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Wind Advisory 22, NWS El Paso, TX

May 22, 20214 counties in New Mexico

NWS El Paso, TX issued this wind advisory at May 22, 2021, 5:46 AM MDT for 4 counties in New Mexico. It took effect at May 22, 2021, 1:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 22, 2021, 5:46 AM MDT (11:46 UTC)
In effect from
May 22, 2021, 1:00 PM MDT
Expired
May 22, 2021, 8:00 PM MDT
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS El Paso, TX

Counties Grant County, NM, Hidalgo County, NM, Luna County, NM, Sierra County, NM

The radar

The El Paso radar (KEPZ), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:43 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, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 141 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 2021-05-22Temperature 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 2021-05-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 5 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
3455 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
52 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

391 
WWUS74 KEPZ 221146
NPWEPZ

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service El Paso TX/ Santa Teresa NM
546 AM MDT Sat May 22 2021

NMZ402>406-408-409-222200-
/O.NEW.KEPZ.WI.Y.0022.210522T1900Z-210523T0200Z/
Southern Gila Highlands/Black Range-
Southern Gila Foothills/Mimbres Valley-
Southwest Desert/Lower Gila River Valley-Lowlands of the Bootheel-
Uplands of the Bootheel-Eastern Black Range Foothills-
Sierra County Lakes-
Including the cities of Silver City, Lake Roberts, Kingston, 
Fort Bayard, Mimbres, Hurley, Faywood, Grant County Airport, 
Lordsburg, Red Rock, Virden, Antelope Wells, Animas, Hachita, 
Cloverdale, Hillsboro, Winston, Truth Or Consequences, Derry, 
and Spaceport
546 AM MDT Sat May 22 2021

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM MDT
THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Southwest winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 40 mph 
  expected.

* WHERE...Most of Hidalgo, Grant and Sierra Counties. 

* WHEN...From 1 PM this afternoon to 8 PM MDT this evening.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Blowing dust may accompany these winds with
  a few visibilities dropping below 3 miles. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$

Hefner
1 follow-up statement
135 
WWUS74 KEPZ 222019
NPWEPZ

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service El Paso TX/ Santa Teresa NM
219 PM MDT Sat May 22 2021

NMZ402>406-408-409-230200-
/O.CON.KEPZ.WI.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-210523T0200Z/
Southern Gila Highlands/Black Range-
Southern Gila Foothills/Mimbres Valley-
Southwest Desert/Lower Gila River Valley-Lowlands of the Bootheel-
Uplands of the Bootheel-Eastern Black Range Foothills-
Sierra County Lakes-
Including the cities of Silver City, Lake Roberts, Kingston, 
Fort Bayard, Mimbres, Hurley, Faywood, Grant County Airport, 
Lordsburg, Red Rock, Virden, Antelope Wells, Animas, Hachita, 
Cloverdale, Hillsboro, Winston, Truth Or Consequences, Derry, 
and Spaceport
219 PM MDT Sat May 22 2021

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING...

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

* WHERE...Most of Hidalgo, Grant and Sierra Counties.

* WHEN...From 1 PM this afternoon to 8 PM MDT this evening.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Blowing dust may accompany these winds with
  a few visibilities dropping below 3 miles, especially along I-10
  near Lordsburg.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$

Dennhardt

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 22, 2:39 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZ51 min
May 22, 2:47 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZ43 min
May 22, 2:56 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZOtero49 min
May 22, 3:11 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZOtero49 min
May 22, 3:53 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZOtero52 min
May 22, 4:16 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZOtero28 min
May 22, 4:22 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZOtero24 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.