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Winter Storm Warning 3, NWS El Paso, TX

December 12, 2022Hidalgo County, Otero County, New Mexico

NWS El Paso, TX issued this winter storm warning at Dec 12, 2022, 1:24 PM MST for Hidalgo County, Otero County, New Mexico. It was in force for 16 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 12, 2022, 1:24 PM MST (20:24 UTC)
Expired
Dec 13, 2022, 5:38 AM MST
In force
16 hr
Issued by
NWS El Paso, TX

Counties Hidalgo County, NM, Otero County, NM

The radar

The El Paso radar (KEPZ), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:27 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, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 66 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 2022-12-12Temperature 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 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 2022-12-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 60 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
3115 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
63 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
60 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
124 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this winter storm warning 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 winter storm warning went out at Dec 12, 10:47 AM MST, 2 hours 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 12, 10:47 AM MST, 2 hours 37 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 12, 5:10 AM MST, 8 hours 14 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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 12, 2:50 PM MSTBlowing Dust AdvisoryEPZDoña Ana4 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Warnings in New Mexico, 2022Every winter storm warning in 2022

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.