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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 65, NWS El Paso, TX

October 20, 2009Hidalgo County, New Mexico

NWS El Paso, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 20, 2009, 1:25 PM MDT for Hidalgo County, New Mexico. It was in force for 65 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
Oct 20, 2009, 1:25 PM MDT (19:25 UTC)
Expired
Oct 20, 2009, 2:30 PM MDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS El Paso, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Hidalgo County, NM

The radar

The Tucson radar (KEMX), 181 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Oct 20, 11:30 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

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 Oct 20, 4:30 AM MDT, 8 hours 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 20, 4:30 AM MDT, 8 hours 55 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 20, 5:40 AM MDT, 7 hours 45 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
540 AM MDT TUE OCT 20 2009

NMZ022>025-030>032-TXZ055-056-211145-
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-
540 AM MDT TUE OCT 20 2009

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
AN APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL HELP GENERATE
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING. A FEW STORMS
MAY BE SEVERE. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE FROM STRONG SURFACE WINDS
AND HAIL. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...BUT WILL BE QUICK
MOVING SO SHOULD NOT REMAIN OVER ONE LOCATION FOR VERY LONG. THE
STORM THREAT WILL DECREASE FROM WEST TO EAST AS WE MOVE THROUGH
THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY
NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER EXPECTED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTERS SHOULD REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER TO THE NWS 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
Oct 20, 5:33 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZDoña Ana42 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.