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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 131, NWS El Paso, TX
NWS El Paso, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 5, 2015, 2:40 PM MDT for Grant County, Hidalgo County, New Mexico. It was in force for 50 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
- Oct 5, 2015, 2:40 PM MDT (20:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 5, 2015, 3:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS El Paso, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.5 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Grant County, NM, Hidalgo County, NM
The radar
The El Paso radar (KEPZ), 181 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Tuscon, AZ (KDMA), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 222 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
- 517 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -36 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1362 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 122 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 239 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.4
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 Oct 5, 3:31 AM MDT, 11 hours 9 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 5, 3:31 AM MDT, 11 hours 9 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM 600 AM MDT MON OCT 05 2015 NMZ401>417-TXZ418>424-061245- 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- 600 AM MDT MON OCT 05 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NM AND TX. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH TONIGHT. A FEW STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH HAIL UP TO AN INCH IN DIAMETER...WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALLS. THERE IS ALSO A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR A TORNADO. THE GREATEST THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE FROM THE ARIZONA BORDER EAST TO A LAS CRUCES TO EL PASO LINE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. A FEW STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH HAIL AT LEAST AN INCH IN DIAMETER...WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH AND HEAVY RAINFALLS. THERE WILL ALSO BE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF A TORNADO ON TUESDAY. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY WITH BRIEF HEAVY RAINS POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE REQUIRED TO REPORT POSSIBLE LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND HEAVY RAINFALLS WITH POSSIBLE FLOODING TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. ROGASH
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Oct 5, 1:46 PM MDT, 54 minutes before
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Everything else NWS El Paso, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 5, 1:46 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Hidalgo | 59 min |
| Oct 5, 1:59 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Grant, Hidalgo, Luna | 46 min |
| Oct 5, 2:10 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Grant | 50 min |
| Oct 5, 2:52 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Grant, Hidalgo, Luna | 38 min |
| Oct 5, 3:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Grant | 46 min |
| Oct 5, 3:36 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Luna | 54 min |
| Oct 5, 4:03 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Grant | 42 min |
| Oct 5, 4:39 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Doña Ana, Luna, Sierra | 51 min |
| Oct 5, 4:59 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Grant | 46 min |
| Oct 5, 5:39 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Sierra | 51 min |
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.