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Special Weather Statement, NWS El Paso, TX

June 23, 2016Sierra County, New Mexico

NWS El Paso, TX issued this special weather statement at Jun 23, 2016, 3:03 PM MDT for Sierra County, New Mexico. It was in force for 42 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
Jun 23, 2016, 3:03 PM MDT (21:03 UTC)
Expired
Jun 23, 2016, 3:45 PM MDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS El Paso, TX

County Sierra County, NM

The radar

The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:04 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, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 151 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 2016-06-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 8 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Santa Teresa, NM at 12:00Z on 2016-06-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 79 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
8 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-494 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2845 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
79 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
153 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

967 
WWUS84 KEPZ 232103
SPSEPZ

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX
303 PM MDT THU JUN 23 2016
 
NMZ409-232145-
SIERRA COUNTY LAKES NM-
303 PM MDT THU JUN 23 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTH CENTRAL SIERRA COUNTY UNTIL
345 PM MDT...

AT 303 PM MDT...METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM ON
RADAR NEAR TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES...MOVING NORTH NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

DIME SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES...
ELEPHANT BUTTE...
WILLIAMSBURG...
ROCK HOUSE...
NORTH MONTICELLO POINT. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 3303 10712 3308 10732 3342 10725 3333 10695
TIME...MOT...LOC 2103Z 197DEG 13KT 3313 10720 

$$

TRIPOLI

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 23, 12:26 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZOtero49 min
Jun 23, 12:37 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZ38 min
Jun 23, 2:29 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZSierra3 hr
Jun 23, 5:02 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZ43 min
Jun 23, 5:34 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZOtero41 min
Jun 23, 3:33 AM MDTHeat AdvisoryEPZEl Paso26 hr

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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.