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Winter Storm Warning 3, NWS El Paso, TX

December 3, 2009

NWS El Paso, TX issued this winter storm warning at Dec 3, 2009, 2:11 PM MST. It took effect at Dec 3, 2009, 5:00 PM MST. It was in force for 12 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 3, 2009, 2:11 PM MST (21:11 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 3, 2009, 5:00 PM MST
Expired
Dec 4, 2009, 4:52 AM MST
In force
12 hr
Issued by
NWS El Paso, TX

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this winter storm 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 winter storm warning went out at Dec 3, 4:38 AM MST, 9 hours 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 3, 4:38 AM MST, 9 hours 33 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 3, 6:09 AM MST, 8 hours 2 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
609 AM MST THU DEC 3 2009

NMZ022>025-030>032-TXZ055-056-041315-
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-
609 AM MST THU DEC 3 2009

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
A FAST MOVING UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING A CHANCE FOR
SNOW TO THE AREA TONIGHT AND DURING THE MORNING HOURS ON FRIDAY.
THE BEST CHANCE FOR SNOW WILL BE EAST OF THE RIO GRANDE...BUT ONLY
THE SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS AND HUDSPETH COUNTY WILL SEE SIGNIFICANT
SNOW TOTALS...THE REST WILL SEE LESS THAN AN INCH OF SNOW.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY
SNOW SHOWERS WILL TAPER OFF DURING THE MORNING HOURS ON FRIDAY. WE
WILL SEE ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM APPROACH THE AREA ON MONDAY NIGHT
WHICH WILL BRING MOUNTAIN SNOW SHOWERS AND LOWLAND RAIN SHOWERS TO
THE AREA.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 3, 4:28 AM MSTWinter Weather AdvisoryEPZ10 hr
Dec 3, 2:11 PM MSTWinter Weather AdvisoryEPZ15 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Warnings in New Mexico, 2009Winter Storm Warnings in Texas, 2009Every winter storm 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.