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Special Weather Statement, NWS El Paso, TX

August 27, 2021Grant County, New Mexico

NWS El Paso, TX issued this special weather statement at Aug 27, 2021, 1:08 PM MDT for Grant 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 27, 2021, 1:08 PM MDT (19:08 UTC)
Expired
Aug 27, 2021, 1:45 PM MDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS El Paso, TX

County Grant County, NM

The radar

The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 180 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Santa Teresa, NM (KEPZ), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 182 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 2021-08-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 304 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Santa Teresa, NM at 12:00Z on 2021-08-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -4 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
304 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-94 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1780 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
37 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

983 
WWUS84 KEPZ 271908
SPSEPZ

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service El Paso TX
108 PM MDT Fri Aug 27 2021
 
NMZ401-402-271945-
Southern Gila Highlands/Black Range NM-Upper Gila River Valley NM-
108 PM MDT Fri Aug 27 2021

...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...

At 107 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 7
miles east of Lake Roberts, moving west at 15 mph.

Half inch hail and winds in excess of 30 mph will be possible with
this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Lake Roberts, Camp Thunderbird, Cooney, Sapillo Creek Valley, Upper
Mimbres Valley, Rocky Canyon Campground, Sapillo Campground, Portions
of the Aldo Leopold Wilderness and Portions of the Gila Wilderness.

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 3316 10796 3301 10794 3287 10817 3304 10822
TIME...MOT...LOC 1907Z 078DEG 12KT 3303 10804 

$$

BROWN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 27, 1:18 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZOtero117 min
Aug 27, 1:39 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZGrant3 hr
Aug 27, 1:42 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZGrant33 min
Aug 27, 1:54 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZOtero2 hr
Aug 27, 2:12 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZ33 min
Aug 27, 2:19 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningEPZGrant3 hr
Aug 27, 2:43 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZ32 min
Aug 27, 2:52 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZGrant, Sierra113 min
Aug 27, 3:25 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZ35 min
Aug 27, 3:44 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZOtero31 min
Aug 27, 4:11 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZ34 min
Aug 27, 4:34 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZSierra26 min
Aug 27, 5:08 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZSierra31 min
Aug 27, 5:22 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZSierra23 min
Aug 27, 5:39 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningEPZSierra3 hr
Aug 27, 5:50 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZDoña Ana25 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.