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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 138, NWS El Paso, TX

September 23, 2017Hudspeth County, Texas

NWS El Paso, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 23, 2017, 3:13 PM MDT for Hudspeth County, Texas. It was in force for 32 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
Sep 23, 2017, 3:13 PM MDT (21:13 UTC)
Expired
Sep 23, 2017, 3:45 PM MDT
In force
32 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 21:16 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, 9.2 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Santa Teresa, NM at 12:00Z on 2017-09-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Santa Teresa, NM at 12:00Z on 2017-09-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -28 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2311 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-28 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
186 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.0

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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 Sep 23, 3:47 AM MDT, 11 hours 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 23, 3:47 AM MDT, 11 hours 26 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 23, 11:56 AM MDT, 3 hours 17 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM
1156 AM MDT Sat Sep 23 2017

NMZ401>411-241800-
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-
1156 AM MDT Sat Sep 23 2017

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of south central
New Mexico and southwest New Mexico.

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight.

Isolated thunderstorms this afternoon and early evening, mainly
over the Black Range.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday.

No weather hazards expected Sunday through Tuesday. Scattered
thunderstorms developing Wednesday through Friday. A few of these
storms could become severe with large hail and damaging winds.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation will not be needed.

NMZ412>417-TXZ418>424-241800-
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-
1156 AM MDT Sat Sep 23 2017

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of south central
New Mexico and southwest Texas.

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight.

.Flash Flood Watch in effect through Sunday morning...

Isolated thunderstorms this afternoon and most of tonight. A few
storms could produce heavy rainfall and local flooding.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday.

Slight chance of thunderstorms Sunday and Monday. A better chance
of thunderstorms Tuesday through Friday. A few of these storms
could become severe with large hail and damaging winds.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation will not be needed.

Hefner

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 23, 4:57 AM MDTFlash Flood WatchEPZOtero25 hr
Sep 23, 4:51 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZOtero39 min
Sep 23, 3:44 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZHudspeth46 min
Sep 23, 4:06 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZHudspeth39 min
Sep 23, 4:29 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZHudspeth46 min
Sep 23, 4:32 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZHudspeth43 min
Sep 23, 5:08 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZHudspeth52 min
Sep 23, 5:18 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZHudspeth42 min
Sep 23, 5:27 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZHudspeth3 hr
Sep 23, 5:59 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZHudspeth46 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.