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Wind Advisory 30, NWS El Paso, TX

December 13, 2022Otero County, New Mexico; El Paso County, Hudspeth County, Texas

NWS El Paso, TX issued this wind advisory at Dec 13, 2022, 2:56 AM MST for Otero County, New Mexico; El Paso County, Hudspeth County, Texas. It took effect at Dec 13, 2022, 11:00 AM MST. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 13, 2022, 2:56 AM MST (09:56 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 13, 2022, 11:00 AM MST
Expired
Dec 13, 2022, 5:00 PM MST
In force
6 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 09:57 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

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 338 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, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2022-12-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 140 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2022-12-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 153 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
140 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-42 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1112 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
76 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
153 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
285 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
3.3

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this wind advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS El Paso, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this wind advisory went out at Dec 12, 3:02 PM MST, 11 hours 54 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 12, 3:02 PM MST, 11 hours 54 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 12, 5:10 AM MST, 21 hours 46 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service El Paso TX/Santa Teresa NM
510 AM MST Mon Dec 12 2022

NMZ401>417-TXZ418>424-131215-
Upper Gila River Valley-Southern Gila Highlands/Black Range-
Southern Gila Foothills/Mimbres Valley-
Southwest Desert/Lower Gila River Valley-Lowlands of the Bootheel-
Uplands of the Bootheel-Southwest Desert/Mimbres Basin-
Eastern Black Range Foothills-Sierra County Lakes-
Northern Dona Ana County-Southern Dona Ana County/Mesilla Valley-
Central Tularosa Basin-Southern Tularosa Basin-
West Slopes Sacramento Mountains Below 7500 Feet-
Sacramento Mountains Above 7500 Feet-
East Slopes Sacramento Mountains Below 7500 Feet-Otero Mesa-
Western El Paso County-Eastern/Central El Paso County-
Northern Hudspeth Highlands/Hueco Mountains-Salt Basin-
Southern Hudspeth Highlands-
Rio Grande Valley of Eastern El Paso/Western Hudspeth Counties-
Rio Grande Valley of Eastern Hudspeth County-
510 AM MST Mon Dec 12 2022

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of south central
New Mexico, southwest New Mexico, and southwest Texas.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

A potent storm system will affect the area today:

Winds: 25 to 40 MPH winds with gusts 50-60 MPH, especially for
mountain areas. Areas of blowing dust are possible.

Snow: 2 to 5 inches of snow will be possible in the Gila and
Sacramento Mountains. Lowlands west of the Continental Divide may
see up to an inch of snow.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday

No hazardous weather expected.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation will not be needed.

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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.