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Wind Advisory 19, NWS El Paso, TX
NWS El Paso, TX issued this wind advisory at Oct 12, 2012, 1:43 PM MDT for El Paso County, Texas; 4 counties in New Mexico. It took effect at Oct 12, 2012, 3:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 12, 2012, 1:43 PM MDT (19:43 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 12, 2012, 3:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Oct 12, 2012, 9:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS El Paso, TX
Counties Grant County, NM, Luna County, NM, Otero County, NM, Sierra County, NM, El Paso County, TX
The radar
The El Paso radar (KEPZ), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Santa Teresa, NM (KEPZ), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 77 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
- 379 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -171 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1422 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 122 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 209 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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
1 follow-up statement
882 WWUS74 KEPZ 122113 NPWEPZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM 313 PM MDT FRI OCT 12 2012 ...WINDY ON EAST SLOPES OF AREA MOUNTAINS INTO EARLY TONIGHT... .AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH AND ASSOCIATED FRONT CROSSING THE AREA WILL BRING WINDY CONDITIONS THROUGH PASSES AND ALONG EAST SLOPES OF AREA MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS INCREASING TO 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 40 MPH ARE LIKELY. STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE THROUGH PASSES AND ALONG EASTERN SLOPES OF THE FRANKLINS AND THE ORGAN MOUNTAINS...THE SAN ANDRES AND THE BLACK RANGE. BREEZY ACROSS THE REST OF THE AREA WITH WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH GUSTING TO 30 TO 35 MPH INTO THIS EVENING. TXZ418-122215- /O.CAN.KEPZ.WI.Y.0019.000000T0000Z-121013T0200Z/ WESTERN EL PASO COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOWNTOWN...WEST EL PASO...UPPER VALLEY 313 PM MDT FRI OCT 12 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. PREVIOUS WIND ADVISORY WAS CANCELLED DUE TO CONVERSION AND TIME ERRORS. $$ NMZ412-413-TXZ419-130300- /O.EXB.KEPZ.WI.Y.0019.000000T0000Z-121013T0300Z/ CENTRAL TULAROSA BASIN-SOUTHERN TULAROSA BASIN- EASTERN/CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALAMOGORDO...TULAROSA... WHITE SANDS MONUMENT...OROGRANDE... WHITE SANDS RANGE HEADQUARTERS...CHAPARRAL...FORT BLISS... SOCORRO...EAST AND NORTHEAST EL PASO 313 PM MDT FRI OCT 12 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...3 PM THIS AFTERNOON UNTIL ABOUT 9 PM THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS INCREASING TO 20-25 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS DUE TO CROSS WINDS AND AREAS OF LOW VISIBILITY IN BLOWING DUST. LOOSE OBJECTS SUCH AS LAWN FURNITURE AND TRASH CANS BLOWN ABOUT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ NMZ408-416-130300- /O.EXT.KEPZ.WI.Y.0019.000000T0000Z-121013T0300Z/ EASTERN BLACK RANGE FOOTHILLS- EAST SLOPES SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS BELOW 7500 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HILLSBORO...WINSTON...MAYHILL... SACRAMENTO...PINON 313 PM MDT FRI OCT 12 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...3 PM THIS AFTERNOON UNTIL ABOUT 9 PM THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS INCREASING TO 20-25 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS DUE TO CROSS WINDS AND AREAS OF LOW VISIBILITY IN BLOWING DUST. LOOSE OBJECTS SUCH AS LAWN FURNITURE AND TRASH CANS BLOWN ABOUT. 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS El Paso, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 11, 11:23 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Otero | 52 min |
| Oct 12, 12:10 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Otero | 50 min |
Nearby
Wind Advisories in New Mexico, 2012Wind Advisories in Texas, 2012Every wind 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.