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Tornado Warning 1, NWS El Paso, TX

September 15, 2016Hudspeth County, Texas

NWS El Paso, TX issued this tornado warning at Sep 15, 2016, 2:28 PM MDT for Hudspeth County, Texas. It was in force for 32 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: Sep 15, 2016, 2:28 PM MDT (20:28 UTC)
Expired: Sep 15, 2016, 3:00 PM MDT
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS El Paso, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.25 in

County Hudspeth County, TX

The radar

The El Paso radar (KEPZ), 143 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:31 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Santa Teresa, NM (KEPZ), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 143 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: 882 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -118 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1781 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 111 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 159 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.8

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The text

As transmitted.

702 
WFUS54 KEPZ 152028
TOREPZ
TXC229-152100-
/O.NEW.KEPZ.TO.W.0001.160915T2028Z-160915T2100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX
228 PM MDT THU SEP 15 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN HUDSPETH COUNTY IN WESTERN TEXAS...

* UNTIL 300 PM MDT
    
* AT 227 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO 5 MILES EAST OF CORNUDAS.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND HALF DOLLAR 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...
  DELL CITY AROUND 235 PM MDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE GYPSUM
DUNES AT GUADALUPE NATIONAL PARK AND FAR WESTERN PORTIONS OF
GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK.

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 3168 10530 3181 10538 3194 10520 3196 10502
      3181 10492
TIME...MOT...LOC 2027Z 236DEG 23KT 3183 10518 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.25IN

$$

TRIPOLI

1 follow-up statement

320 
WWUS54 KEPZ 152051
SVSEPZ

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX
251 PM MDT THU SEP 15 2016

TXC229-152100-
/O.CON.KEPZ.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160915T2100Z/
HUDSPETH TX-
251 PM MDT THU SEP 15 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM MDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN HUDSPETH COUNTY...
    
AT 249 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 7 MILES EAST OF CORNUDAS...MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AROUND
10 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND HALF DOLLAR 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 TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM IS WEAKENING AND WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY
RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN HUDSPETH COUNTY...INCLUDING THE
FOLLOWING LOCATIONS: GYPSUM DUNES AT GUADALUPE NATIONAL PARK AND FAR
WESTERN PORTIONS OF GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK.

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 3168 10530 3181 10538 3194 10520 3196 10502
      3181 10492
TIME...MOT...LOC 2049Z 236DEG 23KT 3191 10504 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.25IN

$$

TRIPOLI

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 15, 1:54 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ	Hudspeth	51 min
Sep 15, 2:05 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EPZ	Hudspeth	40 min
Sep 15, 2:24 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ	Hudspeth	51 min
Sep 15, 2:42 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EPZ	Hudspeth	63 min
Sep 15, 3:04 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ	Hudspeth	41 min
Sep 15, 3:30 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EPZ	Hudspeth	45 min
Sep 15, 3:42 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EPZ	Hudspeth	2 hr
Sep 15, 3:43 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EPZ	Hudspeth	47 min
Sep 15, 4:20 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EPZ	Hudspeth	40 min
Sep 15, 4:40 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ	Hudspeth	50 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.