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Winter Storm Watch 2, NWS El Paso, TX

January 6, 20164 counties in New Mexico

NWS El Paso, TX issued this winter storm watch at Jan 6, 2016, 1:43 PM MST for 4 counties in New Mexico. It took effect at Jan 7, 2016, 11:00 AM MST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 6, 2016, 1:43 PM MST (20:43 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 7, 2016, 11:00 AM MST
Expired
Jan 7, 2016, 4:24 AM MST
In force
Issued by
NWS El Paso, TX

Counties Grant County, NM, Hidalgo County, NM, Luna County, NM, Otero County, NM

The radar

The El Paso radar (KEPZ), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this winter storm watch 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 winter storm watch went out at Jan 6, 4:00 AM MST, 9 hours 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 6, 4:00 AM MST, 9 hours 43 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 6, 5:43 AM MST, 8 hours before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
543 AM MST WED JAN 6 2016

NMZ401>417-TXZ418>424-071245-
UPPER GILA RIVER VALLEY-SOUTHERN GILA HIGHLANDS/BLACK RANGE-
SOUTHERN GILA FOOTHILLS/MIMBRES VALLEY-
SOUTHWEST DESERT/LOWER GILA RIVER VALLEY-LOWLANDS OF THE BOOTHEEL-
UPLANDS OF THE BOOTHEEL-SOUTHWEST DESERT/MIMBRES BASIN-
EASTERN BLACK RANGE FOOTHILLS-SIERRA COUNTY LAKES-
NORTHERN DONA ANA COUNTY-SOUTHERN DONA ANA COUNTY/MESILLA VALLEY-
CENTRAL TULAROSA BASIN-SOUTHERN TULAROSA BASIN-
WEST SLOPES SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS BELOW 7500 FEET-
SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 7500 FEET-
EAST SLOPES SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS BELOW 7500 FEET-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-
543 AM MST WED JAN 6 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NM AND TX.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

DENSE PATCHY FOG IS REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN A QUARTER
OF A MILE IN SOME LOCATIONS THIS MORNING. THE FOG SHOULD GRADUALLY
LIFT LATER THIS MORNING. HOWEVER...RAIN ACROSS THE LOWLANDS WILL
CONTINUE AS THE NEXT IN A SERIES OF WINTER STORM SYSTEMS MOVES
THROUGH THE STATE TODAY. SNOW IS LIKELY IN THE MOUNTAINS OF THE
GILA REGION AND IN THE SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS. 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW
FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 6000 FEET IS POSSIBLE TODAY...RESULTING IN
SNOW PACKED MOUNTAIN ROADS AND PASSES. THE SHOWERS WILL TAPER OFF
AND END LATE THIS AFTERNOON OUT WEST AND IN THE EARLY EVENING IN
THE EAST.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

ANOTHER WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE STATE THURSDAY
AFTERNOON WITH A POTENTIAL FOR AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW
FOR THE THE GILA REGION AND SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS THURSDAY THROUGH
FRIDAY. THIS SYSTEM DOES HAVE COLDER AIR ASSOCIATED WITH IT THAT
WILL LOWER SNOW LEVELS DOWN TO THE LOWLANDS BY FRIDAY MORNING. 1
TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW MAY OCCUR FOR LOWLANDS NORTH AND WEST OF THE
EL PASO-LAS CRUCES METRO AREAS FRIDAY MORNING.

DRY BUT MUCH COLDER CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR FOR THE FIRST PART OF
THE THE WEEKEND. BUT...YET ANOTHER WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE
THROUGH STATE LATE SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT WITH MORE SNOW FOR THE
MOUNTAINS AND A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW FOR THE LOWLANDS. DRY AND
COOLER WEATHER WILL RETURN TO THE AREA LATE MONDAY INTO TUESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

LUNDEEN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 5, 11:10 PM MSTDense Fog AdvisoryEPZDoña Ana, Grant, Hidalgo, Luna, Sierra11 hr
Jan 6, 5:08 AM MSTWinter Weather AdvisoryEPZ9 hr

Nearby

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.