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Tornado Warning 2, NWS El Paso, TX

October 6, 2015El Paso County, Texas

NWS El Paso, TX issued this tornado warning at Oct 6, 2015, 3:00 PM MDT for El Paso County, Texas. It was in force for 45 min. 4 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Oct 6, 2015, 3:00 PM MDT (21:00 UTC)
Expired
Oct 6, 2015, 3:45 PM MDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS El Paso, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
1.75 in

County El Paso County, TX

The radar

The El Paso radar (KEPZ), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Oct 6, 3:29 PM MDTHAIL 1Horizon City, TXRECEIVED MPING REPORT OF 1.0 INCH HAIL NEAR HORIZON CITY
Oct 6, 3:35 PM MDTHAIL 1Horizon City, TXKANAZO RD. IN HORIZON CITY
Oct 6, 3:35 PM MDTHAIL 1.75Socorro, TX
Oct 6, 3:36 PM MDTHAIL 11 S Sparks, TXLOVE TRUCK STOP CLEARK REPORTED HAIL

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Santa Teresa, NM (KEPZ), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Santa Teresa, NM at 12:00Z on 2015-10-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 188 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 2015-10-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 15 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
188 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-54 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1160 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
15 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
113 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

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

490 
WFUS54 KEPZ 062100
TOREPZ
TXC141-062145-
/O.NEW.KEPZ.TO.W.0002.151006T2100Z-151006T2145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX
300 PM MDT TUE OCT 6 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO  HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS...

* UNTIL 345 PM MDT
    
* AT 300 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR MISSION VALLEY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30
  MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. 

  IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT 
           SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. 
           DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR.  TREE 
           DAMAGE IS LIKELY. 

* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  SOCORRO AROUND 305 PM MDT.
  CLINT AND SPARKS AROUND 310 PM MDT.
  HORIZON CITY AND AGUA DULCE AROUND 320 PM MDT.
  MONTANA VISTA AROUND 330 PM MDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE LAKE
WAY ESTATES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 3162 10630 3166 10633 3169 10635 3171 10637
      3172 10637 3184 10616 3165 10608 3156 10628
TIME...MOT...LOC 2100Z 240DEG 26KT 3165 10633 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN

$$

MLP

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 5, 7:02 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZEl Paso73 min
Oct 5, 7:28 PM MDTTornado WarningEPZEl Paso47 min
Oct 5, 7:51 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZHudspeth39 min
Oct 5, 11:44 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZEl Paso46 min
Oct 6, 2:07 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZEl Paso53 min
Oct 6, 2:22 AM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZEl Paso3 hr
Oct 6, 6:28 AM MDTFlash Flood WatchEPZEl Paso, Hudspeth48 hr
Oct 6, 2:08 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZHudspeth52 min
Oct 6, 2:53 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZEl Paso52 min
Oct 6, 3:04 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZHudspeth41 min
Oct 6, 3:39 PM MDTTornado WarningEPZEl Paso, Hudspeth19 min
Oct 6, 3:56 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZEl Paso, Hudspeth49 min
Oct 6, 4:28 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZEl Paso2 hr
Oct 6, 4:45 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZHudspeth45 min
Oct 6, 5:03 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZHudspeth42 min
Oct 6, 5:07 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZHudspeth113 min
Oct 6, 5:54 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZHudspeth51 min

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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.