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Wind Advisory 6, NWS El Paso, TX

January 16, 2023Otero County, New Mexico; El Paso County, Hudspeth County, Texas

NWS El Paso, TX issued this wind advisory at Jan 16, 2023, 4:04 AM MST for Otero County, New Mexico; El Paso County, Hudspeth County, Texas. It took effect at Jan 16, 2023, 11:00 AM MST. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 16, 2023, 4:04 AM MST (11:04 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 16, 2023, 11:00 AM MST
Expired
Jan 16, 2023, 1:32 PM MST
In force
3 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 11:06 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, 11.1 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 2023-01-16Temperature 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, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2023-01-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 136 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
2936 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
136 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
207 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 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 16, 3:46 AM MST, 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 16, 3:46 AM MST, 18 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 15, 5:40 AM MST, 22 hours 24 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM
540 AM MST Sun Jan 15 2023

NMZ401>417-TXZ418>424-161245-
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-
540 AM MST Sun Jan 15 2023

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

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

An upper level storm system will bring unsettled weather to the
region today. We will see strong winds of at least 25 to 35 mph,
stronger in area mountains. Along with the winds, we will see a
chance for lowland rain and mountains snow showers.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday

Another upper level storm system will bring breezy to windy
conditions through Wednesday. Additional rain in the lowlands and
snow showers in the mountains are expected as this system moves
across the Rockies. Snow totals above 7,500 feet will range from 4
to 8 inches of snow. Settled conditions with cooler temperatures
the rest of the week.

.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.