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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 29, NWS El Paso, TX
NWS El Paso, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 8, 2018, 4:48 PM MDT for Sierra County, New Mexico. It was in force for 42 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
- Jul 8, 2018, 4:48 PM MDT (22:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 8, 2018, 5:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS El Paso, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Sierra County, NM
The radar
The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 148 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
- 129 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -108 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1425 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 5 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -78 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -33 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 Jul 8, 2:01 PM MDT, 2 hours 47 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 8, 2:01 PM MDT, 2 hours 47 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 8, 11:15 AM MDT, 5 hours 33 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM 1115 AM MDT Sun Jul 8 2018 NMZ401>417-TXZ418>424-091730- 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-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- 1115 AM MDT Sun Jul 8 2018 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of south central New Mexico, southwest New Mexico, and southwest Texas. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight Scattered showers and thunderstorms. A few storms may produce over an inch of rain in an hour resulting in localized flooding. Several storms may also produce strong wind gusts to 50 mph. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday Isolated to scattered showers and thunderstorms. A few storms may produce locally heavy rains and flooding. Several storms may also produce wind gusts to 50 mph. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotters may be required mainly to report heavy rains and flooding in their area. Rogash
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 8, 4:31 PM MDT, 17 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS El Paso, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 7:34 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Luna | 3 hr |
| Jul 8, 11:22 AM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Otero | 53 min |
| Jul 8, 12:07 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | EPZ | Otero | 83 min |
| Jul 8, 12:20 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Otero | 115 min |
| Jul 8, 2:07 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Otero | 113 min |
| Jul 8, 4:31 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Sierra | 44 min |
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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.