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Red Flag Warning 17, NWS El Paso, TX

June 13, 2019Grant County, Hidalgo County, Luna County, New Mexico

NWS El Paso, TX issued this red flag warning at Jun 13, 2019, 2:25 PM MDT for Grant County, Hidalgo County, Luna County, New Mexico. It took effect at Jun 14, 2019, 12:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 8 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 13, 2019, 2:25 PM MDT (20:25 UTC)
In effect from
Jun 14, 2019, 12:00 PM MDT
Expired
Jun 14, 2019, 8:00 PM MDT
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS El Paso, TX

Counties Grant County, NM, Hidalgo County, NM, Luna County, NM

The radar

The El Paso radar (KEPZ), 156 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 156 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Santa Teresa, NM at 12:00Z on 2019-06-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 582 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Santa Teresa, NM at 12:00Z on 2019-06-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 117 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
582 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-337 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1876 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
117 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
214 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this red flag 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 red flag warning went out at Jun 13, 4:47 AM MDT, 9 hours 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 13, 4:47 AM MDT, 9 hours 38 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 13, 11:50 AM MDT, 2 hours 35 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM
1150 AM MDT Thu Jun 13 2019

NMZ401>417-TXZ418>424-141800-
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-
1150 AM MDT Thu Jun 13 2019

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of south central
New Mexico, southwest New Mexico, and southwest Texas.

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight
Thunderstorms will develop over the eastern portion of the Gila
region (Black range) and then other areas east of the divide. The
most numerous storms will be east of the Rio Grande, and a few of
these may become severe with localized damaging winds and large
hail. Hudspeth County and eastern Otero County are the most
susceptible.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday
Westerly flow will begin to take over and spread dry air across
the entire area with dry and breezy conditions through the period.
A thunderstorm or two may form within lingering moisture in
southeast Hudspeth County Friday afternoon, but that should be it.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

If trained spotters observe severe weather they are encouraged to
report it to our office via the 800 spotter number or on Twitter
using our office handle --- @NWSElpaso

Fausett

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 13, 2:25 PM MDTFire Weather WatchEPZCatron, Grant, Sierra30 hr
Jun 13, 3:22 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZSierra38 min
Jun 13, 4:29 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZSierra3 hr
Jun 13, 5:12 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZSierra15 min
Jun 13, 5:40 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZHudspeth50 min

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.