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Wind Advisory 14, NWS El Paso, TX

March 23, 2021Grant County, Hidalgo County, New Mexico

NWS El Paso, TX issued this wind advisory at Mar 23, 2021, 4:59 AM MDT for Grant County, Hidalgo County, New Mexico. It took effect at Mar 23, 2021, 2:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 23, 2021, 4:59 AM MDT (10:59 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 23, 2021, 2:00 PM MDT
Expired
Mar 23, 2021, 9:00 PM MDT
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS El Paso, TX

Counties Grant County, NM, Hidalgo County, NM

The radar

The El Paso radar (KEPZ), 181 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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 00:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 181 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 00:00Z on 2021-03-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 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 00:00Z on 2021-03-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 70 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
3671 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
70 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-70 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

676 
WWUS74 KEPZ 231059
NPWEPZ

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service El Paso TX/ Santa Teresa NM
459 AM MDT Tue Mar 23 2021

NMZ405-406-240300-
/O.NEW.KEPZ.WI.Y.0014.210323T2000Z-210324T0300Z/
Lowlands of the Bootheel-Uplands of the Bootheel-
Including the cities of Antelope Wells, Animas, Hachita, 
and Cloverdale
459 AM MDT Tue Mar 23 2021

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM MDT
THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Southwest winds 25 to 35 mph with occasional gusts up to
  45 mph expected.

* WHERE...Southern portions of Hidalgo county in New Mexico.

* WHEN...From 2 PM this afternoon to 9 PM MDT this evening.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Peak winds are expected between the mid to
  late afternoon hours before gradually subsiding by the late
  evening hours.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high
profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects.

&&

$$

DeLizio
1 follow-up statement
789 
WWUS74 KEPZ 240239
NPWEPZ

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service El Paso TX/ Santa Teresa NM
839 PM MDT Tue Mar 23 2021

NMZ405-406-240345-
/O.EXP.KEPZ.WI.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-210324T0300Z/
Lowlands of the Bootheel-Uplands of the Bootheel-
Including the cities of Antelope Wells, Animas, Hachita, 
and Cloverdale
839 PM MDT Tue Mar 23 2021

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING...

The Wind Advisory across the New Mexico Bootheel will be allowed 
to expire. The strongest winds are gradually winding down, but
breezy winds will continue for the next few hours. 

$$

Pegram

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 23, 5:16 AM MDTWinter Weather AdvisoryEPZOtero43 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.