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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 127, NWS El Paso, TX
NWS El Paso, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 22, 2017, 2:16 PM MDT for Hudspeth County, Texas. It was in force for 44 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 22, 2017, 2:16 PM MDT (20:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 22, 2017, 3:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS El Paso, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Hudspeth County, TX
The radar
The El Paso radar (KEPZ), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 133 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
- 701 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -67 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1592 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Aug 22, 4:18 AM MDT, 9 hours 58 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 22, 4:18 AM MDT, 9 hours 58 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 22, 1:52 PM MDT, 24 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service El Paso TX
152 PM MDT TUE AUG 22 2017
NMZ416-222030-
East Slopes Sacramento Mountains Below 7500 Feet NM-
152 PM MDT TUE AUG 22 2017
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN OTERO COUNTY UNTIL
230 PM MDT...
At 151 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 6
miles northwest of Elk, or 21 miles east of Cloudcroft. This storm
was nearly stationary.
Dime size hail and winds in excess of 45 mph will be possible with
this storm.
This storm will remain over mainly rural areas of northeastern Otero
County.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may lead
to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.
&&
LAT...LON 3316 10531 3296 10532 3296 10535 3293 10535
3293 10536 3304 10549 3320 10537
TIME...MOT...LOC 1951Z 233DEG 3KT 3303 10538
CRESPOSpecial weather statement, Aug 22, 2:12 PM MDT, 4 minutes before
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service El Paso TX 212 PM MDT TUE AUG 22 2017 TXZ421-422-222100- Southern Hudspeth Highlands TX-Salt Basin TX- 212 PM MDT TUE AUG 22 2017 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EAST CENTRAL HUDSPETH COUNTY UNTIL 300 PM MDT... At 212 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 19 miles north of Allamoore, or 22 miles north of Van Horn, moving northeast at 15 mph. Nickel size hail and winds in excess of 45 mph will be possible with this storm. This storm will remain over mainly rural areas of east central Hudspeth County. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may lead to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm. Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe shelter inside a building or vehicle. && LAT...LON 3127 10499 3139 10510 3158 10492 3129 10491 TIME...MOT...LOC 2012Z 240DEG 11KT 3136 10495 CRESPO
The office that day
Everything else NWS El Paso, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 22, 1:33 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Otero | 3 hr |
| Aug 22, 1:52 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | 38 min | |
| Aug 22, 2:52 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | 38 min | |
| Aug 22, 2:12 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Hudspeth | 48 min |
| Aug 22, 2:28 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Hudspeth | 3 hr |
| Aug 22, 4:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Hudspeth | 46 min |
| Aug 22, 4:20 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Hudspeth | 40 min |
| Aug 22, 4:27 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | EPZ | Hudspeth | 3 hr |
| Aug 22, 4:40 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | EPZ | Hudspeth | 3 hr |
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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.