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Wind Advisory 19, NWS El Paso, TX

April 27, 2021Otero County, New Mexico

NWS El Paso, TX issued this wind advisory at Apr 27, 2021, 3:40 AM MDT for Otero County, New Mexico. It took effect at Apr 27, 2021, 10:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 27, 2021, 3:40 AM MDT (09:40 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 27, 2021, 10:00 AM MDT
Expired
Apr 27, 2021, 6:00 PM MDT
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS El Paso, TX

County Otero County, NM

The radar

The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:37 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, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 122 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 2021-04-27Temperature 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°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Santa Teresa, NM at 00:00Z on 2021-04-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 45 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
5450 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
67 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
45 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
258 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

087 
WWUS74 KEPZ 270940
NPWEPZ

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service El Paso TX/ Santa Teresa NM
340 AM MDT Tue Apr 27 2021

NMZ415-416-280000-
/O.NEW.KEPZ.WI.Y.0019.210427T1600Z-210428T0000Z/
/O.CON.KEPZ.WI.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-210427T1200Z/
Sacramento Mountains Above 7500 Feet-
East Slopes Sacramento Mountains Below 7500 Feet-
Including the cities of Cloudcroft, Sunspot, Apache Summit, 
Mayhill, Pinon, and Sacramento
340 AM MDT Tue Apr 27 2021

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MDT EARLY THIS
MORNING...
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM MDT
THIS EVENING...

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

* WHERE...The Sacramento Mountains.

* WHEN...Until 6 AM MDT early this morning, then from 10 AM this 
  morning to 6 PM MDT this evening.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$

DeL
1 follow-up statement
510 
WWUS74 KEPZ 271206
NPWEPZ

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service El Paso TX/ Santa Teresa NM
606 AM MDT Tue Apr 27 2021

NMZ415-416-280000-
/O.EXP.KEPZ.WI.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-210427T1200Z/
/O.CON.KEPZ.WI.Y.0019.210427T1600Z-210428T0000Z/
Sacramento Mountains Above 7500 Feet-
East Slopes Sacramento Mountains Below 7500 Feet-
Including the cities of Cloudcroft, Sunspot, Apache Summit, 
Mayhill, Pinon, and Sacramento
606 AM MDT Tue Apr 27 2021

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO
6 PM MDT THIS EVENING...

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

* WHERE...The Sacramento Mountains.

* WHEN...From 10 AM this morning to 6 PM MDT this evening.

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.