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Areal Flood Advisory 21, NWS El Paso, TX
NWS El Paso, TX issued this areal flood advisory at Jun 7, 2017, 6:28 PM MDT for Grant County, New Mexico. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 7, 2017, 6:28 PM MDT (00:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 7, 2017, 9:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS El Paso, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Grant County, NM
The radar
The El Paso radar (KEPZ), 185 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:30 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, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 185 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
- 612 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -35 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3041 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 77 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this areal flood advisory 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 areal flood advisory went out at Jun 7, 3:12 PM MDT, 3 hours 16 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 7, 3:12 PM MDT, 3 hours 16 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 7, 5:43 PM MDT, 45 minutes before
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service El Paso TX 543 PM MDT WED JUN 7 2017 NMZ401-402-080030- Southern Gila Highlands/Black Range NM-Upper Gila River Valley NM- 543 PM MDT WED JUN 7 2017 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN GRANT COUNTY UNTIL 630 PM MDT... At 542 PM MDT, trained weather spotters reported a strong thunderstorm near Little Walnut Village, or 5 miles north of Silver City, moving southeast at 20 mph. Pea size hail and winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with this storm. Locations impacted include... Little Walnut Village, Pinos Altos, Arenas Valley and Cherry Creek Campground. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... This storm may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio stations and available television stations for additional information and possible warnings from the National Weather Service. && LAT...LON 3287 10835 3294 10829 3286 10811 3276 10820 TIME...MOT...LOC 2342Z 320DEG 16KT 3286 10826 MLP
The office that day
Everything else NWS El Paso, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 6:15 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Sierra | 3 hr |
| Jun 7, 7:43 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Luna | 47 min |
| Jun 7, 8:02 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Luna | 118 min |
| Jun 8, 4:51 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Doña Ana | 39 min |
| Jun 8, 1:20 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Hudspeth | 25 min |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.