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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 48, NWS El Paso, TX

September 11, 2009Luna County, New Mexico

NWS El Paso, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 11, 2009, 4:28 PM MDT for Luna County, New Mexico. It was in force for 50 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

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The facts

Issued: Sep 11, 2009, 4:28 PM MDT (22:28 UTC)
Expired: Sep 11, 2009, 5:18 PM MDT
In force: 50 min
Issued by: NWS El Paso, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Luna County, NM

The radar

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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 Sep 11, 3:05 PM MDT, 1 hour 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 11, 3:05 PM MDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 11, 12:23 PM MDT, 4 hours 5 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 11, 1:21 PM MDT, 3 hours 7 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
121 PM MDT FRI SEP 11 2009

NMZ024-025-030>032-TXZ055-056-112100-
TULAROSA BASIN/SOUTHERN DESERT-SOUTHERN SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS-
SOUTHWEST DESERT/BOOTHEEL-SOUTHWEST DESERT/MIMBRES BASIN-
SOUTHERN DESERT-EL PASO-HUDSPETH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALAMOGORDO...MESCALERO...CLOUDCROFT...
TIMBERON...LORDSBURG...DEMING...LAS CRUCES...EL PASO...
SIERRA BLANCA...DELL CITY
121 PM MDT FRI SEP 11 2009

...THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALIZED HEAVY RAIN TO RETURN THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING...

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CURRENTLY OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF
THE SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS AND GILA REGION OF SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO...
WILL SPREAD INTO THE LOWLAND DESERTS LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE SLOW-MOVING...AND WILL
PRODUCE LOCALIZED TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS...ALONG WITH WIND GUSTS UP
TO 45 MPH...SMALL HAIL...AND DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.

LOCALIZED FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IF THUNDERSTORMS
SET UP OVER AREAS WHICH RECEIVED HEAVY RAINFALL YESTERDAY AND
LAST NIGHT. SPECIAL AREAS OF CONCERN INCLUDE PARTS OF LAS CRUCES
AND THE NEW MEXICO BOOTHEEL...AS WELL AS THE AREA AROUND FORT
HANCOCK TEXAS.

A SLOW-MOVING UPPER LEVEL LOW OVER WEST-CENTRAL NEW MEXICO... AND
AN ENHANCED SUBTROPICAL JET OVER SONORA AND CHIHUAHUA...COMBINED
WITH A MOIST AND CONDITIONALLY UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE...ARE
RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ENHANCED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY EXPERIENCED
OVER THE REGION THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS. THE UPPER LOW WILL
SLOWLY WEAKEN...BUT A LINGERING TROUGH AND ENHANCED MOISTURE WILL
KEEP THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY ON THE HIGH SIDE FOR SATURDAY...WITH
DECREASING AREAL COVERAGE EXPECTED ON SUNDAY.

NMZ022-023-112100-
SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS/LOWER GILA REGION-SIERRA COUNTY LAKES REGION-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SILVER CITY...TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES
121 PM MDT FRI SEP 11 2009

...THUNDERSTORMS STRENGTHENING OVER THE GILA REGION...

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE INCREASING IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY
ACROSS MUCH OF THE GILA REGION OF NORTHERN GRANT COUNTY...AS WELL AS
OVER THE SAN ANDRES MOUNTAINS IN EASTERN SIERRA COUNTY.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING VERY SLOWLY...AND ARE PRODUCING
LOCALLY TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND EAST OF
STATE HIGHWAY 15 IN GRANT COUNTY. WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH...AND SMALL
HAIL WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS...ALONG WITH DANGEROUS CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING.

THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BUILD INTO THE LOWER ELEVATIONS OF
GRANT AND SIERRA COUNTY OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. STORMS ARE
ALSO LIKELY TO BUILD INTO THE SILVER CITY AREA LATER TODAY.

LOCALIZED FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE...AND THOSE TRAVELING IN THE
AREA ARE ADVISED TO USE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN ENCOUNTERING HEAVY
RAINFALL.

FLOOD ADVISORIES AND/OR WARNINGS MAY BECOME NECESSARY LATER TODAY.
STAY TUNED FOR POSSIBLE FUTURE STATEMENTS.

HARDIMAN

Special weather statement, Sep 11, 2:40 PM MDT, 1 hour 48 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
Sep 10, 6:22 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EPZ	Doña Ana, Luna	38 min
Sep 10, 7:32 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EPZ	Doña Ana	2 hr
Sep 10, 7:38 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EPZ	Luna	2 hr
Sep 10, 11:23 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EPZ	Hidalgo	22 min
Sep 11, 1:43 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EPZ	Grant	3 hr
Sep 11, 3:12 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EPZ	Grant	2 hr
Sep 11, 3:34 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EPZ	Doña Ana, Sierra	3 hr
Sep 11, 3:37 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EPZ	Sierra	38 min
Sep 11, 3:45 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EPZ	Doña Ana	45 min
Sep 11, 3:51 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EPZ	Doña Ana	39 min
Sep 11, 4:04 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	EPZ	Sierra	116 min
Sep 11, 4:18 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	EPZ	Doña Ana	117 min
Sep 11, 4:20 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EPZ	Doña Ana	55 min
Sep 10, 9:37 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	EPZ	Hudspeth	113 min
Sep 10, 11:15 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EPZ	El Paso	3 hr
Sep 11, 3:42 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EPZ	El Paso	54 min
Sep 11, 3:52 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EPZ	El Paso	3 hr
Sep 11, 3:57 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	EPZ	El Paso	2 hr

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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.