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Special Weather Statement, NWS El Paso, TX
NWS El Paso, TX issued this special weather statement at Aug 10, 2021, 3:38 PM MDT for Luna County, New Mexico. It was in force for 37 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
- Aug 10, 2021, 3:38 PM MDT (21:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 10, 2021, 4:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS El Paso, TX
County Luna County, NM
The radar
The El Paso radar (KEPZ), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Tuscon, AZ (KTUS), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 280 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
- 1176 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -50 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1330 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 1 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 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 Aug 10, 2:02 PM MDT, 1 hour 36 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 10, 2:02 PM MDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service El Paso TX/Santa Teresa NM 1120 AM MDT Tue Aug 10 2021 NMZ401>417-TXZ418>424-111730- 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- 1120 AM MDT Tue Aug 10 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 to scattered showers and thunderstorms are expected this afternoon and evening. These storms will be capable of producing brief heavy rain creating localized flooding, gusty winds and small hail. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday There will be increasing thunderstorm chances through Friday. Each day will have a chance for localized flooding being the main threat with the heaviest rains coming Thursday and Friday. Any areas that receive significant rainfall over the next few days will see the greatest potential for flash flooding the end of this week. Storm chances will start to drop a little going into the weekend. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will not be needed.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 10, 2:58 PM MDT, 40 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service El Paso TX
258 PM MDT Tue Aug 10 2021
NMZ404-405-407-102130-
Southwest Desert/Mimbres Basin NM-Lowlands of the Bootheel NM-
Southwest Desert/Lower Gila River Valley NM-
258 PM MDT Tue Aug 10 2021
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTH CENTRAL GRANT...
SOUTHWESTERN LUNA AND EAST CENTRAL HIDALGO COUNTIES UNTIL 330 PM
MDT...
At 258 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a couple of strong
thunderstorms 15 miles southeast of Hachita, moving east at 20 mph.
Nickel size hail and winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with
this storm.
Locations impacted include...
Hachita, Carzalia Valley, Hermanas, Hachita Valley, Camp Ramsey and
Big Hatchet Refuge.
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.
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LAT...LON 3217 10826 3179 10775 3178 10821 3160 10821
3157 10828 3178 10849
TIME...MOT...LOC 2058Z 256DEG 28KT 3172 10822
BIRDSpecial weather statement, Aug 10, 3:38 PM MDT, 0 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS El Paso, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 9, 11:20 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Doña Ana | 115 min |
| Aug 10, 2:58 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Luna | 32 min |
| Aug 10, 3:33 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Sierra | 3 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.