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Wind Advisory 2, NWS El Paso, TX
NWS El Paso, TX issued this wind advisory at Jan 23, 2017, 3:12 PM MST for Otero County, New Mexico; El Paso County, Hudspeth County, Texas. It took effect at Jan 24, 2017, 12:00 AM MST. It was in force for 19 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 23, 2017, 3:12 PM MST (22:12 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 24, 2017, 12:00 AM MST
- Expired
- Jan 24, 2017, 7:00 PM MST
- In force
- 19 hr
- Issued by
- NWS El Paso, TX
Counties Otero County, NM, El Paso County, TX, Hudspeth County, TX
The radar
The El Paso radar (KEPZ), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:11 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, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 87 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1706 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 70 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 152 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
247 WWUS74 KEPZ 232212 NPWEPZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM 312 PM MST MON JAN 23 2017 ...STRONG OVERNIGHT WINDS EAST OF AREA MOUNTAINS TONIGHT... .AN APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING STRONG WINDS TO PORTIONS THE REGION OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. MOST OF THE REGION WILL SEE ONLY MODERATE WINDS TONIGHT...HOWEVER AREAS ADJACENT TO PASSES AND GAPS AND AREAS EAST OF NORTH-SOUTH MOUNTAIN RANGES WILL SEE STRONG NIGHTTIME WINDS TONIGHT. A MOUNTAIN WAVE WILL CAUSE STRONG WINDS ALOFT TO SURFACE EAST OF AREA MOUNTAINS. CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE QUITE VARIABLE WITH LULLS FOLLOWED BY STRONG GUSTS AS HIGH AS 55 MPH. DIFFICULT DRIVING...MINOR DAMAGE...AND ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. WINDS WILL DECREASE TUESDAY BY MID MORNING BUT REMAIN BREEZY THROUGH THE DAY. NMZ413-TXZ419-240700- /O.NEW.KEPZ.WI.Y.0002.170124T0700Z-170124T1600Z/ SOUTHERN TULAROSA BASIN-EASTERN/CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHAPARRAL...OROGRANDE... WHITE SANDS RANGE HEADQUARTERS...EAST AND NORTHEAST EL PASO... SOCORRO...FORT BLISS 312 PM MST MON JAN 23 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM MST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM MST TUESDAY. * TIMING...WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE IN THE LATE EVENING HOURS. STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT AFTER MIDNIGHT AND THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL FOLLOW FOR THE DAY TUESDAY. * WINDS...WEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 TO 55 MPH OVER AREAS EAST OF MOUNTAIN RANGES AND THROUGH GAPS IN RIDGES. * IMPACTS...SUDDEN GUSTS WILL MAKE NORTH-SOUTH TRAVEL DIFFICULT. ISOLATED DAMAGE OF LIGHT STRUCTURES. TOPPLED TREES AND POWER OUTAGES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ BIRD
3 follow-up statements
278 WWUS74 KEPZ 240312 NPWEPZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM 812 PM MST MON JAN 23 2017 ...STRONG WINDS TO DEVELOP TONIGHT TO THE EAST OF DESERT MOUNTAIN RANGES AND IN THE SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS... .AN APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING STRONG WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS TO PARTS OF THE REGION TONIGHT AND TOMORROW. STRONG DOWNSLOPE WINDS WITH GUSTS 45 TO 55 MPH WILL DEVELOP AROUND MIDNIGHT TONIGHT EAST OF DESERT MOUNTAIN RANGES INCLUDING THE FRANKLIN AND ORGAN MOUNTAINS. SIMILAR WIND GUSTS WILL ALSO BEGIN TO AFFECT PARTS OF THE SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS, ESPECIALLY EXPOSED RIDGELINES. THE OVERNIGHT WINDS WILL BE ERRATIC AT TIMES, WITH PERIODIC LULLS. WINDS WILL BECOME STEADIER AFTER DAYBREAK AND THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS TOMORROW, AND WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE OTERO MESA, AND MUCH OF HUDSPETH COUNTY. NMZ414>416-241300- /O.EXB.KEPZ.WI.Y.0002.170124T0700Z-170125T0200Z/ WEST SLOPES SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS BELOW 7500 FEET- SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 7500 FEET- EAST SLOPES SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS BELOW 7500 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MESCALERO...TIMBERON...MOUNTAIN PARK... CLOUDCROFT...SUNSPOT...APACHE SUMMIT...MAYHILL...PINON... SACRAMENTO 812 PM MST MON JAN 23 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 7 PM MST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 7 PM MST TUESDAY. * TIMING...SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE AFTER MIDNIGHT, ESPECIALLY ON EXPOSED RIDGELINES, THEN BECOME MORE PREVALENT THROUGH THE DAY ON TUESDAY. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT INTO TOMORROW MORNING. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE WEST AFTER DAYBREAK AND PERSIST INTO THE AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...SUDDEN GUSTS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. ISOLATED DAMAGE MAY OCCUR TO LIGHT STRUCTURES. DOWNED TREE BRANCHES ARE POSSIBLE, AS ARE POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT, ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ NMZ417-TXZ420>422-241300- /O.EXB.KEPZ.WI.Y.0002.170124T1500Z-170125T0200Z/ OTERO MESA-NORTHERN HUDSPETH HIGHLANDS/HUECO MOUNTAINS-SALT BASIN- SOUTHERN HUDSPETH HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROW FLATS...HUECO TANKS...LOMA LINDA... CORNUDAS...DELL CITY...SALT FLAT...SIERRA BLANCA 812 PM MST MON JAN 23 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 7 PM MST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 7 PM MST TUESDAY. * TIMING...WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE OTERO MESA AND MUCH OF HUDSPETH COUNTY TUESDAY MORNING, PERSISTING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. * WINDS...WEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...SUDDEN GUSTS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. ISOLATED DAMAGE MAY OCCUR TO LIGHT STRUCTURES. DOWNED TREE BRANCHES ARE POSSIBLE, AS ARE POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ NMZ413-TXZ419-241300- /O.EXT.KEPZ.WI.Y.0002.170124T0700Z-170125T0200Z/ SOUTHERN TULAROSA BASIN-EASTERN/CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHAPARRAL...OROGRANDE... WHITE SANDS RANGE HEADQUARTERS...EAST AND NORTHEAST EL PASO... SOCORRO...FORT BLISS 812 PM MST MON JAN 23 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 7 PM MST TUESDAY... * TIMING...SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE AFTER MIDNIGHT, PEAKING DURING THE MORNING HOURS, AND DIMINISHING VERY SLOWLY DURING THE DAY TUESDAY. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT INTO TOMORROW MORNING. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE WEST AFTER DAYBREAK AND DIMINISH SLIGHTLY WITH GUSTS 45 TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...SUDDEN GUSTS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. ISOLATED DAMAGE MAY OCCUR TO LIGHT STRUCTURES. DOWNED TREE BRANCHES ARE POSSIBLE, AS ARE POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT, ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ HARDIMAN
177 WWUS74 KEPZ 241305 NPWEPZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM 605 AM MST TUE JAN 24 2017 ...STRONG WINDS TO DEVELOP THIS MORNING OVER MUCH OF THE AREA EAST OF THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY... .AN APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE...AND A SURFACE COLD FRONT...WILL BRING STRONG WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS TO PARTS OF THE REGION THIS MORNING. STRONG DOWNSLOPE WINDS WITH GUSTS 45 TO 55 MPH WILL CONTINUE EAST OF DESERT MOUNTAIN RANGES INCLUDING THE FRANKLIN AND ORGAN MOUNTAINS. SIMILAR WIND GUSTS WILL ALSO BEGIN TO AFFECT PARTS OF THE SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS...ESPECIALLY EXPOSED RIDGELINES. THE MORNING WINDS WILL BE ERRATIC AT TIMES...WITH PERIODIC LULLS. WINDS WILL BECOME STEADIER AFTER DAYBREAK AND THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS TODAY...AND WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE OTERO MESA... AND MUCH OF HUDSPETH COUNTY. NMZ417-TXZ420>422-242300- /O.CON.KEPZ.WI.Y.0002.170124T1500Z-170125T0200Z/ OTERO MESA-NORTHERN HUDSPETH HIGHLANDS/HUECO MOUNTAINS-SALT BASIN- SOUTHERN HUDSPETH HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROW FLATS...HUECO TANKS...LOMA LINDA... CORNUDAS...DELL CITY...SALT FLAT...SIERRA BLANCA 605 AM MST TUE JAN 24 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM MST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE OTERO MESA AND MUCH OF HUDSPETH COUNTY THIS MORNING...PERSISTING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. * WINDS...WEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...SUDDEN GUSTS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. ISOLATED DAMAGE MAY OCCUR TO LIGHT STRUCTURES. DOWNED TREE BRANCHES ARE POSSIBLE... AS ARE POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ NMZ413>416-TXZ419-242300- /O.CON.KEPZ.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-170125T0200Z/ SOUTHERN TULAROSA BASIN- WEST SLOPES SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS BELOW 7500 FEET- SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 7500 FEET- EAST SLOPES SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS BELOW 7500 FEET- EASTERN/CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHAPARRAL...OROGRANDE... WHITE SANDS RANGE HEADQUARTERS...MESCALERO...TIMBERON... MOUNTAIN PARK...CLOUDCROFT...SUNSPOT...APACHE SUMMIT...MAYHILL... PINON...SACRAMENTO...EAST AND NORTHEAST EL PASO...SOCORRO... FORT BLISS 605 AM MST TUE JAN 24 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE AFTER MIDNIGHT... PEAKING DURING THE MORNING HOURS...AND DIMINISHING VERY SLOWLY DURING THE DAY TUESDAY. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH THIS MORNING. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE WEST AFTER DAYBREAK AND DIMINISH SLIGHTLY WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...SUDDEN GUSTS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. ISOLATED DAMAGE MAY OCCUR TO LIGHT STRUCTURES. DOWNED TREE BRANCHES ARE POSSIBLE... AS ARE POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ HEFNER
847 WWUS74 KEPZ 242237 NPWEPZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM 337 PM MST TUE JAN 24 2017 ...GUSTY WINDS TO CONTINUE IN THE SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS AND PARTS OF FAR WEST TEXAS... .AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVING ACROSS THE AREA WILL HELP PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS FOR A FEW MORE HOURS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. NMZ413-TXZ419-242345- /O.CAN.KEPZ.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-170125T0200Z/ SOUTHERN TULAROSA BASIN-EASTERN/CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHAPARRAL...OROGRANDE... WHITE SANDS RANGE HEADQUARTERS...EAST AND NORTHEAST EL PASO... SOCORRO...FORT BLISS 337 PM MST TUE JAN 24 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. BREEZY WEST-NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE UNTIL AROUND SUNSET, BUT THIS IS BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA. $$ NMZ417-TXZ420>422-250200- /O.CON.KEPZ.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-170125T0200Z/ OTERO MESA-NORTHERN HUDSPETH HIGHLANDS/HUECO MOUNTAINS-SALT BASIN- SOUTHERN HUDSPETH HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROW FLATS...HUECO TANKS...LOMA LINDA... CORNUDAS...DELL CITY...SALT FLAT...SIERRA BLANCA 337 PM MST TUE JAN 24 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...STRONG AND GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE FOR A FEW MORE HOURS, ESPECIALLY OVER THE OTERO MESA. * WINDS...WEST TO NORTHWEST 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS 40 TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...SUDDEN GUSTS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. ISOLATED DAMAGE MAY OCCUR TO LIGHT STRUCTURES. DOWNED TREE BRANCHES ARE POSSIBLE... AS ARE POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ NMZ414>416-250200- /O.CON.KEPZ.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-170125T0200Z/ WEST SLOPES SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS BELOW 7500 FEET- SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 7500 FEET- EAST SLOPES SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS BELOW 7500 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MESCALERO...TIMBERON...MOUNTAIN PARK... CLOUDCROFT...SUNSPOT...APACHE SUMMIT...MAYHILL...PINON... SACRAMENTO 337 PM MST TUE JAN 24 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...WEST WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG AND GUSTY UNTIL SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET. * WINDS...WEST 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS 40 TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...SUDDEN GUSTS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. ISOLATED DAMAGE MAY OCCUR TO LIGHT STRUCTURES. DOWNED TREE BRANCHES ARE POSSIBLE... AS ARE POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
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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.