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Special Weather Statement, NWS El Paso, TX
NWS El Paso, TX issued this special weather statement at Jul 15, 2016, 1:20 PM MDT for Otero County, New Mexico. It was in force for 40 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 15, 2016, 1:20 PM MDT (19:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 15, 2016, 2:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS El Paso, TX
County Otero County, NM
The radar
The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:19 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, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 162 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
- 32 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -592 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3489 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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</html>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 15, 3:47 AM MDT, 9 hours 33 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 15, 3:47 AM MDT, 9 hours 33 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 15, 11:14 AM MDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM 1114 AM MDT FRI JUL 15 2016 NMZ402-403-408-414>416-161715- SOUTHERN GILA HIGHLANDS/BLACK RANGE- SOUTHERN GILA FOOTHILLS/MIMBRES VALLEY- EASTERN BLACK RANGE FOOTHILLS- WEST SLOPES SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS BELOW 7500 FEET- SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 7500 FEET- EAST SLOPES SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS BELOW 7500 FEET- 1114 AM MDT FRI JUL 15 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWEST NEW MEXICO. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH MID EVENING. A FEW STORMS COULD PRODUCE PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY. STRONG OUTFLOW WINDS, SMALL HAIL, AND ISOLATED HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLE WITH STORMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. NMZ401-404>407-409>413-417-TXZ418>424-161715- UPPER GILA RIVER VALLEY-SOUTHWEST DESERT/LOWER GILA RIVER VALLEY- LOWLANDS OF THE BOOTHEEL-UPLANDS OF THE BOOTHEEL- SOUTHWEST DESERT/MIMBRES BASIN-SIERRA COUNTY LAKES- NORTHERN DONA ANA COUNTY-SOUTHERN DONA ANA COUNTY/MESILLA VALLEY- CENTRAL TULAROSA BASIN-SOUTHERN TULAROSA BASIN-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- 1114 AM MDT FRI JUL 15 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...SOUTHWEST NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWEST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT RECORD HIGH HEAT AND HOT TEMPERATURES TODAY. MILD CONDITIONS TONIGHT. HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES A REAL CONCERN TODAY. ISOLATED SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. MAIN THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING OUTFLOW WINDS AND BLOWING DUST. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY HOT TEMPERATURES CONTINUING THROUGH SUNDAY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. BEST THREAT WILL BE STRONG OUTFLOW WINDS WITH ANY STORMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED...BUT REAL-TIME CALLS OF STRONG WIND GUSTS AND DUST FROM ANY THUNDERSTORM OUTFLOWS ARE ENCOURAGED. BIRD
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 15, 1:20 PM MDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX 120 PM MDT FRI JUL 15 2016 NMZ414>416-152000- SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 7500 FEET NM- WEST SLOPES SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS BELOW 7500 FEET NM- EAST SLOPES SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS BELOW 7500 FEET NM- 120 PM MDT FRI JUL 15 2016 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTH CENTRAL OTERO COUNTY UNTIL 200 PM MDT... AT 118 PM MDT...METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ON RADAR OVER STRETCHING FROM SILVER LAKE TO BLUFF SPRINGS...OR 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF CLOUDCROFT...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. HALF INCH HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED IN THE NEXT HOUR. LOCATIONS WHICH MAY BE IMPACTED INCLUDE... SACRAMENTO... MAYHILL... CLOUDCROFT... ELK SILVER... WEED... SILVER LAKE... COX CANYON... SIXTEEN SPRINGS... HAY CANYON... DRY CANYON... BENSON RIDGE... BLUFF SPRINGS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE. && LAT...LON 3318 10544 3264 10548 3272 10578 3313 10573 TIME...MOT...LOC 1918Z 264DEG 7KT 3303 10565 HARDIMAN
The office that day
Everything else NWS El Paso, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 15, 2:50 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Otero | 3 hr |
| Jul 15, 3:38 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Otero | 37 min |
| Jul 15, 4:21 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Otero | 3 hr |
| Jul 15, 5:04 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Luna | 56 min |
| Jul 15, 5:33 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Doña Ana | 57 min |
| Jul 15, 4:42 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | El Paso | 63 min |
| Jul 15, 4:59 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Hudspeth | 3 hr |
| Jul 15, 5:59 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | El Paso, Hudspeth | 32 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.