAS OF BLOWING DUST ALONG ROADS AND HIGHWAYS. FIRE DANGER CONDITIONS WILL BE ENHANCED WITH THE INCREASED WIND SPEEDS. * VISIBILITY: PATCHES OF BLOWING DUST MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES DOWN TO 3 MILES IN DUST PRONE AREAS OF THE SOUTHERN DESERTS OF NEW MEXICO. 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. && $$ LUNDEEN
1 follow-up statement
711 WWUS74 KEPZ 182119 NPWEPZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM 319 PM MDT FRI MAY 18 2012 ...WINDS INCREASING OVER SOUTHWEST NEW MEXICO THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING... .AN UPPER TROUGH OVER THE CENTRAL ROCKIES WILL MOVE EAST THROUGH THE AREA OVERNIGHT. SOUTHWEST WINDS AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM HAVE BEEN SLOW TO INCREASE. HOWEVER...AT 3 PM...MOST AREAS IN THE ADVISORY WERE SEEING WIND GUSTS INCREASING TO THE 35 TO 40 MPH RANGE. SUSTAINED WINDS AROUND 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS 40 TO 45 MPH...WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. SOME AREAS OF BLOWING DUST WILL ALSO OCCUR...ESPECIALLY ALONG PORTIONS OF I-10 WEST OF DEMING... AND HIGHWAY 180 BETWEEN DEMING AND SILVER CITY. THE STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR BETWEEN 2 PM AND 8 PM TODAY...AND THEN DIMINISH OVERNIGHT. NMZ401>409-190200- /O.CON.KEPZ.WI.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-120519T0200Z/ 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GILA HOT SPRINGS...BUCKHORN... MULE CREEK...CLIFF...SILVER CITY...LAKE ROBERTS...KINGSTON... FORT BAYARD...MIMBRES...FAYWOOD...HURLEY...GRANT COUNTY AIRPORT... LORDSBURG...REDROCK...VIRDEN...ANIMAS...HACHITA... ANTELOPE WELLS...CLOVERDALE...DEMING...COLUMBUS...HILLSBORO... WINSTON...TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES...DERRY...SPACEPORT 319 PM MDT FRI MAY 18 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING... * EVENT: SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS 40 TO 45 MPH. * TIMING: STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR BETWEEN 3 PM AND 8 PM MDT. * IMPACT: STRONG WINDS MAY MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT FOR TRAVELERS DUE TO STRONG CROSS WINDS AND POSSIBLE AREAS OF BLOWING DUST ALONG ROADS AND HIGHWAYS. FIRE DANGER CONDITIONS WILL BE ENHANCED WITH THE INCREASED WIND SPEEDS. * VISIBILITY: PATCHES OF BLOWING DUST MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES DOWN TO 1 MILE IN DUST PRONE AREAS OF THE SOUTHERN DESERTS OF NEW MEXICO. 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
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.