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Freeze Warning 2, NWS El Paso, TX

November 18, 2021El Paso County, Hudspeth County, Texas; 4 counties in New Mexico

NWS El Paso, TX issued this freeze warning at Nov 18, 2021, 2:51 PM MST for El Paso County, Hudspeth County, Texas; 4 counties in New Mexico. It took effect at Nov 19, 2021, 12:00 AM MST. 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
Nov 18, 2021, 2:51 PM MST (21:51 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 19, 2021, 12:00 AM MST
Expired
Nov 19, 2021, 8:00 AM MST
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS El Paso, TX

Counties Doña Ana County, NM, Grant County, NM, Luna County, NM, Sierra County, NM, El Paso County, TX, Hudspeth County, TX

The radar

The El Paso radar (KEPZ), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:53 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 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 51 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 12:00Z on 2021-11-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2021-11-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 44 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2268 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
44 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
132 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

710 
WWUS74 KEPZ 182151
NPWEPZ

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service El Paso TX/ Santa Teresa NM
251 PM MST Thu Nov 18 2021

NMZ407-409-411-TXZ420>422-190600-
/O.NEW.KEPZ.FZ.W.0002.211119T0700Z-211119T1500Z/
Southwest Desert/Mimbres Basin-Sierra County Lakes-
Southern Dona Ana County/Mesilla Valley-
Northern Hudspeth Highlands/Hueco Mountains-Salt Basin-
Southern Hudspeth Highlands-
Including the cities of Deming, Columbus, Truth Or Consequences, 
Derry, Spaceport, Las Cruces, Vado, Sunland Park, Hueco Tanks, 
Loma Linda, Cornudas, Dell City, Salt Flat, and Sierra Blanca
251 PM MST Thu Nov 18 2021

...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 AM MST
FRIDAY...

* WHAT...Sub-freezing low temperatures of 25 to 30 expected.

* WHERE...Parts of south-central New Mexico ands far west Texas.

* WHEN...From midnight tonight to 8 AM MST Friday.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold. To prevent
freezing and possible bursting of outdoor water pipes they should
be wrapped, drained, or allowed to drip slowly. Those that have
in-ground sprinkler systems should drain them and cover above-
ground pipes to protect them from freezing.

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
137 
WWUS74 KEPZ 190535
NPWEPZ

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service El Paso TX/ Santa Teresa NM
1035 PM MST Thu Nov 18 2021

NMZ407-409-411-TXZ420>422-191500-
/O.CON.KEPZ.FZ.W.0002.211119T0700Z-211119T1500Z/
Southwest Desert/Mimbres Basin-Sierra County Lakes-
Southern Dona Ana County/Mesilla Valley-
Northern Hudspeth Highlands/Hueco Mountains-Salt Basin-
Southern Hudspeth Highlands-
Including the cities of Deming, Columbus, Truth Or Consequences, 
Derry, Spaceport, Las Cruces, Vado, Sunland Park, Hueco Tanks, 
Loma Linda, Cornudas, Dell City, Salt Flat, and Sierra Blanca
1035 PM MST Thu Nov 18 2021

...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST FRIDAY...

* WHAT...Sub-freezing low temperatures of 25 to 30 expected.

* WHERE...Parts of south-central New Mexico and far west Texas.

* WHEN...From midnight tonight to 8 AM MST Friday.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold. To prevent
freezing and possible bursting of outdoor water pipes they should
be wrapped, drained, or allowed to drip slowly. Those that have
in-ground sprinkler systems should drain them and cover above-
ground pipes to protect them from freezing.

&&

$$

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.