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Wind Advisory 21, NWS El Paso, TX
NWS El Paso, TX issued this wind advisory at Nov 12, 2013, 3:28 AM MST for El Paso County, Texas. It took effect at Nov 12, 2013, 5:00 AM MST. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 12, 2013, 3:28 AM MST (10:28 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 12, 2013, 5:00 AM MST
- Expired
- Nov 12, 2013, 2:00 PM MST
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS El Paso, TX
County El Paso County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Santa Teresa, NM (KEPZ), launched 00:00Z, 10.5 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2562 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 12 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
803 WWUS74 KEPZ 121028 NPWEPZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM 328 AM MST TUE NOV 12 2013 ...WINDY ACROSS WEST TEXAS THIS MORNING AND EARLY THIS AFTERNOON... .A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS WEST TEXAS WITH HIGH WINDS OCCURRING BEHIND THE BOUNDARY. EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL HAVE SUSTAINED SPEEDS AROUND 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR NEAR AND ALONG WESTERN FACING MOUNTAIN SLOPES. TXZ418-122100- /O.NEW.KEPZ.WI.Y.0021.131112T1200Z-131112T2100Z/ WESTERN EL PASO COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOWNTOWN...WEST EL PASO...UPPER VALLEY 328 AM MST TUE NOV 12 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS WEST TEXAS WITH HIGH WINDS OCCURRING BEHIND THE BOUNDARY. EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL HAVE SUSTAINED SPEEDS AROUND 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR NEAR AND ALONG WESTERN FACING MOUNTAIN SLOPES. * EVENT: EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL HAVE SUSTAINED SPEEDS FROM 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR NEAR AND ALONG WESTERN FACING MOUNTAINS SLOPES. * TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE TOWARD SUNRISE THIS MORNING AND ATTAIN MAXIMUM SPEEDS AROUND 8 AM TO NOON. WINDS WILL DIMINISH IN THE AFTERNOON. * IMPACT: HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND ALONG WESTERN FACING MOUNTAIN SLOPES. * VISIBILITY: VISIBILITIES MAY FALL BELOW 3 MILES OVER A FEW LOCATIONS 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.