A deep upper low over the Baja region with a 100 knot jet rounding the base and moving into west Texas supplied the lift for a couple severe thunderstorms to develop over El Paso county. Severe winds and a landspout tornado were reported with these storms.
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A deep upper low over the Baja region with a 100 knot jet rounding the base and moving into west Texas supplied the lift for a couple severe thunderstorms to develop over El Paso county. Severe winds and a landspout tornado were reported with these storms.
The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Apr 22, 2:51 PM MST, 1 hour 14 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM 351 PM MDT Mon Apr 22 2019 .SYNOPSIS... We have an active forecast to start off the week. An upper level closed low, currently located over the California/Arizona border, will drop south this evening, and will slowly move along the International border through late Wednesday when it finally enters into central Texas. This low, and its attendant cold front, will bring rain chances to the forecast area each day through Wednesday night. A warm up with dry conditions will finish off the week. && .DISCUSSION... An upper level closed low, currently located over the California/Arizona border, will drop south this evening into southern Arizona. This low and associated cold front, will create precipitation chances each day this week through Wednesday. Current satellite water vapor imagery shows increasing cloud cover where the stronger forcing for ascent has set up ahead of the low. A few weak showers have sprung up in this area, along roughly an Antelope Wells/Silver City line. Convective allowing models have been in decent agreement today regarding the location of the showers developing, however soundings show the lower troposphere very dry, with surface dewpoints in the upper 20s. Precipitation from these showers will begin to fall as virga until the atmosphere saturates. Until this happens, there will be a concern for strong downdraft wind and dry lightning. These showers will propogate east, where they will interact with a backdoor cold front that will be dropping southwest into southern New Mexico/western Texas this evening. Instability ahead of the front is modest, with 300-500 j/kg of MUCAPE, and therefore storms with strong wind and small hail can't be ruled out. Thunderstorm activity will move out of the forecast area early Tuesday morning. The aforementioned upper-level low will be centered around the Arizona/New Mexico line Tuesday evening, with the backdoor cold front stalling out along the Rio Grande River. Dewpoints will be improved over Monday, along with increased instability, creating the potential for better coverage for thunderstorms on Tuesday afternoon, especially in eastern Otero and Hudspeth counties. High temperatures on Tuesday will greatly depend on how far southwest the cold front moves, for now temperatures look to stay a few degrees below normal. Wednesday the cold front will be located roughly along Otero and Hudspeth counties, and will propogate eastward through the day, presenting another chance for showers, especially east of the Rio Grande River. On Thursday, upper level ridging sets in, allowing the borderland a chance to warm up to above normal temperatures to finish the week. && .AVIATION... Generally VFR conditions through period with SCT-BKN070-090 BKN150-200 to start period as isolated to scattered 3-5SM -TSRA BKN040-060 develop, mainly east of Rio Grande with best chance over the eastern slopes of the Sacramento Mountains. Best precip chances before 06Z, but could linger over higher terrain becoming -SHRA BKN010-020 on east slopes. Gradual clearing to FEW-SCT150-200 from SW to NE after 09Z except over higher terrain where upslope flow will likely keep mountains in lower broken to overcast. Winds start out west to southwest AOB 12KTS but as back door front moves in and showers and TS develop, winds will become north to northeast at 5-15KTS by 06Z at all terminals before shifting to the south after 16Z. && .FIRE WEATHER... Upper low will be affecting the region over the next couple of days bringing a chance for showers and thunderstorms and cooler temperatures. Best precip chances now look to be through tonight for all areas and mainly mountains/east Tue and Wed. This storm system will be replaced by a broad ridge for the remainder of the week with high temperatures returning to the temps similar to the weekend, if not a couple degrees warmer by the weekend. Min relative humidities will be falling back into the teens by Thu/Fri and some single digits possible for the weekend. Winds do not look to be much of an issue through Saturday, but early next week could bring a return to critical conditions. Vent rates will vary the next couple of days with eastern areas, especially the Sacramento Mountains only poor to fair while other areas remain good to very good. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... El Paso 55 77 54 76 / 30 10 30 20 Sierra Blanca 50 74 48 68 / 30 10 60 50 Las Cruces 49 75 48 77 / 30 10 20 10 Alamogordo 48 73 45 72 / 40 30 20 20 Cloudcroft 35 50 37 48 / 70 70 40 20 Truth or Consequences 47 70 47 76 / 30 30 20 10 Silver City 44 65 44 70 / 30 20 10 10 Deming 48 76 48 75 / 20 10 10 0 Lordsburg 44 73 42 79 / 20 10 0 0 West El Paso Metro 55 77 55 73 / 30 10 30 20 Dell City 50 77 46 70 / 30 30 40 30 Fort Hancock 56 82 55 74 / 30 10 50 40 Loma Linda 47 72 48 68 / 30 20 40 20 Fabens 54 79 55 76 / 30 10 40 20 Santa Teresa 51 76 50 75 / 20 10 30 10 White Sands HQ 50 74 51 73 / 40 10 20 20 Jornada Range 44 73 43 76 / 30 20 20 20 Hatch 46 74 45 77 / 20 20 20 0 Columbus 51 77 48 75 / 20 10 20 0 Orogrande 47 73 44 71 / 40 20 20 20 Mayhill 39 55 40 51 / 70 60 40 20 Mescalero 38 59 40 58 / 60 70 30 20 Timberon 35 59 37 53 / 60 40 30 20 Winston 33 66 38 72 / 40 40 20 20 Hillsboro 45 70 42 73 / 30 30 20 20 Spaceport 45 71 42 75 / 30 30 10 0 Lake Roberts 33 68 39 71 / 30 50 20 20 Hurley 40 68 41 73 / 30 20 10 10 Cliff 38 73 40 75 / 30 30 10 10 Mule Creek 44 69 41 73 / 30 30 10 0 Faywood 44 68 45 71 / 30 20 10 20 Animas 47 74 44 79 / 10 10 0 0 Hachita 47 74 43 77 / 20 10 10 0 Antelope Wells 48 74 44 78 / 0 10 10 0 Cloverdale 46 68 45 74 / 0 10 10 0 && .EPZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NM...None. TX...None. && 33/26
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM 710 AM MDT Mon Apr 22 2019 NMZ401>417-TXZ418>424-231315- 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- 710 AM MDT Mon Apr 22 2019 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of south central New Mexico, southwest New Mexico, and southwest Texas. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. Isolated showers and thunderstorms, mainly over the mountains. Wind gusts to 40 mph and small hail possible with a few storms. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday. Isolated showers and thunderstorms possible Tuesday and Wednesday. Wind gusts to 45 mph and small hail possible. No hazardous weather is expected the rest of the period. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will not be needed. Hefner
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service El Paso TX
447 PM MDT MON APR 22 2019
NMZ408>413-TXZ418>420-423-222330-
Central Tularosa Basin NM-Eastern Black Range Foothills NM-
Southern Tularosa Basin NM-Northern Dona Ana County NM-
Sierra County Lakes NM-Southern Dona Ana County/Mesilla Valley NM-
Eastern/Central El Paso County TX-
Rio Grande Valley of Eastern El Paso/Western Hudspeth Counties TX-
Northern Hudspeth Highlands/Hueco Mountains TX-
Western El Paso County TX-
447 PM MDT MON APR 22 2019
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN OTERO...EASTERN
SIERRA...DONA ANA...WESTERN HUDSPETH AND EL PASO COUNTIES UNTIL 530
PM MDT...
At 444 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms
moving across the region. Movement was northeast at 40 mph.
Winds in excess of 55 mph with Blowing Dust will be possible with
these storms. Dangerous driving conditions may occur including
along portions of Interstates 10 and 25.
Locations impacted include...
West El Paso, East El Paso, Central El Paso, Northeast El Paso,
Hatch, Far East El Paso, Mission Valley, Tornillo, Chaparral, Upham,
Clint, Horizon City, Fabens, Leasburg, Northrup Landing, Santa
Teresa, Vado, Rincon, Las Cruces and Anthony.
LAT...LON 3343 10644 3137 10597 3146 10620 3169 10635
3175 10642 3175 10649 3178 10653 3179 10725
3345 10723
TIME...MOT...LOC 2244Z 234DEG 48KT 3271 10721 3179 10644
ROGASHThe El Paso radar (KEPZ), 26 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:06 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
A spotter in northeast El Paso recorded a peak gust of 64 mph.
A photo was received of a weak landspout tornado near the town of Clint. No damage done.
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