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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 40, NWS El Paso, TX

August 10, 2008Doña Ana County, New Mexico; El Paso County, Texas

NWS El Paso, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 10, 2008, 1:47 PM MDT for Doña Ana County, New Mexico; El Paso County, Texas. It was in force for 43 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
Aug 10, 2008, 1:47 PM MDT (19:47 UTC)
Expired
Aug 10, 2008, 2:30 PM MDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS El Paso, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Doña Ana County, NM, El Paso County, TX

The radar

The El Paso radar (KEPZ), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:50 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 Aug 10, 3:14 AM MDT, 10 hours 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 10, 3:14 AM MDT, 10 hours 33 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 10, 12:22 PM MDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
1222 PM MDT SUN AUG 10 2008

NMZ022>025-030>032-TXZ055-056-111830-
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-
1222 PM MDT SUN AUG 10 2008

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. SOME STORMS...ESPECIALLY IN THE SACS COULD PRODUCE SOME
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL TOTALS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR EACH AFTERNOON
THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS SHOULD REPORT HAZARDOUS WEATHER TO THIS OFFICE OR LOCAL
LAW ENFORCEMENT.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 10, 2:15 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZDoña Ana2 hr
Aug 10, 2:30 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZDoña Ana37 min
Aug 10, 3:40 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZOtero39 min
Aug 10, 4:22 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZGrant3 hr
Aug 10, 2:48 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZHudspeth3 hr
Aug 10, 3:51 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZEl Paso114 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Mexico, 2008Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 2008Every severe thunderstorm 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.