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Special Weather Statement, NWS El Paso, TX
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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
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</html>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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</html>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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 26, 1:58 AM MDT | Flash Flood Watch | EPZ | Otero | 17 hr |
| Jul 26, 12:09 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Otero | 3 hr |
| Jul 26, 12:53 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Sierra | 3 hr |
| Jul 26, 1:05 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Hidalgo | 3 hr |
| Jul 26, 1:21 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Otero | 3 hr |
| Jul 26, 1:32 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Doña Ana | 3 hr |
| Jul 26, 1:38 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Sierra | 3 hr |
| Jul 26, 2:41 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Doña Ana | 3 hr |
| Jul 26, 3:20 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Otero | 115 min |
| Jul 26, 3:31 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Otero | 119 min |
| Jul 26, 4:02 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Otero | 3 hr |
| Jul 26, 4:07 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Doña Ana, Otero | 3 hr |
| Jul 26, 4:30 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Otero | 30 min |
| Jul 26, 4:48 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Otero | 117 min |
| Jul 26, 5:03 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | EPZ | Otero | 3 hr |
| Jul 26, 5:31 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Otero | 29 min |
| Jul 25, 9:54 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Hudspeth | 36 min |
| Jul 26, 2:17 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Hudspeth | 43 min |
| Jul 26, 2:31 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Hudspeth | 29 min |
| Jul 26, 2:59 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Hudspeth | 2 hr |
| Jul 26, 3:02 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Hudspeth | 28 min |
| Jul 26, 3:05 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Hudspeth | 25 min |
| Jul 26, 3:11 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Hudspeth | 2 hr |
| Jul 26, 3:35 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Hudspeth | 25 min |
| Jul 26, 3:44 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | EPZ | Hudspeth | 3 hr |
| Jul 26, 4:05 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Hudspeth | 25 min |
| Jul 26, 4:20 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | El Paso | 25 min |
| Jul 26, 4:25 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Hudspeth | 2 hr |
| Jul 26, 5:58 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | El Paso | 32 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.