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Red Flag Warning 38, NWS El Paso, TX

May 20, 20088 counties in New Mexico; El Paso County, Hudspeth County, Texas

NWS El Paso, TX issued this red flag warning at May 20, 2008, 2:25 PM MDT for 8 counties in New Mexico; El Paso County, Hudspeth County, Texas. It took effect at May 21, 2008, 10:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 14 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: May 20, 2008, 2:25 PM MDT (20:25 UTC)
In effect from: May 21, 2008, 10:00 AM MDT
Expired: May 22, 2008, 12:00 AM MDT
In force: 14 hr
Issued by: NWS El Paso, TX

Counties Catron County, NM, Doña Ana County, NM, Grant County, NM, Hidalgo County, NM, Lincoln County, NM, Luna County, NM, Otero County, NM, Sierra County, NM, El Paso County, TX, Hudspeth County, TX

The radar

The El Paso radar (KEPZ), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:24 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 red flag 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 red flag warning went out at May 20, 3:58 AM MDT, 10 hours 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 20, 3:58 AM MDT, 10 hours 27 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 20, 6:00 AM MDT, 8 hours 25 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
600 AM MDT TUE MAY 20 2008

NMZ022>025-030>032-TXZ055-056-211200-
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-
600 AM MDT TUE MAY 20 2008

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

STRONG WINDS WILL AGAIN RETURN TO THE AREA FOR WEDNESDAY AND
THRUSDAY. BLOWING DUST COULD REDUCE VISIBILITIES ESPCIALLY AROUND
DUST PRONE AREAS. THE WINDS WILL BEGIN TO SLOW DOWN ON FRIDAY.

.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.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 20, 3:34 PM MDT	Wind Advisory	EPZ		34 hr

Nearby

Red Flag Warnings in New Mexico, 2008 Red Flag Warnings in Texas, 2008 Every red flag warning in 2008

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.