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Special Weather Statement, NWS El Paso, TX
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.
- 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
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
$$
HARDIMANThe office that day
Everything else NWS El Paso, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 6:07 PM MDT | Dust Storm Advisory | EPZ | Doña Ana | 113 min |
| Jun 24, 6:29 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Doña Ana, Otero | 61 min |
| Jun 24, 6:50 PM MDT | Dust Storm Advisory | EPZ | Doña Ana, Otero | 115 min |
| Jun 24, 7:36 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Doña Ana | 39 min |
| Jun 25, 3:27 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | 48 min | |
| Jun 24, 6:02 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | El Paso | 43 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.