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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 30, NWS El Paso, TX

July 12, 2010Grant County, New Mexico

NWS El Paso, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 12, 2010, 4:44 PM MDT for Grant County, New Mexico. It was in force for 61 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
Jul 12, 2010, 4:44 PM MDT (22:44 UTC)
Expired
Jul 12, 2010, 5:45 PM MDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS El Paso, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Grant County, NM

The radar

The El Paso radar (KEPZ), 185 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:44 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 Jul 12, 1:19 PM MDT, 3 hours 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 12, 1:19 PM MDT, 3 hours 25 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 12, 2:35 PM MDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
235 PM MDT MON JUL 12 2010

NMZ022>025-030>032-TXZ055-056-131745-
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-
235 PM MDT MON JUL 12 2010

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH MOST AREAS REMAINING DRY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. GENERALLY WARM AND DRY
WITH ONLY SLIGHT CHANCES OF AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION SHOULD NOT BE REQUIRED.

ROGASH

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 12, 4:02 PM MDT, 42 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX
402 PM MDT MON JUL 12 2010

NMZ022-023-122300-
SIERRA COUNTY LAKES REGION NM-SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS/LOWER GILA REGION
NM-
402 PM MDT MON JUL 12 2010

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM THREATENING CENTRAL SIERRA COUNTY...

AT 352 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES EAST OF MONTICELLO...MOVING SOUTH AT 10
MPH.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MONTICELLO...
  PLACITAS...
  ELEPHANT BUTTE...
  CUCHILLO...
  ALAMOSA CANYON...
  NORTH MONTICELLO POINT...

THIS STORM WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF THE I-10 CORRIDOR BETWEEN TRUTH
OR CONSEQUENCES AND ALAMOSA CANYON.

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A
STURDY BUILDING.

TORRENTIAL RAIN MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ON A FLOODED ROADWAY.

HARDIMAN
Special weather statement, Jul 12, 4:13 PM MDT, 31 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX
413 PM MDT MON JUL 12 2010

NMZ031-122300-
SOUTHWEST DESERT/MIMBRES BASIN NM-
413 PM MDT MON JUL 12 2010

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THREATENING DEMING AREA THROUGH 500 PM
MDT...

AT 404 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES NORTH OF DEMING...MOVING SOUTH AT 15
MPH.

THIS STORM WILL MOVE INTO THE NORTH SIDE OF DEMING AROUND 430 PM.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH
HEAVY RAIN...DIME SIZED HAIL... AND DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  DEMING...
  SUNSHINE...
  SPRING CANYON STATE PARK...
  ROCK HOUND STATE PARK...

THIS STATEMENT INCLUDES PORTIONS OF I-10 BETWEEN AKELA AND GAGE...
AS WELL AS PORTIONS OF US-180 AND STATE HIGHWAY 26.

THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

TORRENTIAL RAIN MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ON A FLOODED ROADWAY.

HARDIMAN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 11, 10:19 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZDoña Ana116 min
Jul 11, 11:09 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningEPZDoña Ana96 min
Jul 12, 4:40 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZLuna90 min
Jul 12, 5:36 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningEPZGrant, Luna114 min
Jul 11, 6:45 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZHudspeth2 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Mexico, 2010Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2010

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.