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Special Weather Statement, NWS El Paso, TX

July 26, 2021El Paso County, Texas

NWS El Paso, TX issued this special weather statement at Jul 26, 2021, 1:07 PM MDT for El Paso County, Texas. 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 26, 2021, 1:07 PM MDT (19:07 UTC)
Expired
Jul 26, 2021, 1:45 PM MDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS El Paso, TX

County El Paso County, TX

The radar

The El Paso radar (KEPZ), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 340 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, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 2021-07-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 5 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, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 2021-07-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 7 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
5 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-396 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2586 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
46 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 Jul 26, 11:55 AM MDT, 1 hour 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 26, 11:55 AM MDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 26, 11:13 AM MDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service El Paso TX/Santa Teresa NM
1113 AM MDT Mon Jul 26 2021

NMZ414>416-271715-
West Slopes Sacramento Mountains Below 7500 Feet-
Sacramento Mountains Above 7500 Feet-
East Slopes Sacramento Mountains Below 7500 Feet-
1113 AM MDT Mon Jul 26 2021

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of south central
New Mexico.

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight.
...Flash Flood Watch Until Midnight...

Scattered thunderstorms with occasional heavy rain and local
flooding. Low water crossings may become impassable.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday.

Scattered thunderstorms each afternoon and evening.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation will not be needed.

NMZ402-403-408-271715-
Southern Gila Highlands/Black Range-
Southern Gila Foothills/Mimbres Valley-
Eastern Black Range Foothills-
1113 AM MDT Mon Jul 26 2021

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of southwest New
Mexico.

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight.

Scattered thunderstorms.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday.

Scattered thunderstorms each afternoon and evening.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation will not be needed.

NMZ401-404>407-409>413-417-TXZ418>424-271715-
Upper Gila River Valley-Southwest Desert/Lower Gila River Valley-
Lowlands of the Bootheel-Uplands of the Bootheel-
Southwest Desert/Mimbres Basin-Sierra County Lakes-
Northern Dona Ana County-Southern Dona Ana County/Mesilla Valley-
Central Tularosa Basin-Southern Tularosa Basin-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-
1113 AM MDT Mon Jul 26 2021

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

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight.

Isolated thunderstorms developing late afternoon.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday.

Isolated thunderstorms each afternoon and evening.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation will not be needed.

Hefner

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 26, 1:07 PM MDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service El Paso TX
107 PM MDT Mon Jul 26 2021

NMZ417-TXZ420-261945-
Otero Mesa NM-Northern Hudspeth Highlands/Hueco Mountains TX-
107 PM MDT Mon Jul 26 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN OTERO AND NORTHWESTERN
HUDSPETH COUNTIES UNTIL 145 PM MDT...

At 107 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 10
miles east of Loma Linda, moving southeast at 5 mph.

Half inch hail and winds in excess of 45 mph will be possible with
this storm.

This storm will remain over mainly rural areas of southern Otero and
northwestern Hudspeth Counties.

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 3194 10595 3209 10580 3196 10554 3181 10580
TIME...MOT...LOC 1907Z 320DEG 5KT 3192 10578

BROWN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 26, 1:58 AM MDTFlash Flood WatchEPZOtero17 hr
Jul 26, 12:09 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZOtero3 hr
Jul 26, 12:53 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZSierra3 hr
Jul 26, 1:05 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZHidalgo3 hr
Jul 26, 1:21 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZOtero3 hr
Jul 26, 1:32 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZDoña Ana3 hr
Jul 26, 1:38 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZSierra3 hr
Jul 26, 2:41 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZDoña Ana3 hr
Jul 26, 3:20 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZOtero115 min
Jul 26, 3:31 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZOtero119 min
Jul 26, 4:02 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZOtero3 hr
Jul 26, 4:07 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZDoña Ana, Otero3 hr
Jul 26, 4:30 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZOtero30 min
Jul 26, 4:48 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZOtero117 min
Jul 26, 5:03 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningEPZOtero3 hr
Jul 26, 5:31 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZOtero29 min
Jul 25, 9:54 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZHudspeth36 min
Jul 26, 2:17 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZHudspeth43 min
Jul 26, 2:31 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZHudspeth29 min
Jul 26, 2:59 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZHudspeth2 hr
Jul 26, 3:02 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZHudspeth28 min
Jul 26, 3:05 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZHudspeth25 min
Jul 26, 3:11 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZHudspeth2 hr
Jul 26, 3:35 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZHudspeth25 min
Jul 26, 3:44 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningEPZHudspeth3 hr
Jul 26, 4:05 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZHudspeth25 min
Jul 26, 4:20 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZEl Paso25 min
Jul 26, 4:25 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZHudspeth2 hr
Jul 26, 5:58 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZEl Paso32 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.