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Special Weather Statement, NWS El Paso, TX

August 3, 2018Otero County, New Mexico

NWS El Paso, TX issued this special weather statement at Aug 3, 2018, 5:02 PM MDT for Otero County, New Mexico. It was in force for 43 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 3, 2018, 5:02 PM MDT (23:02 UTC)
Expired: Aug 3, 2018, 5:45 PM MDT
In force: 43 min
Issued by: NWS El Paso, TX

County Otero County, NM

The radar

The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 24 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:05 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, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 165 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: 27 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -308 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2522 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 60 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 108 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 3, 3:17 PM MDT, 1 hour 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 3, 3:17 PM MDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 3, 11:26 AM MDT, 5 hours 36 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM
1126 AM MDT Fri Aug 3 2018

NMZ401>417-TXZ418>424-041730-
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-
1126 AM MDT Fri Aug 3 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
Isolated to scattered thunderstorms will be possible this
afternoon and tonight. The best chances for rain will be between 6
PM and Midnight. A storms will be slow moving and capable of
producing heavy rain in a short amount of time. Rainfall amounts
of 0.50 to 1.00 will be possible with isolated 2.00 rains
possible. This heavy rain could lead to flooding of low water
crossings or other flood prone locations.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday
We will see lower rain chances for Saturday through Tuesday, but
then moisture and rain chance increase for the middle and end of
next week.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
If spotters observe significant weather they should report it to
local law enforcement and to the NWS office via our spotter number
or via Twitter using our username @NWSElPaso

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 3, 2:03 PM MDT, 2 hours 59 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service El Paso TX
203 PM MDT FRI AUG 3 2018

NMZ405-406-032045-
Uplands of the Bootheel NM-Lowlands of the Bootheel NM-
203 PM MDT FRI AUG 3 2018

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN HIDALGO COUNTY UNTIL
245 PM MDT...

At 201 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 9
miles northwest of Antelope Wells, moving southeast at 20 mph.

Nickel size hail and winds in excess of 45 mph will be possible with
this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Antelope Wells, Alamo Hueco and Playas Valley.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3158 10861 3142 10821 3141 10821 3133 10826
      3133 10858 3142 10872
TIME...MOT...LOC 2001Z 300DEG 17KT 3147 10860

GRZYWACZ

Special weather statement, Aug 3, 2:36 PM MDT, 2 hours 26 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 3, 5:02 PM MDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 2, 8:06 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ	Otero	24 min
Aug 3, 2:03 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ		42 min
Aug 3, 2:36 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ	Sierra	39 min
Aug 3, 2:56 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EPZ	Sierra	2 hr
Aug 3, 3:50 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EPZ	Grant	3 hr

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in New Mexico, 2018 Every special weather statement in 2018

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.