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Wind Advisory 1, NWS El Paso, TX
NWS El Paso, TX issued this wind advisory at Jan 1, 2023, 6:01 AM MST for 4 counties in New Mexico. It took effect at Jan 1, 2023, 11:00 AM MST. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 1, 2023, 6:01 AM MST (13:01 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 1, 2023, 11:00 AM MST
- Expired
- Jan 1, 2023, 11:00 PM MST
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS El Paso, TX
Counties Grant County, NM, Hidalgo County, NM, Luna County, NM, Sierra County, NM
The radar
The El Paso radar (KEPZ), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:02 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, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 141 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
- 1518 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 77 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 Jan 1, 4:27 AM MST, 1 hour 34 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 1, 4:27 AM MST, 1 hour 34 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 1, 5:52 AM MST, 9 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service El Paso TX/Santa Teresa NM 552 AM MST Sun Jan 1 2023 NMZ402-403-408-414>416-021300- Southern Gila Highlands/Black Range- Southern Gila Foothills/Mimbres Valley- Eastern Black Range Foothills- West Slopes Sacramento Mountains Below 7500 Feet- Sacramento Mountains Above 7500 Feet- East Slopes Sacramento Mountains Below 7500 Feet- 552 AM MST Sun Jan 1 2023 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of south central New Mexico and southwest New Mexico. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight Scattered snow showers will begin Sunday night through Monday night, with new snow accumulations of 4 to 8 inches possible over the high elevations. Travel may become difficult over mountain passes. Southwest winds will increase this evening ahead of a cold front approaching from the west. Winds gusts up to 50 mph will blow around loose objects and make driving difficult. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday Windy conditions again on Monday with gusts up to 40 mph during the afternoon. Loose outdoor objects, including unsecured holiday decorations, may be damaged. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will not be needed. NMZ401-404>407-409>413-417-TXZ418>424-021300- Upper Gila River Valley-Southwest Desert/Lower Gila River Valley- Lowlands of the Bootheel-Uplands of the Bootheel- Southwest Desert/Mimbres Basin-Sierra County Lakes- Northern Dona Ana County-Southern Dona Ana County/Mesilla Valley- Central Tularosa Basin-Southern Tularosa Basin-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- 552 AM MST Sun Jan 1 2023 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of south central New Mexico, southwest New Mexico, and southwest Texas. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight Southwest winds will increase this evening ahead of a cold front approaching from the west. Winds gusts up to 50 mph will blow around loose objects, reduce visibility due to blowing dust in a few areas, and make driving difficult along I-10 in southwest New Mexico. Scattered rain showers may cause slick roadways overnight. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday Windy conditions again on Monday with gusts up to 40 mph during the afternoon. Loose outdoor objects, including unsecured holiday decorations, may be damaged. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will not be needed. Dennhardt
The office that day
Everything else NWS El Paso, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1, 2:15 PM MST | Wind Advisory | EPZ | Doña Ana, Otero | 27 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.