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Special Weather Statement, NWS El Paso, TX

August 22, 2017Hudspeth County, Texas

NWS El Paso, TX issued this special weather statement at Aug 22, 2017, 2:12 PM MDT for Hudspeth County, Texas. It was in force for 48 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Aug 22, 2017, 2:12 PM MDT (20:12 UTC)
Expired: Aug 22, 2017, 3:00 PM MDT
In force: 48 min
Issued by: NWS El Paso, TX

County Hudspeth County, TX

The radar

The El Paso radar (KEPZ), 172 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Santa Teresa, NM (KEPZ), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 172 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 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

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Aug 22, 4:18 AM MDT, 9 hours 54 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 22, 4:18 AM MDT, 9 hours 54 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 22, 1:52 PM MDT, 20 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

CRESPO

Special weather statement, Aug 22, 2:12 PM MDT, 0 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, 2:16 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EPZ	Hudspeth	44 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

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.