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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 33, NWS El Paso, TX

July 18, 2008Doña Ana County, Luna County, New Mexico

NWS El Paso, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 18, 2008, 4:08 PM MDT for Doña Ana County, Luna County, New Mexico. It was in force for 37 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: Jul 18, 2008, 4:08 PM MDT (22:08 UTC)
Expired: Jul 18, 2008, 4:45 PM MDT
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS El Paso, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Doña Ana County, NM, Luna County, NM

The radar

The El Paso radar (KEPZ), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:09 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 Jul 18, 3:41 PM MDT, 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 18, 3:41 PM MDT, 27 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 18, 11:05 AM MDT, 5 hours 3 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 17, 6:02 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	EPZ	Sierra	118 min
Jul 17, 7:08 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EPZ	Doña Ana, Sierra	3 hr
Jul 18, 12:48 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EPZ	Otero	3 hr
Jul 18, 1:30 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EPZ	Doña Ana	3 hr
Jul 18, 2:02 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EPZ	Otero	3 hr
Jul 18, 2:54 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EPZ	Doña Ana	36 min
Jul 18, 3:09 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EPZ	Doña Ana, Luna, Sierra	51 min
Jul 18, 4:41 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EPZ	Luna	64 min
Jul 18, 5:00 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	EPZ	Grant, Luna	3 hr
Jul 18, 5:57 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EPZ	Grant, Hidalgo	3 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.