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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 43, NWS El Paso, TX
NWS El Paso, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 8, 2020, 2:46 PM MDT for Otero County, New Mexico. It was in force for 44 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 8, 2020, 2:46 PM MDT (20:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 8, 2020, 3:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS El Paso, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.25 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Otero County, NM
The radar
The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:48 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, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 122 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
- 1243 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -241 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1787 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 6 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 161 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 273 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Sep 8, 12:18 PM MDT, 2 hours 28 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 8, 12:18 PM MDT, 2 hours 28 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 8, 11:51 AM MDT, 2 hours 55 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service El Paso TX/Santa Teresa NM 1151 AM MDT Tue Sep 8 2020 NMZ401>417-TXZ418>424-091800- 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- 1151 AM MDT Tue Sep 8 2020 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of south central New Mexico, southwest New Mexico, and southwest Texas. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight Scattered showers and thunderstorms are possible this afternoon into tonight as a cold front moves through the region. Main hazards will be the potential for small hail, gusty winds and localized flooding. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday Temperatures will drop about 20 to 30 degrees behind the front Wednesday, and rain chances continue through the day on Wednesday. Some of the highest elevations may drop to near freezing Thursday morning. Showers and thunderstorms are possible again this weekend. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will not be needed today but rain totals and weather reports will be appreciated.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Sep 8, 2:08 PM MDT, 38 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service El Paso TX
208 PM MDT Tue Sep 8 2020
NMZ417-TXZ420-421-082045-
Otero Mesa NM-Salt Basin TX-
Northern Hudspeth Highlands/Hueco Mountains TX-
208 PM MDT Tue Sep 8 2020
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN OTERO AND
NORTHEASTERN HUDSPETH COUNTIES UNTIL 245 PM MDT...
At 206 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms over
the area, moving northeast at 30 mph.
Half inch hail and wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with
these storms.
Locations impacted include...
Dell City, Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Lincoln National
Forest, Crow Flats, Cornudas Mountains, Brokeoff Mountains, The Otero
Mesa, Far Western Portions of Guadalupe Mountains National Park and
Gypsum Dunes at Guadalupe National Park.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with these storms, and may
lead to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through
flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 3200 10486 3200 10492 3185 10492 3182 10493
3183 10575 3233 10587 3229 10485 3203 10485
TIME...MOT...LOC 2006Z 240DEG 49KT 3219 10551
ROGASHSpecial weather statement, Sep 8, 2:36 PM MDT, 10 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service El Paso TX
236 PM MDT Tue Sep 8 2020
NMZ414-417-TXZ420-421-082130-
Otero Mesa NM-West Slopes Sacramento Mountains Below 7500 Feet NM-
Salt Basin TX-Northern Hudspeth Highlands/Hueco Mountains TX-
236 PM MDT Tue Sep 8 2020
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN OTERO AND
NORTHEASTERN HUDSPETH COUNTIES UNTIL 330 PM MDT...
At 234 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms over
the area including near Dell City, moving northeast at 30 mph.
Dime size hail and wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with
these storms.
Locations impacted include...
Dell City, Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Crow Flats, Cornudas
Mountains, Brokeoff Mountains, The Otero Mesa, Far Western Portions
of Guadalupe Mountains National Park and Gypsum Dunes at Guadalupe
National Park.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with these storms, and may
lead to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through
flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 3200 10486 3200 10492 3197 10492 3182 10518
3225 10584 3253 10535 3252 10535 3252 10531
3217 10485 3201 10485
TIME...MOT...LOC 2034Z 239DEG 49KT 3220 10534
ROGASHSpecial weather statement, Sep 8, 2:41 PM MDT, 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 8, 2:08 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | 37 min | |
| Sep 8, 2:36 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | 54 min | |
| Sep 8, 2:41 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | 64 min | |
| Sep 8, 3:08 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Doña Ana, Otero, Sierra | 112 min |
| Sep 8, 3:20 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Doña Ana, Otero | 55 min |
| Sep 8, 3:40 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Otero | 50 min |
| Sep 8, 3:47 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | 43 min | |
| Sep 8, 4:11 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Otero | 49 min |
| Sep 8, 4:53 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Otero | 37 min |
| Sep 8, 4:59 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Doña Ana | 46 min |
| Sep 8, 4:34 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Hudspeth | 41 min |
| Sep 8, 5:11 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Hudspeth | 64 min |
| Sep 8, 5:25 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | El Paso | 50 min |
| Sep 8, 5:37 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Hudspeth | 113 min |
| Sep 8, 5:58 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | El Paso | 47 min |
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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.