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Wind Advisory 21, NWS El Paso, TX
NWS El Paso, TX issued this wind advisory at Oct 12, 2016, 3:37 PM MDT for Doña Ana County, New Mexico; El Paso County, Hudspeth County, Texas. It took effect at Oct 12, 2016, 10:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 12, 2016, 3:37 PM MDT (21:37 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 12, 2016, 10:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Oct 13, 2016, 8:24 AM MDT
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS El Paso, TX
Counties Doña Ana County, NM, El Paso County, TX, Hudspeth County, TX
The radar
The El Paso radar (KEPZ), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:40 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, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 52 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2988 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -23 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 103 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
738 WWUS74 KEPZ 122137 NPWEPZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM 337 PM MDT WED OCT 12 2016 ...GUSTY WINDS DEVELOPING TONIGHT ACROSS WEST SLOPES OF TERRAIN AND THROUGH PASSES... .A COOL FRONT WILL PUSH IN FROM THE EAST THIS EVENING...PRODUCING BREEZY WINDS OVER A WIDE AREA FROM THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY EAST...AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS ALONG WEST SLOPES OF TERRAIN. THE STRONGEST WIND GUSTS SHOULD OCCUR BETWEEN ABOUT 10 PM TONIGHT THROUGH AT LEAST SUNRISE THURSDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL DIMINISH IN THE AFTERNOON AS WEAKER SOUTHWEST WINDS DEVELOP. NMZ411-TXZ418-420-131200- /O.NEW.KEPZ.WI.Y.0021.161013T0400Z-161013T1800Z/ SOUTHERN DONA ANA COUNTY/MESILLA VALLEY-WESTERN EL PASO COUNTY- NORTHERN HUDSPETH HIGHLANDS/HUECO MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAS CRUCES...VADO...SUNLAND PARK... DOWNTOWN EL PASO...WEST EL PASO...UPPER VALLEY...HUECO TANKS... LOMA LINDA 337 PM MDT WED OCT 12 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON MDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON MDT THURSDAY. * TIMING...GUSTY WINDS WILL DEVELOP AROUND MIDNIGHT AND LAST INTO LATE THURSDAY MORNING. * WINDS...WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...WINDS COULD BLOW LOOSE OBJECTS AROUND...AND COULD CAUSE DRIVING PROBLEMS...ESPECIALLY WITH HIGHER PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ HEFNER
3 follow-up statements
651 WWUS74 KEPZ 122355 AAA NPWEPZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM 555 PM MDT WED OCT 12 2016 ...GUSTY WINDS DEVELOPING TONIGHT ACROSS WEST SLOPES OF TERRAIN AND THROUGH PASSES... .A COOL FRONT WILL PUSH IN FROM THE EAST THIS EVENING...PRODUCING BREEZY WINDS OVER A WIDE AREA FROM THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY EAST... AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS ALONG WEST SLOPES OF TERRAIN. THE STRONGEST WIND GUSTS SHOULD OCCUR BETWEEN ABOUT 10 PM TONIGHT THROUGH AT LEAST SUNRISE THURSDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL DIMINISH IN THE AFTERNOON AS WEAKER SOUTHWEST WINDS DEVELOP. NMZ411-TXZ418-420-131200- /O.CON.KEPZ.WI.Y.0021.161013T0400Z-161013T1800Z/ SOUTHERN DONA ANA COUNTY/MESILLA VALLEY-WESTERN EL PASO COUNTY- NORTHERN HUDSPETH HIGHLANDS/HUECO MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAS CRUCES...VADO...SUNLAND PARK... DOWNTOWN EL PASO...WEST EL PASO...UPPER VALLEY...HUECO TANKS... LOMA LINDA 555 PM MDT WED OCT 12 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON MDT THURSDAY... * TIMING...GUSTY WINDS WILL DEVELOP AROUND MIDNIGHT AND LAST INTO LATE THURSDAY MORNING. * WINDS...WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...WINDS COULD BLOW LOOSE OBJECTS AROUND...AND COULD CAUSE DRIVING PROBLEMS...ESPECIALLY WITH HIGHER PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ FAUSETT
760 WWUS74 KEPZ 131109 NPWEPZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM 509 AM MDT THU OCT 13 2016 ...GUSTY WINDS DEVELOPING TONIGHT ACROSS WEST SLOPES OF TERRAIN AND THROUGH PASSES... .A COOL FRONT WILL PUSH IN FROM THE EAST THIS EVENING...PRODUCING BREEZY WINDS OVER A WIDE AREA FROM THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY EAST... AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS ALONG WEST SLOPES OF TERRAIN. THE STRONGEST WIND GUSTS SHOULD OCCUR BETWEEN ABOUT 10 PM TONIGHT THROUGH AT LEAST SUNRISE THURSDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL DIMINISH IN THE AFTERNOON AS WEAKER SOUTHWEST WINDS DEVELOP. NMZ411-TXZ418-420-131800- /O.CON.KEPZ.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-161013T1800Z/ SOUTHERN DONA ANA COUNTY/MESILLA VALLEY-WESTERN EL PASO COUNTY- NORTHERN HUDSPETH HIGHLANDS/HUECO MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAS CRUCES...VADO...SUNLAND PARK... DOWNTOWN EL PASO...WEST EL PASO...UPPER VALLEY...HUECO TANKS... LOMA LINDA 509 AM MDT THU OCT 13 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TODAY... * TIMING...GUSTY WINDS WILL DEVELOP AROUND MIDNIGHT AND LAST INTO LATE THURSDAY MORNING. * WINDS...WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...WINDS COULD BLOW LOOSE OBJECTS AROUND...AND COULD CAUSE DRIVING PROBLEMS...ESPECIALLY WITH HIGHER PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ 29
428 WWUS74 KEPZ 131424 NPWEPZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM 824 AM MDT THU OCT 13 2016 NMZ411-TXZ418-420-131530- /O.CAN.KEPZ.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-161013T1800Z/ SOUTHERN DONA ANA COUNTY/MESILLA VALLEY-WESTERN EL PASO COUNTY- NORTHERN HUDSPETH HIGHLANDS/HUECO MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAS CRUCES...VADO...SUNLAND PARK... DOWNTOWN EL PASO...WEST EL PASO...UPPER VALLEY...HUECO TANKS... LOMA LINDA 824 AM MDT THU OCT 13 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. GUSTY WINDS HAVE FAILED TO MATERIALIZE ON THE WEST SLOPES AND ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED TO INCREASE SIGNIFICANTLY TODAY. $$ HARDIMAN
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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.