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Special Weather Statement, NWS El Paso, TX
NWS El Paso, TX issued this special weather statement at Aug 15, 2018, 2:21 PM MDT for Doña Ana County, New Mexico. It was in force for 39 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 15, 2018, 2:21 PM MDT (20:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 15, 2018, 3:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS El Paso, TX
County Doña Ana County, NM
The radar
The El Paso radar (KEPZ), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:23 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, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 46 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
- 189 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -171 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2058 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 2 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -55 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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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 15, 1:58 PM MDT, 23 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 15, 1:58 PM MDT, 23 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 15, 12:59 PM MDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service El Paso TX 1259 PM MDT WED AUG 15 2018 NMZ410-411-413-151945- Southern Tularosa Basin NM-Northern Dona Ana County NM- Southern Dona Ana County/Mesilla Valley NM- 1259 PM MDT WED AUG 15 2018 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EAST CENTRAL DONA ANA COUNTY UNTIL 145 PM MDT... At 1258 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Organ, or 9 miles west of White Sands Missile Range Headquarters. This storm was nearly stationary. Half inch hail and winds in excess of 50 mph with blowing dust will be possible with this storm. Locations impacted include... Dripping Springs, East Mesa, Aguirre Springs, Portions of Organ Mountains Desert Peaks National Monument, Organ and Northeast Las Cruces. 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 3251 10671 3249 10651 3231 10655 3235 10673 TIME...MOT...LOC 1858Z 009DEG 1KT 3242 10664 HARDIMAN
Local storm report, Aug 15, 1:37 PM MDT, 44 minutes before
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Everything else NWS El Paso, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 14, 6:02 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Hidalgo | 28 min |
| Aug 14, 7:23 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Hidalgo | 52 min |
| Aug 14, 7:28 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Hidalgo | 32 min |
| Aug 15, 12:59 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Doña Ana | 46 min |
| Aug 15, 1:10 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Doña Ana | 2 hr |
| Aug 15, 1:23 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | EPZ | Doña Ana | 112 min |
| Aug 15, 2:36 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Doña Ana | 42 min |
| Aug 15, 2:46 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Hidalgo | 44 min |
| Aug 15, 2:53 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Otero | 37 min |
| Aug 15, 3:00 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Hidalgo | 3 hr |
| Aug 15, 3:13 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Doña Ana | 62 min |
| Aug 15, 5:33 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Hidalgo | 42 min |
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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.