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Special Weather Statement, NWS El Paso, TX
NWS El Paso, TX issued this special weather statement at Aug 3, 2022, 9:10 PM MDT for Hidalgo County, New Mexico. It was in force for 35 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 3, 2022, 9:10 PM MDT (03:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 3, 2022, 9:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS El Paso, TX
- Hail
- 0.88 in
- Wind
- 40
County Hidalgo County, NM
The radar
The El Paso radar (KEPZ), 178 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:12 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, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 178 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
- 5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -131 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3541 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 17 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
314
WWUS84 KEPZ 040310
SPSEPZ
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service El Paso TX
910 PM MDT Wed Aug 3 2022
NMZ405-406-040345-
Uplands of the Bootheel NM-Lowlands of the Bootheel NM-
910 PM MDT Wed Aug 3 2022
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of south central
Hidalgo County through 945 PM MDT...
At 910 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 12
miles northwest of Alamo Hueco, moving northwest at 5 mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph and nickel size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Playas Valley.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.
&&
LAT...LON 3165 10844 3152 10851 3156 10877 3179 10865
TIME...MOT...LOC 0310Z 116DEG 6KT 3160 10852
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
$$
DELThe office that day
Everything else NWS El Paso, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 6:05 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Grant | 25 min |
| Aug 3, 7:10 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Hidalgo | 35 min |
| Aug 3, 7:17 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Grant, Hidalgo | 43 min |
| Aug 3, 7:34 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Grant, Hidalgo | 116 min |
| Aug 3, 7:37 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Hidalgo | 23 min |
| Aug 3, 7:54 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | EPZ | Grant, Hidalgo | 3 hr |
| Aug 3, 8:01 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Hidalgo | 29 min |
| Aug 3, 8:08 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Hidalgo | 37 min |
| Aug 3, 8:18 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | 27 min | |
| Aug 3, 8:41 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Hidalgo | 3 hr |
| Aug 3, 9:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Hidalgo | 31 min |
| Aug 3, 9:48 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Hidalgo | 117 min |
| Aug 3, 11:25 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Hidalgo | 35 min |
| Aug 4, 12:28 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Hidalgo | 47 min |
| Aug 4, 12:46 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Grant | 29 min |
| Aug 4, 12:54 AM MDT | Dust Storm Advisory | EPZ | Hidalgo | 66 min |
| Aug 4, 1:38 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | 37 min | |
| Aug 4, 2:00 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Otero | 3 hr |
| Aug 4, 2:33 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | 27 min | |
| Aug 4, 2:39 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Otero | 3 hr |
| Aug 4, 2:55 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Otero | 3 hr |
| Aug 4, 3:04 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | EPZ | Otero | 3 hr |
| Aug 4, 3:36 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Doña Ana, Otero | 24 min |
| Aug 4, 3:47 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Otero | 3 hr |
| Aug 4, 3:57 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | EPZ | Otero | 3 hr |
| Aug 4, 3:59 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Doña Ana | 31 min |
| Aug 4, 4:16 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Otero | 3 hr |
| Aug 4, 4:27 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Otero | 33 min |
| Aug 4, 3:27 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | El Paso | 33 min |
| Aug 4, 4:02 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | El Paso | 28 min |
| Aug 4, 4:42 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Hudspeth | 33 min |
| Aug 4, 4:51 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Hudspeth | 26 min |
| Aug 4, 5:03 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Hudspeth | 3 hr |
| Aug 4, 5:55 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | El Paso, Hudspeth | 3 hr |
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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.