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Wind Advisory 25, NWS El Paso, TX

May 9, 20235 counties in New Mexico; El Paso County, Texas

NWS El Paso, TX issued this wind advisory at May 9, 2023, 2:08 PM MDT for 5 counties in New Mexico; El Paso County, Texas. It took effect at May 10, 2023, 12:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 9, 2023, 2:08 PM MDT (20:08 UTC)
In effect from
May 10, 2023, 12:00 PM MDT
Expired
May 11, 2023, 12:00 AM MDT
In force
12 hr
Issued by
NWS El Paso, TX

Counties Doña Ana County, NM, Grant County, NM, Hidalgo County, NM, Luna County, NM, Sierra County, NM, El Paso County, TX

The radar

The El Paso radar (KEPZ), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Tuscon, AZ (KTUS), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 319 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, Tuscon, AZ at 12:00Z on 2023-05-09Temperature 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 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tuscon, AZ at 12:00Z on 2023-05-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -38 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
3173 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-38 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
65 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 9, 6:21 AM MDTRed Flag WarningEPZCatron, Doña Ana, Grant, Hidalgo, Lincoln, Luna and 2 more39 hr

Nearby

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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.