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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 46, NWS El Paso, TX
NWS El Paso, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 8, 2020, 6:02 PM MDT for Doña Ana County, New Mexico; El Paso County, Texas. It was in force for 43 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, 6:02 PM MDT (00:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 8, 2020, 6:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS El Paso, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Doña Ana County, NM, El Paso County, TX
The radar
The El Paso radar (KEPZ), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Santa Teresa, NM (KEPZ), launched 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 26 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
- 39 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -110 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3737 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 65 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, 5:18 PM MDT, 44 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 8, 5:18 PM MDT, 44 minutes before
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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, 4:34 PM MDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before
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Everything else NWS El Paso, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 8, 6:46 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Doña Ana | 44 min |
| Sep 8, 8:26 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | 49 min | |
| Sep 8, 8:39 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Otero | 51 min |
| Sep 8, 9:08 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Doña Ana | 112 min |
| Sep 8, 9:14 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | 46 min | |
| Sep 8, 9:52 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Otero | 38 min |
| Sep 8, 11:16 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Grant, Sierra | 3 hr |
| Sep 8, 11:23 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Grant | 52 min |
| Sep 8, 11:50 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | EPZ | Grant | 3 hr |
| Sep 9, 2:14 AM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Grant | 3 hr |
| Sep 9, 2:48 AM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Grant, Luna, Sierra | 3 hr |
| Sep 9, 3:12 AM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Grant, Luna, Sierra | 3 hr |
| Sep 9, 3:30 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Luna | 60 min |
| Sep 9, 4:03 AM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | EPZ | Grant, Luna | 117 min |
| Sep 9, 4:31 AM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Luna | 3 hr |
| Sep 9, 12:31 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Luna | 4 hr |
| Sep 9, 1:26 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Hidalgo | 49 min |
| Sep 9, 2:23 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Grant | 52 min |
| Sep 9, 3:01 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Grant | 44 min |
| Sep 9, 4:51 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Hidalgo | 39 min |
| Sep 9, 5:07 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Hidalgo | 38 min |
| Sep 8, 6:36 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | El Paso | 39 min |
| Sep 8, 7:08 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | El Paso | 112 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.