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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 32, NWS El Paso, TX

August 1, 2009Otero County, New Mexico

NWS El Paso, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 1, 2009, 1:06 PM MDT for Otero County, New Mexico. It was in force for 39 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 1, 2009, 1:06 PM MDT (19:06 UTC)
Expired
Aug 1, 2009, 1:45 PM MDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS El Paso, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Otero County, NM

The radar

The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:05 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 1, 4:25 AM MDT, 8 hours 41 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 1, 4:25 AM MDT, 8 hours 41 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 1, 11:55 AM MDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
1155 PM MDT SAT AUG 1 2009

NMZ022>025-030>032-TXZ055-056-021530-
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-
1155 PM MDT SAT AUG 1 2009

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 THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...MOST FREQUENT
EAST OF EL PASO. A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY HAVE SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY
WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE...MAINLY OVER THE MOUNTAINS...FOR
SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES BEYOND THIS PERIOD ARE
VERY LOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS SHOULD REPORT ANY SIGNIFICANT WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE VIA OUR 800 NUMBER OR TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 1, 2:48 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZOtero24 min
Aug 1, 5:11 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZDoña Ana49 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Mexico, 2009Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2009

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.