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Special Weather Statement, NWS El Paso, TX

August 23, 2021Hidalgo County, New Mexico

NWS El Paso, TX issued this special weather statement at Aug 23, 2021, 12:43 PM MDT for Hidalgo County, New Mexico. It was in force for 32 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 23, 2021, 12:43 PM MDT (18:43 UTC)
Expired
Aug 23, 2021, 1:15 PM MDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS El Paso, TX

County Hidalgo County, NM

The radar

The Tucson radar (KEMX), 182 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Santa Teresa, NM (KEPZ), launched 12:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 195 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 12:00Z on 2021-08-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 657 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 12:00Z on 2021-08-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 71 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
657 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-91 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1970 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
71 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
133 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 Aug 23, 11:11 AM MDT, 1 hour 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 23, 11:11 AM MDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 23, 11:03 AM MDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service El Paso TX/Santa Teresa NM
1103 AM MDT Mon Aug 23 2021

NMZ401>417-TXZ418>424-241715-
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-
1103 AM MDT Mon Aug 23 2021

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

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

Sufficient moisture still lingers in parts of the region to
generate another round of showers and storms this afternoon and
evening. However the best chances for active weather will
generally be along and west of the Rio Grande. One or two storms
could generate enough rain locally to produce localized flooding.
In addition, some small hail could also occur with the strongest
of storms. However these occurrences will be isolated.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday

Drier air will limit afternoon and evening storm chances
Wednesday and Thursday with a general increase in both moisture
and storm chances Friday through the weekend.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation will not be needed.

Laney

In the hours before

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 22, 7:00 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZGrant30 min
Aug 22, 7:48 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZHidalgo117 min
Aug 22, 10:16 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZSierra119 min
Aug 22, 10:46 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZGrant119 min
Aug 23, 12:11 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZGrant19 min
Aug 23, 12:30 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningEPZGrant3 hr
Aug 23, 12:39 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZHidalgo3 hr
Aug 23, 1:19 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZHidalgo41 min
Aug 23, 1:27 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZHidalgo33 min
Aug 23, 1:40 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZHidalgo3 hr
Aug 23, 1:55 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningEPZHidalgo3 hr
Aug 23, 2:01 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZGrant, Sierra3 hr
Aug 23, 2:08 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZGrant, Hidalgo3 hr
Aug 23, 2:18 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZOtero117 min
Aug 23, 2:30 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZHidalgo30 min
Aug 23, 2:47 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZHidalgo28 min
Aug 23, 2:52 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZGrant23 min
Aug 23, 3:00 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZGrant, Hidalgo3 hr
Aug 23, 3:07 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZGrant, Sierra3 hr
Aug 23, 3:13 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningEPZGrant, Sierra3 hr
Aug 23, 3:22 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZGrant, Hidalgo38 min
Aug 23, 3:30 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningEPZGrant3 hr
Aug 23, 3:35 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZGrant, Luna25 min
Aug 23, 3:47 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningEPZGrant, Sierra2 hr
Aug 23, 3:55 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZGrant35 min
Aug 23, 4:03 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZGrant, Luna27 min
Aug 23, 4:06 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZSierra114 min
Aug 23, 4:13 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZDoña Ana16 min
Aug 23, 4:17 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZDoña Ana28 min
Aug 23, 4:23 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZSierra37 min
Aug 23, 4:29 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningEPZDoña Ana106 min
Aug 23, 4:40 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZSierra35 min
Aug 23, 4:48 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZSierra21 min
Aug 23, 4:55 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZSierra3 hr
Aug 23, 5:09 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningEPZSierra3 hr
Aug 23, 5:24 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningEPZOtero111 min
Aug 23, 5:28 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZDoña Ana, Otero, Sierra2 hr
Aug 23, 5:53 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningEPZDoña Ana112 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.