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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 14, NWS El Paso, TX

May 8, 2007Doña Ana County, New Mexico

NWS El Paso, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 8, 2007, 8:33 PM MDT for Doña Ana County, New Mexico. It was in force for 42 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 8, 2007, 8:33 PM MDT (02:33 UTC)
Expired
May 8, 2007, 9:15 PM MDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS El Paso, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Doña Ana County, NM

The radar

The El Paso radar (KEPZ), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 8, 2:38 PM MDT, 5 hours 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 8, 2:38 PM MDT, 5 hours 55 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
238 PM MDT TUE MAY 8 2007

.SYNOPSIS...
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE BORDERLAND THROUGH WEDNESDAY
EVENING. WITH THUNDERSTORMS HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND STRONG
WINDS ARE POSSIBLE. THERE IS A ALSO A CHANCE FOR FLOODING IN
EXTREME WESTERN TEXAS AND SOUTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO THIS EVENING
AND OVERNIGHT. THURSDAY A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS OVER THE
REGION...DRYING AND WARMING THINGS THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

&&

.DISCUSSION...
LOW PRESSURE TROUGH SITTING ACROSS ARIZONA AND NEW MEXICO INTO
COLORADO. WITH THE MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS LOW AND INSTABILITY
PRESENT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN TODAY.
CONDITIONS CONTINUE TO LOOK FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE STORMS WITH GOOD
VERTICAL WIND SHEAR...DEEP CAPE AND ABUNDANT MOISTURE. GOLF BALL
SIZE HAIL MAY BE REPEATED TODAY WITH THE VERY STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS.

HAVE A FLASH FLOOD WATCH OUT FOR THE EAST COUNTIES IN THE CWA AS
PW VALUES OF .65 FROM THIS MORNING ARE ABOUT 170% OF NORMAL FOR
THIS TIME OF YEAR. THE CURRENT MODEL GUIDANCE SHOWS THE GREATEST
INSTABILITY SOUTH OF THE BORDER WITH CORFIDI VECTORS STEERING THE
STORMS NORTHEAST. HAVE LEFT THE WESTERN COUNTIES OUT OF THE WATCH AS
THE MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY THERE DO NOT LOOK AS FAVORABLE. THAT
BEING SAID...ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING CANNOT BE RULED OUT WEST OF
THE RIVER.

THIS WAVE WILL MOVE OUT OF THE REGION LATE WEDNESDAY. AS A RIDGE
OF HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN BEHIND THE EXITING LOW...THINGS WILL
DRY AND WARM. THIS RIDGE WILL REMAIN IN PLACE INTO NEXT
WEEK.

&&

.AVIATION...VALID 09/00Z-10/00Z.
SCT TSTMS WILL DEVELOP OVER MUCH OF NEW MEXICO AND EASTERN ARIZONA
THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. THESE STORMS WILL AFFECT THE SOUTHERN
HALF OF TWEB ROUTE 195 AND ALL OF ROUTE 196. CONDITIONS WILL
GENERALLY BE VFR...BUT EXPECT MVFR OR IFR CONDITIONS ALONG WITH
GUSTY WINDS...POSSIBLE HAIL AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS NEAR ANY TSTMS.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
EL PASO                 51  78  54  87  59 /  30  20  10   0   0
SIERRA BLANCA TX        49  71  51  85  55 /  40  30  20   0   0
LAS CRUCES              51  77  54  88  58 /  30  20  10   0   0
ALAMOGORDO              47  75  52  84  55 /  30  20  20   0   0
CLOUDCROFT              36  56  39  63  42 /  40  30  20   0   0
TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES   49  75  51  84  55 /  30  20  10   0   0
SILVER CITY             45  71  49  77  51 /  40  20  10   0   0
DEMING                  51  80  52  89  56 /  30  10  10   0   0
LORDSBURG               49  81  52  90  56 /  30  10  10   0   0

&&

.EPZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NM...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH LATE TONIGHT FOR NMZ024-025-032.

TX...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH LATE TONIGHT FOR TXZ055-056.

&&

23/21
Hazardous weather outlook, May 8, 2:00 AM MDT, 18 hours 33 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
200 AM MDT TUE MAY 8 2007

NMZ022>025-030>032-TXZ055-056-091245-
SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS/LOWER GILA REGION-SIERRA COUNTY LAKES REGION-
TULAROSA BASIN/SOUTHERN DESERT-SOUTHERN SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS-
SOUTHWEST DESERT/BOOTHEEL-SOUTHWEST DESERT/MIMBRES BASIN-
SOUTHERN DESERT-EL PASO-HUDSPETH-
200 AM MDT TUE MAY 8 2007

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
NEW MEXICO...SOUTHWEST NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWEST TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT.
STRONGEST ACTIVITY WILL BE EAST OF THE RIO GRANDE WITH A FEW STORMS
PRODUCING HAIL OVER AN INCH IN DIAMETER ALONG WITH WIND GUSTS TO 40
MPH. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS POSSIBLE WITH OVER AN INCH OF RAIN FALLING
AND PRODUCING FLOODING OVER ISOLATED LOCATIONS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY WITH BRIEF HEAVY RAINS
...WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND SMALL HAIL POSSIBLE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE REQUIRED THROUGH THIS EVENING...MAINLY
EAST OF THE RIO GRANDE.

ROGASH

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 8, 8:23 PM MDT, 10 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 9, 4:21 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZEl Paso24 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Mexico, 2007Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2007

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.