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Winter Storm Warning 2, NWS El Paso, TX

February 14, 2023Otero County, New Mexico

NWS El Paso, TX issued this winter storm warning at Feb 14, 2023, 12:33 PM MST for Otero County, New Mexico. It took effect at Feb 15, 2023, 12:00 AM MST. It was in force for 17 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
Feb 14, 2023, 12:33 PM MST (19:33 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 15, 2023, 12:00 AM MST
Expired
Feb 15, 2023, 5:00 PM MST
In force
17 hr
Issued by
NWS El Paso, TX

County Otero County, NM

The radar

The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:37 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 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 341 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 12:00Z on 2023-02-14Temperature 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 12:00Z on 2023-02-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -28 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
1649 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
89 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-28 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
11 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 Feb 14, 10:25 AM MST, 2 hours 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 14, 10:25 AM MST, 2 hours 8 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 14, 5:20 AM MST, 7 hours 13 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service El Paso TX/Santa Teresa NM
520 AM MST Tue Feb 14 2023

NMZ401>417-TXZ418>424-151230-
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-
520 AM MST Tue Feb 14 2023

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

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

Windy conditions with patchy blowing dust expected today. Loose
outdoor objects may be lofted. Blowing dust can reduce
visibilities.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday

Windy conditions will be seen on Wednesday as well as snow showers
for the mountains and lowland areas. Windy conditions will blow
around loose outdoor objects. Wintry precipitation will create
slick and hazardous travel. Dry conditions begin Thursday lasting
through Saturday before rain chances return once again on Sunday
evening.

.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
Feb 13, 5:30 PM MSTWinter Weather AdvisoryEPZOtero4 hr
Feb 14, 12:33 PM MSTWinter Weather AdvisoryEPZGrant, Hidalgo, Luna, Otero, Sierra28 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.