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Special Weather Statement, NWS El Paso, TX
NWS El Paso, TX issued this special weather statement at Aug 3, 2019, 4:20 PM MDT for Sierra County, New Mexico. It was in force for 40 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, 2019, 4:20 PM MDT (22:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 3, 2019, 5:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS El Paso, TX
County Sierra County, NM
The radar
The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:21 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, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 157 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
- 34 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -271 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2637 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 4 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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</html>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, 3:28 PM MDT, 52 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 3, 3:28 PM MDT, 52 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM 1131 AM MDT Sat Aug 3 2019 NMZ401>417-TXZ418>424-041745- 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- 1131 AM MDT Sat Aug 3 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 Showers and thunderstorms will become widespread in the higher terrain of the Sacramento Mountains and Gila Region this afternoon. These storms will produce localized heavy rainfall with the potential for spot flooding. Scattered thunderstorms will shift into the lowland deserts late this afternoon and into the evening hours, with areas near and west of the Rio Grande and the Tularosa Basin most favored. Besides cloud to ground lightning, localized heavy downpours will be the main threat, along with wind gusts to 45 mph and isolated areas of blowing dust. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday The subtropical ridge will shift, with monsoonal moisture mainly focused west of the Rio Grande through much of next week. Parts of Southwestern New Mexico and the Gila Region will continue to see scattered to numerous daily thunderstorms, with scattered coverage in the lowlands, while areas further to the east will be more isolated. Localized heavy rainfall and localized flooding will continue to be the primary threats with any thunderstorms. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotters should stay alert mainly for heavy rains and possible flooding around areas of thunderstorms.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 3, 4:20 PM MDT, 0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 1:16 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Otero | 119 min |
| Aug 3, 3:14 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | EPZ | Grant | 3 hr |
| Aug 3, 4:04 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Grant, Sierra | 3 hr |
| Aug 3, 5:59 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Grant | 2 hr |
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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.