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Special Weather Statement, NWS El Paso, TX

July 9, 2015Grant County, New Mexico

NWS El Paso, TX issued this special weather statement at Jul 9, 2015, 1:21 PM MDT for Grant County, New Mexico. It was in force for 24 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jul 9, 2015, 1:21 PM MDT (19:21 UTC)
Expired: Jul 9, 2015, 1:45 PM MDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS El Paso, TX

County Grant County, NM

The radar

The Tucson radar (KEMX), 210 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:22 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, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 219 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 252 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -120 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1150 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 21 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 103 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Jul 9, 2:59 AM MDT, 10 hours 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 9, 2:59 AM MDT, 10 hours 22 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 9, 12:03 PM MDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX
1203 PM MDT THU JUL 9 2015

NMZ404-091830-
SOUTHWEST DESERT/LOWER GILA RIVER VALLEY-
1203 PM MDT THU JUL 9 2015

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT WEST CENTRAL GRANT AND
NORTHWESTERN HIDALGO COUNTIES...

AT 1202 PM MDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS 9 MILES WEST OF
SHAKESPEARE...OR 10 MILES WEST OF LORDSBURG...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30
MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LORDSBURG...STEINS...ROAD FORKS AND SHAKESPEARE.

THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

LAT...LON 3240 10905 3266 10866 3239 10848 3218 10904
      3228 10905
TIME...MOT...LOC 1802Z 239DEG 27KT 3235 10889

TRIPOLI

Special weather statement, Jul 9, 12:46 PM MDT, 35 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX
1246 PM MDT THU JUL 9 2015

NMZ402-403-091915-
SOUTHERN GILA FOOTHILLS/MIMBRES VALLEY-SOUTHERN GILA HIGHLANDS/BLACK
RANGE-
1246 PM MDT THU JUL 9 2015

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTH CENTRAL GRANT COUNTY...

AT 1245 PM MDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER ARENAS VALLEY...OR 5
MILES EAST OF SILVER CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SILVER CITY...BAYARD...SANTA CLARA...HANOVER...FIERRO...FORT
BAYARD...MIMBRES...GEORGETOWN...PINOS ALTOS...ARENAS VALLEY...BEAR
CANYON LAKE AND SAPILLO CAMPGROUND.

THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

LAT...LON 3303 10811 3286 10795 3276 10818 3285 10827
TIME...MOT...LOC 1845Z 230DEG 18KT 3281 10818

MLP

Special weather statement, Jul 9, 1:18 PM MDT, 3 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX
118 PM MDT THU JUL 9 2015

NMZ415-416-091945-
SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 7500 FEET-EAST SLOPES SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS
BELOW 7500 FEET-
118 PM MDT THU JUL 9 2015

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTH CENTRAL OTERO COUNTY...

AT 118 PM MDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR SIXTEEN SPRINGS...OR
12 MILES EAST OF CLOUDCROFT...MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

THIS STORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EAST CENTRAL
SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 7500 FEET AND NORTHEASTERN EAST SLOPES
SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS BELOW 7500 FEET COUNTIES.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

LAT...LON 3296 10532 3296 10535 3290 10535 3288 10546
      3303 10556 3324 10532
TIME...MOT...LOC 1918Z 257DEG 52KT 3298 10552

MLP

Special weather statement, Jul 9, 1:21 PM MDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX
121 PM MDT THU JUL 9 2015

NMZ401-402-404-091945-
SOUTHWEST DESERT/LOWER GILA RIVER VALLEY-SOUTHERN GILA
HIGHLANDS/BLACK RANGE-UPPER GILA RIVER VALLEY-
121 PM MDT THU JUL 9 2015

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN GRANT COUNTY...

AT 121 PM MDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS 7 MILES NORTH OF REDROCK...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH AND HALF INCH HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CLIFF...GILA...RIVERSIDE AND BILL EVANS LAKE.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

LAT...LON 3281 10885 3307 10866 3290 10841 3271 10878
TIME...MOT...LOC 1921Z 237DEG 24KT 3279 10877

MLP

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 8, 10:08 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ	Grant	37 min
Jul 9, 12:03 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ	Grant	27 min
Jul 9, 12:46 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ	Grant	29 min
Jul 9, 1:18 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ		27 min
Jul 9, 1:41 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EPZ	Otero	23 min
Jul 9, 2:29 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ	Sierra	46 min
Jul 9, 2:40 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EPZ	Sierra	50 min
Jul 9, 2:47 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	EPZ	Sierra	2 hr
Jul 9, 3:03 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ	Grant	42 min
Jul 9, 3:32 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ	Luna	43 min
Jul 9, 3:57 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EPZ	Grant, Luna, Sierra	48 min
Jul 9, 4:23 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ	Luna	52 min
Jul 9, 4:55 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ	Doña Ana	50 min
Jul 9, 4:57 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ	Doña Ana	48 min
Jul 9, 5:42 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ	Doña Ana	48 min
Jul 9, 5:46 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EPZ	Doña Ana	44 min
Jul 9, 4:28 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EPZ	Hudspeth	47 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.