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Special Weather Statement, NWS El Paso, TX

June 24, 2020El Paso County, Texas

NWS El Paso, TX issued this special weather statement at Jun 24, 2020, 9:10 PM MDT for El Paso County, Texas. It was in force for 50 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
Jun 24, 2020, 9:10 PM MDT (03:10 UTC)
Expired
Jun 24, 2020, 10:00 PM MDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS El Paso, TX

County El Paso County, TX

The radar

The El Paso radar (KEPZ), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 20 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 2020-06-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 334 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Santa Teresa, NM at 00:00Z on 2020-06-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 9 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
334 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-88 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3451 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
9 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
118 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

734 
WWUS84 KEPZ 250310
SPSEPZ

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service El Paso TX
910 PM MDT Wed Jun 24 2020
 
NMZ411-TXZ418-419-250400-
Southern Dona Ana County/Mesilla Valley NM-
Eastern/Central El Paso County TX-Western El Paso County TX-
910 PM MDT Wed Jun 24 2020

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN DONA ANA AND
NORTHWESTERN EL PASO COUNTIES UNTIL 1000 PM MDT...

At 908 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near 
Santa Teresa, moving east at 20 mph. While small, this storm has 
produced wind gusts of 50 to 60 mph in parts of Santa Teresa.

Wind gusts up to 50 mph will continue to be possible with this storm 
as it moves into West El Paso.

Locations impacted include...
West El Paso, Central El Paso, Santa Teresa, Sunland Park, 
Canutillo, Fort Bliss, and Franklin Mountains State Park.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may lead
to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3176 10645 3175 10647 3178 10653 3178 10657
      3182 10668 3193 10668 3193 10630 3174 10639
TIME...MOT...LOC 0308Z 268DEG 18KT 3187 10663 

$$

HARDIMAN

The office that day

Everything else NWS El Paso, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 24, 6:07 PM MDTDust Storm AdvisoryEPZDoña Ana113 min
Jun 24, 6:29 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZDoña Ana, Otero61 min
Jun 24, 6:50 PM MDTDust Storm AdvisoryEPZDoña Ana, Otero115 min
Jun 24, 7:36 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZDoña Ana39 min
Jun 25, 3:27 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZ48 min
Jun 24, 6:02 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZEl Paso43 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.