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Wind Advisory 23, NWS El Paso, TX

June 6, 2021El Paso County, Texas

NWS El Paso, TX issued this wind advisory at Jun 6, 2021, 1:08 PM MDT for El Paso County, Texas. It took effect at Jun 6, 2021, 9:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 6, 2021, 1:08 PM MDT (19:08 UTC)
In effect from
Jun 6, 2021, 9:00 PM MDT
Expired
Jun 7, 2021, 3:00 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 19:07 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, 7.1 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 2021-06-06Temperature 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 2021-06-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 115 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
3828 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
115 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
87 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

883 
WWUS74 KEPZ 061908
NPWEPZ

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service El Paso TX/ Santa Teresa NM
108 PM MDT Sun Jun 6 2021

NMZ413-TXZ419-070900-
/O.NEW.KEPZ.WI.Y.0023.210607T0300Z-210607T0900Z/
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
108 PM MDT Sun Jun 6 2021

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 3 AM MDT
MONDAY...

* WHAT...West winds 30 to 35 mph with gusts up to 45 mph 
  expected.

* WHERE...East Slopes of the Franklin and Organ Mountains.

* WHEN...From 9 PM this evening to 3 AM MDT Monday.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Hazy conditions from smoke and blowing dust
  may limit visibility. The winds and low humidity will keep the
  fire danger high throughout the night.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$
BROWN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 5, 6:12 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZ48 min
Jun 5, 6:16 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZ44 min
Jun 5, 6:47 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZOtero43 min

Nearby

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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.