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Special Weather Statement, NWS El Paso, TX

July 1, 2021

NWS El Paso, TX issued this special weather statement at Jul 1, 2021, 6:37 PM MDT. It was in force for 38 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
Jul 1, 2021, 6:37 PM MDT (00:37 UTC)
Expired
Jul 1, 2021, 7:15 PM MDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS El Paso, TX

The radar

The El Paso radar (KEPZ), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:41 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, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 42 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 2021-07-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 573 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2021-07-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -46 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
573 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-19 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1674 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
2 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-46 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-10 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 Jul 1, 5:40 PM MDT, 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 1, 5:40 PM MDT, 57 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 1, 11:01 AM MDT, 7 hours 36 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service El Paso TX/Santa Teresa NM
1101 AM MDT Thu Jul 1 2021

NMZ401>417-TXZ418>424-021800-
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-
1101 AM MDT Thu Jul 1 2021

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

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight
Isolated to widely scattered lowland thunderstorms are expected
again this afternoon and evening with scattered to numerous
coverage in the mountains. Locally heavy rainfall amounts are
possible, especially in the Sacramento Mountains and the Blacks
Range where over 2 inches of rain may occur and cause flash
flooding.  A Flash Flood Watch is in effect until 6 PM.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday
A daily chance for showers and thunderstorms will continue through
the period. The main threat will continue to be locally heavy rain
and flooding, although a day or two may have a threat for gusty
winds and small hail.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
Spotter activation is requested again this afternoon and evening
to help monitor the flash flooding situation across the region.

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 1, 5:30 PM MDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jul 1, 6:05 PM MDT, 32 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jul 1, 6:15 PM MDT, 22 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 1, 6:37 PM MDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 1, 6:08 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZOtero112 min
Jul 1, 6:12 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZDoña Ana2 hr
Jul 1, 6:57 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZDoña Ana, Luna2 hr
Jul 1, 7:07 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZDoña Ana, Otero113 min
Jul 1, 7:21 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZLuna39 min
Jul 2, 2:33 AM MDTFlood WatchEPZGrant, Hidalgo, Luna, Otero, Sierra14 min
Jul 2, 3:01 AM MDTFlash Flood WatchEPZGrant, Hidalgo, Luna, Otero, Sierra27 hr
Jul 2, 10:30 AM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZOtero3 hr
Jul 2, 11:01 AM MDTFlash Flood WarningEPZOtero3 hr
Jul 2, 11:56 AM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZOtero2 hr
Jul 2, 12:11 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZOtero3 hr
Jul 2, 12:22 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZGrant113 min
Jul 2, 12:36 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZOtero3 hr
Jul 2, 1:32 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZGrant3 hr
Jul 2, 3:20 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZOtero3 hr
Jul 2, 3:56 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZGrant, Luna3 hr
Jul 2, 4:28 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZDoña Ana, Sierra2 hr
Jul 2, 5:03 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZSierra3 hr
Jul 2, 5:44 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZLuna46 min
Jul 2, 5:48 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZLuna117 min
Jul 2, 1:22 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZEl Paso3 hr
Jul 2, 1:28 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZHudspeth3 hr
Jul 2, 3:25 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZHudspeth3 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.