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Wind Advisory 18, NWS El Paso, TX

September 7, 2012El Paso County, Texas

NWS El Paso, TX issued this wind advisory at Sep 7, 2012, 2:23 PM MDT for El Paso County, Texas. It took effect at Sep 8, 2012, 12:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 7, 2012, 2:23 PM MDT (20:23 UTC)
In effect from
Sep 8, 2012, 12:00 AM MDT
Expired
Sep 8, 2012, 12:00 PM MDT
In force
12 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 20:27 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, 8.4 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 2012-09-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 196 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 2012-09-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -48 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
196 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-186 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1563 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
2 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-48 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
21 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.

614 
WWUS74 KEPZ 072023
NPWEPZ

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
223 PM MDT FRI SEP 7 2012

...COLD FRONT WILL PRODUCE STRONG WINDS ACROSS PORTIONS
OF WESTERN TEXAS LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING...

.A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS WESTERN TEXAS TONIGHT
RESULTING IN WINDY CONDITIONS ALONG AND BEHIND THE BOUNDARY. EAST
WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH.
STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED ALONG WESTERN FACING MOUNTAIN
SLOPES...ESPECIALLY AROUND WESTERN PORTIONS OF EL PASO AND
SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES. 

TXZ418-419-081215-
/O.NEW.KEPZ.WI.Y.0018.120908T0600Z-120908T1800Z/
WESTERN EL PASO COUNTY-EASTERN/CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOWNTOWN...WEST EL PASO...
UPPER VALLEY...FORT BLISS...SOCORRO...EAST AND NORTHEAST EL PASO
223 PM MDT FRI SEP 7 2012

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON MDT
SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA HAS
ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT
TO NOON MDT SATURDAY. 


* EVENT: EAST WINDS INCREASING TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50
  MPH. STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR ALONG WESTERN FACING MOUNTAINS
  SLOPES INCLUDING OVER WESTERN PORTIONS OF EL PASO AND
  SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES.

* TIMING: WINDS INCREASING AROUND MIDNIGHT SATURDAY AND CONTINUING
  THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL DECREASE SATURDAY
  AFTERNOON. 

* IMPACT: HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS DUE TO CROSS
  WINDS...INCLUDING ALONG INTERSTATE 10. 

* VISIBILITY: ISOLATED AREAS OF VISIBILITIES LESS THAN A MILE FROM
  BLOWING DUST. 

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.

&&

$$

ROGASH

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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.