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Wind Advisory 16, NWS El Paso, TX

April 8, 2021El Paso County, Texas

NWS El Paso, TX issued this wind advisory at Apr 8, 2021, 12:07 PM MDT for El Paso County, Texas. It took effect at Apr 8, 2021, 6:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 8, 2021, 12:07 PM MDT (18:07 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 8, 2021, 6:00 PM MDT
Expired
Apr 9, 2021, 12:00 AM MDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS El Paso, TX

County El Paso County, TX

The radar

The El Paso radar (KEPZ), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:11 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 12:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 45 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 2021-04-08Temperature 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 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 2021-04-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 11 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
4817 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
11 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
82 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

553 
WWUS74 KEPZ 081807
NPWEPZ

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service El Paso TX/ Santa Teresa NM
1207 PM MDT Thu Apr 8 2021

NMZ413-TXZ419-090600-
/O.NEW.KEPZ.WI.Y.0016.210409T0000Z-210409T0600Z/
Southern Tularosa Basin-Eastern/Central El Paso County-
Including the cities of Chaparral, Orogrande, 
White Sands Range Headquarters, East and Northeast El Paso, 
Socorro, and Fort Bliss
1207 PM MDT Thu Apr 8 2021

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT MDT
TONIGHT...

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

* WHERE...The eastern slopes of the Franklin and Organ Mountains.

* WHEN...From 6 PM this evening to midnight MDT tonight.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...There may be some patchy blowing dust
  around in the early evening, but should not cause much reduction
  to visibility.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$
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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.