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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 38, NWS El Paso, TX
NWS El Paso, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 21, 2009, 1:42 PM MDT for Otero County, New Mexico. It was in force for 33 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 21, 2009, 1:42 PM MDT (19:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 21, 2009, 2:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 33 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 19:46 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 21, 3:50 AM MDT, 9 hours 52 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 21, 3:50 AM MDT, 9 hours 52 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 21, 11:25 AM MDT, 2 hours 17 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM 1125 AM MDT FRI AUG 21 2009 NMZ022>025-030>032-TXZ055-056-221700- 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- 1125 AM MDT FRI AUG 21 2009 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. A WEAK BACKDOOR FRONT PUSHED INTO THE REGION FROM THE NORTHEAST OVERNIGHT. SLIGHT INCREASES IN LOW LEVEL MOISTURE ACCOMPANIED THIS BOUNDARY. THUS A SLIGHT INCREASE IN THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL IS EXPECTED TODAY. ISOLATED STORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. BEST RAIN CHANCES SHOULD BE OVER THE WEST AND SOUTH PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA. SOME STORMS MAY BECOME BRIEFLY STRONG DUE TO FAVORABLE SPEED SHEER ALOFT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. MOSTLY DRY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE PERIOD. A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE...MAINLY WELL WEST OF THE RIO GRANDE...ESPECIALLY OVER THE GILA AND BOOTHEEL REGIONS OF NEW MEXICO AND OVER HIGHER MOUNTAINS EAST OF THE RIO GRANDE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. BIRD
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 21, 1:35 PM MDT, 7 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM 135 PM MDT FRI AUG 21 2009 NMZ024-025-212100- TULAROSA BASIN/SOUTHERN DESERT-SOUTHERN SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALAMOGORDO...MESCALERO...CLOUDCROFT... TIMBERON 135 PM MDT FRI AUG 21 2009 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WEST SLOPES OF THE SACRAMENTOS... AT 130 PM MDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE CONTINUING TO DEVELOP ON THE WEST SLOPES OF THE SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED BETWEEN THE SUNSPOT OBSERVATORY AND OLIVER LEE STATE PARK. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL OVER THE CANYONS ON THE WEST SLOPES OF THE HIGHER TERRAIN. ARROYOS WILL LIKELY BECOME INUNDATED IN THIS AREA...AND AN ARROYO FLOOD ADVISORY HAS ALREADY BEEN ISSUED FOR THIS AREA THROUGH 345 PM. THESE STORMS WILL ALSO PRODUCE UP TO DIME SIZE HAIL...WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...AND DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. GUSTY WINDS MAY REACH AREAS FAR FROM WHERE RAIN IS FALLING. PERSONS TRAVELING ON US-54 NEAR ALAMOGORDO...OR ON THE WESTSIDE ROAD IN THE SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS...SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN ENCOUNTERING THESE STORMS. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ALSO BEEN DEVELOPING FARTHER NORTH NEAR CLOUDCROFT AND MESCALERO. THESE STORMS ARE LIKELY TO STRENGTHEN OVER THE NEXT HOUR OR SO. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MAY BUILD INTO ALAMOGORDO LATER THIS AFTERNOON. TXZ055-056-212100- EL PASO-HUDSPETH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EL PASO...SIERRA BLANCA...DELL CITY 135 PM MDT FRI AUG 21 2009 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHERN HUDSPETH COUNTY MOVING NORTH... AT 130 PM MDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHERN HUDSPETH COUNTY...STRETCHING FROM NEAR ESPERANZA AND FORT QUITMAN...EASTWARD TO VAN HORN. THIS LINE OF STORMS WAS MOVING TO THE NORTH AT ABOUT 20 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...LOCALLY TORRENTIAL RAINFALL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH. THE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE I-10 CORRIDOR BETWEEN FORT HANCOCK AND VAN HORN BEFORE 2 PM MDT...AS WELL AS THE TOWN OF SIERRA BLANCA. MOTORISTS TRAVELING ON I-10 IN THE AREA SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN ENCOUNTERING THESE STORMS. SATELLITE AND RADAR TRENDS SUGGEST ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS OVER SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY. HARDIMAN
The office that day
Everything else NWS El Paso, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 21, 12:53 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Otero | 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.