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Special Weather Statement, NWS El Paso, TX

June 5, 2021

NWS El Paso, TX issued this special weather statement at Jun 5, 2021, 6:12 PM MDT. It was in force for 48 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 5, 2021, 6:12 PM MDT (00:12 UTC)
Expired
Jun 5, 2021, 7:00 PM MDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS El Paso, TX

The radar

The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 19 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:11 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, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 126 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 2021-06-06Temperature 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°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Santa Teresa, NM at 00:00Z on 2021-06-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -33 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
4527 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-33 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
2 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Jun 5, 5:41 PM MDT, 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 5, 5:41 PM MDT, 31 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 5, 5:51 AM MDT, 12 hours 21 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service El Paso TX/Santa Teresa NM
551 AM MDT Sat Jun 5 2021

NMZ401>417-TXZ418>424-061200-
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-
551 AM MDT Sat Jun 5 2021

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of south central
New Mexico, southwest New Mexico, and southwest Texas.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight
Another afternoon with generally isolated showers and
thunderstorms. Storms will form first over area mountains by early
afternoon...with lowland storms later in the day. Storms will move
from north to south today. These storms are not expected to be
severe, but could produce wind gusts over 35 mph and create areas
of blowing dust along with brief heavy rain and pea size hail.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday

The weather hazards quickly transition from thunderstorm threats
to heat-related threats as the region dries out and high pressure
builds in to warm temperatures. We are expecting several triple-
digit max temperature days across Far West Texas and Southern New
Mexico this week. Heat exhaustion and heat stroke will be more
likely in this hot and dry weather.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
Spotter activation will not be needed today, but spotters are
encouraged to report any significant weather to NWS El Paso.

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 5, 6:16 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZ44 min
Jun 5, 6:47 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZOtero43 min
Jun 6, 1:08 PM MDTWind AdvisoryEPZ14 hr

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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.