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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 19, NWS El Paso, TX

June 13, 2014Hudspeth County, Texas

NWS El Paso, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 2014, 2:17 PM MDT for Hudspeth County, Texas. It was in force for 29 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 13, 2014, 2:17 PM MDT (20:17 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 2014, 2:46 PM MDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS El Paso, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Hudspeth County, TX

The radar

The El Paso radar (KEPZ), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:20 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, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 133 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 2014-06-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 700 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Santa Teresa, NM at 12:00Z on 2014-06-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 105 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
700 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-241 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2322 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
105 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
138 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS El Paso, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 13, 3:34 AM MDT, 10 hours 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 13, 3:34 AM MDT, 10 hours 43 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 13, 11:25 AM MDT, 2 hours 52 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
1125 AM MDT FRI JUN 13 2014

NMZ401>417-TXZ418>424-140600-
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-
NORTHERN DONA ANA COUNTY-SOUTHERN DONA ANA COUNTY/MESILLA VALLEY-
CENTRAL TULAROSA BASIN-SOUTHERN TULAROSA BASIN-
WEST SLOPES SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS BELOW 7500 FEET-
SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 7500 FEET-
EAST SLOPES SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS BELOW 7500 FEET-OTERO MESA-
WESTERN EL PASO COUNTY-EASTERN/CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY-
NORTHERN HUDSPETH HIGHLANDS/HUECO MOUNTAINS-SALT BASIN-
SOUTHERN HUDSPETH HIGHLANDS-
RIO GRANDE VALLEY OF EASTERN EL PASO/WESTERN HUDSPETH COUNTIES-
RIO GRANDE VALLEY OF EASTERN HUDSPETH COUNTY-
1125 AM MDT FRI JUN 13 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NM AND TX.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

A BETTER INGEST OF MOISTURE OVERNIGHT AND THIS MORNING SHOULD
ADD GREATLY TO SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL ACROSS THE AREA
THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THE LATE EVENING HOURS. FOR AREAS EAST OF
THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE WE EXPECT MORE RAIN WITH THE STORMS AND
POSSIBILITY OF ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING. OUT WEST STORMS SHOULD
DELIVER LESS RAIN AND MORE WIND GUST POTENTIAL WITH THE
POSSIBILITY OF DANGEROUS BLOWING DUST. DRY LIGHTNING WEST HALF OF
THE REGION IS ALSO MORE LIKELY...ADDING TO FIRE DANGER POTENTIAL.
FINALLY ANOTHER WARM DAY ACROSS THE REGION.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

RAPID DRYING SATURDAY AND SUNDAY WITH WARM TO HOT CONDITIONS.
POTENTIAL FOR MODERATE MOISTURE TO CREEP BACK IN FROM THE SOUTH AT
LEAST BY TUESDAY. TUESDAY ONWARD JUST A SLIGHT CHANCE OF AFTERNOON
AND EVENING STORMS WITH SEASONALLY WARM TEMPERATURES.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

IF STORMS DEVELOP NEAR YOU PLEASE REPORT SIGNIFICANT EFFECTS...
SUCH AS BLOWING DUST...REDUCTIONS IN VISIBILITY...ESTIMATED OR
MEASURED WIND SPEEDS.

BIRD

The office that day

Everything else NWS El Paso, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 13, 3:32 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZDoña Ana28 min
Jun 13, 4:04 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZDoña Ana, Otero26 min
Jun 13, 4:18 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZDoña Ana27 min
Jun 13, 4:21 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZLuna54 min
Jun 13, 4:29 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZDoña Ana, Otero31 min
Jun 13, 4:56 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZGrant, Hidalgo64 min
Jun 13, 5:28 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZDoña Ana, Luna, Sierra47 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 2014Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2014

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.