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Wind Advisory 8, NWS El Paso, TX
NWS El Paso, TX issued this wind advisory at Mar 18, 2016, 4:00 AM MDT for El Paso County, Hudspeth County, Texas. It took effect at Mar 19, 2016, 12:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 18, 2016, 4:00 AM MDT (10:00 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 19, 2016, 12:00 AM MDT
- Expired
- Mar 19, 2016, 12:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS El Paso, TX
Counties El Paso County, TX, Hudspeth County, TX
The radar
The El Paso radar (KEPZ), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Santa Teresa, NM (KEPZ), launched 00:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 89 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
- 4104 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
968 WWUS74 KEPZ 181000 NPWEPZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM 400 AM MDT FRI MAR 18 2016 ...COLD FRONT TO BRING STRONG DOWN SLOPE WINDS TO AREAS WEST OF THE FRANKLIN AND HUECO MOUNTAINS LATE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING... .A BACK DOOR COLD FRONT WILL PUSH INTO THE AREA FROM THE EAST AROUND MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. STRONG DOWNSLOPE EASTERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP WEST OF THE FRANKLIN AND HUECO MOUNTAINS SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT...PEAKING EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS 40 TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL AFFECT AREAS NEAR AND EAST OF I-10 IN WEST EL PASO... AND AREAS EAST OF THE CITY LIMITS FROM THE MONTANA VISTA AREA EAST TO THE CREST OF HUECO MOUNTAINS NEAR THE HUDSPETH COUNTY LINE. TXZ418-420-182200- /O.NEW.KEPZ.WI.Y.0008.160319T0600Z-160319T1800Z/ WESTERN EL PASO COUNTY- NORTHERN HUDSPETH HIGHLANDS/HUECO MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOWNTOWN...WEST EL PASO... UPPER VALLEY...HUECO TANKS...LOMA LINDA 400 AM MDT FRI MAR 18 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON MDT SATURDAY... * AREA AFFECTED...AREAS WEST OF THE FRANKLIN AND HUECO MOUNTAINS PRIMARILY IN EL PASO COUNTY. * TIMING...EAST WINDS WILL PICK UP AROUND MIDNIGHT AND REACH THEIR PEAK BETWEEN 5 AM AND 10 AM MDT SATURDAY. * WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS 40 TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...STRONG CROSS-WINDS WILL MAKE FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL INCLUDING PORTIONS OF I-10 BETWEEN THE UTEP AREA AND ANTHONY... TRANSMOUNTAIN ROAD WEST OF THE PASS...AND US-62/180 WEST OF THE HUECO MOUNTAINS. LOOSE OBJECTS MAY BLOW AROUND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 MPH OR HIGHER ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ HARDIMAN
2 follow-up statements
494 WWUS74 KEPZ 182138 NPWEPZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM 338 PM MDT FRI MAR 18 2016 ...COLD FRONT TO BRING STRONG DOWN SLOPE WINDS TO AREAS WEST OF THE FRANKLIN AND HUECO MOUNTAINS LATE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING... .A BACK DOOR COLD FRONT WILL PUSH INTO THE AREA FROM THE EAST AROUND MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. STRONG DOWNSLOPE EASTERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP WEST OF THE FRANKLIN AND HUECO MOUNTAINS SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT...PEAKING EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS 40 TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL AFFECT AREAS NEAR AND EAST OF I-10 IN WEST EL PASO... AND AREAS EAST OF THE CITY LIMITS FROM THE MONTANA VISTA AREA EAST TO THE CREST OF HUECO MOUNTAINS NEAR THE HUDSPETH COUNTY LINE. TXZ418-420-191230- /O.CON.KEPZ.WI.Y.0008.160319T0600Z-160319T1800Z/ WESTERN EL PASO COUNTY- NORTHERN HUDSPETH HIGHLANDS/HUECO MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOWNTOWN...WEST EL PASO... UPPER VALLEY...HUECO TANKS...LOMA LINDA 338 PM MDT FRI MAR 18 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON MDT SATURDAY... * AREA AFFECTED...AREAS WEST OF THE FRANKLIN AND HUECO MOUNTAINS PRIMARILY IN EL PASO COUNTY. * TIMING...EAST WINDS WILL PICK UP AROUND MIDNIGHT AND REACH THEIR PEAK BETWEEN 5 AM AND 10 AM MDT SATURDAY. * WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS 40 TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...STRONG CROSS-WINDS WILL MAKE FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL INCLUDING PORTIONS OF I-10 BETWEEN THE UTEP AREA AND ANTHONY... TRANSMOUNTAIN ROAD WEST OF THE PASS...AND US-62/180 WEST OF THE HUECO MOUNTAINS. LOOSE OBJECTS MAY BLOW AROUND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 MPH OR HIGHER ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
492 WWUS74 KEPZ 191023 NPWEPZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM 423 AM MDT SAT MAR 19 2016 ...COLD FRONT TO BRING STRONG DOWN SLOPE WINDS TO AREAS WEST OF THE FRANKLIN AND HUECO MOUNTAINS THIS MORNING... .A COLD FRONT HAS PUSHED WESTWARD INTO THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY EARLY THIS MORNING AND WILL CONTINUE OUT TO THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BY MID DAY. STRONG DOWNSLOPE EASTERLY WINDS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER SOME WEST SLOPES OF TERRAIN...MAINLY OF THE FRANKLIN AND HUECO MOUNTAINS...AND TO A LESSER DEGREE OF THE ORGAN MOUNTAINS. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE MORNING BEFORE SLOWLY DIMINISHING. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL AFFECT AREAS NEAR AND EAST OF I-10 IN WEST EL PASO...AND AREAS EAST OF THE CITY LIMITS FROM THE MONTANA VISTA AREA EAST TO THE CREST OF HUECO MOUNTAINS NEAR THE HUDSPETH COUNTY LINE. TXZ418-420-191800- /O.CON.KEPZ.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-160319T1800Z/ WESTERN EL PASO COUNTY- NORTHERN HUDSPETH HIGHLANDS/HUECO MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOWNTOWN...WEST EL PASO... UPPER VALLEY...HUECO TANKS...LOMA LINDA 423 AM MDT SAT MAR 19 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TODAY... * AREA AFFECTED...AREAS WEST OF THE FRANKLIN AND HUECO MOUNTAINS PRIMARILY IN EL PASO COUNTY. * TIMING...STRONGEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE MORNING BEFORE DIMINISHING THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS 45 MPH...DIMINISHING TO SOUTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...STRONG CROSS-WINDS WILL MAKE FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL INCLUDING PORTIONS OF I-10 BETWEEN THE UTEP AREA AND ANTHONY... TRANSMOUNTAIN ROAD WEST OF THE PASS...AND US-62/180 WEST OF THE HUECO MOUNTAINS. LOOSE OBJECTS MAY BLOW AROUND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 MPH OR HIGHER ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ HEFNER
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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.