Alert archive / New Mexico / Freeze Warnings in 2021
Freeze Warning 2, NWS El Paso, TX
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.
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, 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.
- 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
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
Freeze Warnings in New Mexico, 2021Freeze Warnings in Texas, 2021Every freeze warning in 2021
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.