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Wind Advisory 28, NWS El Paso, TX
NWS El Paso, TX issued this wind advisory at Nov 17, 2021, 2:12 PM MST for El Paso County, Hudspeth County, Texas; Otero County, New Mexico. It took effect at Nov 17, 2021, 10:00 PM MST. It was in force for 11 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 17, 2021, 2:12 PM MST (21:12 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 17, 2021, 10:00 PM MST
- Expired
- Nov 18, 2021, 9:00 AM MST
- In force
- 11 hr
- Issued by
- NWS El Paso, TX
Counties Otero County, NM, El Paso County, TX, Hudspeth County, TX
The radar
The El Paso radar (KEPZ), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Santa Teresa, NM (KEPZ), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 87 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3213 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
270 WWUS74 KEPZ 172112 NPWEPZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service El Paso TX/ Santa Teresa NM 212 PM MST Wed Nov 17 2021 NMZ417-TXZ418-420-422-180700- /O.NEW.KEPZ.WI.Y.0028.211118T0500Z-211118T1600Z/ Otero Mesa-Western El Paso County- Northern Hudspeth Highlands/Hueco Mountains- Southern Hudspeth Highlands- Including the cities of Crow Flats, Downtown El Paso, West El Paso, Upper Valley, Hueco Tanks, Loma Linda, and Sierra Blanca 212 PM MST Wed Nov 17 2021 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM MST THURSDAY... * WHAT...East winds 30 to 35 mph with gusts up to 45 mph expected. * WHERE...West Slope areas of the Hueco Tanks, Hudspeth County, Otero Mesa, and the Franklin Mountains including west El Paso. * WHEN...From 10 PM this evening to 9 AM MST Thursday. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...The strong winds will occur for west slope locations between midnight and 6AM Thursday. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects. && $$ BROWN
1 follow-up statement
338 WWUS74 KEPZ 180542 NPWEPZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service El Paso TX/ Santa Teresa NM 1042 PM MST Wed Nov 17 2021 NMZ417-TXZ418-420-422-181600- /O.CON.KEPZ.WI.Y.0028.000000T0000Z-211118T1600Z/ Otero Mesa-Western El Paso County- Northern Hudspeth Highlands/Hueco Mountains- Southern Hudspeth Highlands- Including the cities of Crow Flats, Downtown El Paso, West El Paso, Upper Valley, Hueco Tanks, Loma Linda, and Sierra Blanca 1042 PM MST Wed Nov 17 2021 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MST THURSDAY... * WHAT...East winds 30 to 35 mph with gusts up to 45 mph expected. * WHERE...West Slope areas of the Hueco Tanks, Hudspeth County, Otero Mesa, and the Franklin Mountains including west El Paso. * WHEN...From 10 PM this evening to 9 AM MST Thursday. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...The strong winds will occur for west slope locations between midnight and 6AM Thursday. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects. && $$ Crespo
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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.