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Red Flag Warning 14, NWS El Paso, TX
NWS El Paso, TX issued this red flag warning at Jun 7, 2020, 2:53 AM MDT for 8 counties in New Mexico; El Paso County, Hudspeth County, Texas. It took effect at Jun 8, 2020, 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 7, 2020, 2:53 AM MDT (08:53 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 8, 2020, 12:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Jun 8, 2020, 8:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS El Paso, TX
Counties Catron County, NM, Doña Ana County, NM, Grant County, NM, Hidalgo County, NM, Lincoln County, NM, Luna County, NM, Otero County, NM, Sierra County, NM, El Paso County, TX, Hudspeth County, TX
The radar
The El Paso radar (KEPZ), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:52 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 00:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 84 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
- 14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -120 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 4354 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 7, 2:27 AM MDT, 26 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 7, 2:27 AM MDT, 26 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 6, 11:12 AM MDT, 15 hours 41 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service El Paso TX/Santa Teresa NM 1112 AM MDT Sat Jun 6 2020 NMZ412>417-TXZ418>424-071715- 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- 1112 AM MDT Sat Jun 6 2020 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of south central New Mexico and southwest Texas. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight A few showers and thunderstorms this afternoon and tonight. Several storms may produce damaging wind gusts, up to 60 mph, and brief heavy rains. Hot temperatures above 100 degrees across the lower elevations this afternoon may cause heat related health problems, especially for those involved with outside activities. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday Breezy to windy conditions over much of the region Monday, with winds gusting around 25 to 35 mph over some areas. This which may produce critical fire weather conditions over portions of the region. The possibility of storms returns Thursday and Friday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotters may be required to report strong thunderstorms winds and possible wind damage this afternoon and tonight. ED
The office that day
Everything else NWS El Paso, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 9:45 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | EPZ | Catron, Doña Ana, Grant, Hidalgo, Lincoln, Luna and 2 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 6, 9:45 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | EPZ | Catron, Doña Ana, Grant, Hidalgo, Lincoln, Luna and 2 more | 22 hr |
| Jun 6, 6:52 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Hudspeth | 38 min |
| Jun 6, 7:27 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Hudspeth | 48 min |
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in New Mexico, 2020Red Flag Warnings in Texas, 2020Every red flag warning in 2020
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.