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Red Flag Warning 14, NWS El Paso, TX

June 7, 20208 counties in New Mexico; El Paso County, Hudspeth County, Texas

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Santa Teresa, NM at 00:00Z on 2020-06-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 14 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 00:00Z on 2020-06-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 27 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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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 7, 2:27 AM MDT, 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 7, 2:27 AM MDT, 26 minutes before
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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 6, 9:45 PM MDTFire Weather WatchEPZCatron, Doña Ana, Grant, Hidalgo, Lincoln, Luna and 2 more5 hr
Jun 6, 9:45 PM MDTRed Flag WarningEPZCatron, Doña Ana, Grant, Hidalgo, Lincoln, Luna and 2 more22 hr
Jun 6, 6:52 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZHudspeth38 min
Jun 6, 7:27 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZHudspeth48 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.