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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 31, NWS El Paso, TX

July 15, 2010Otero County, New Mexico

NWS El Paso, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 15, 2010, 1:58 PM MDT for Otero County, New Mexico. It was in force for 47 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 15, 2010, 1:58 PM MDT (19:58 UTC)
Expired
Jul 15, 2010, 2:45 PM MDT
In force
47 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 19:58 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.

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 15, 3:45 AM MDT, 10 hours 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 15, 3:45 AM MDT, 10 hours 13 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 15, 11:08 AM MDT, 2 hours 50 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
1108 AM MDT THU JUL 15 2010

NMZ022>025-030>032-TXZ055-056-161715-
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-
1108 AM MDT THU JUL 15 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

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL PRODUCE
WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF MORE THAN AN INCH IN
SPOTS. STORMS WILL BE MOST NUMEROUS OVER THE MOUNTAINS THIS
AFTERNOON...WITH THE ACTIVITY FOCUSING OVER THE DESERTS THIS
EVENING. LOCALIZED FLOODING IS POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AGAIN FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING...WITH THE EMPHASIS SHIFTING TO WEST OF THE RIO GRANDE.
THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL BE GREATLY REDUCED ON THE WEEKEND AND
EARLY NEXT WEEK BEFORE INCREASING AGAIN AROUND WEDNESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS SHOULD REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER VIA OUR 800 NUMBER OR TO
LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT.

FAUSETT

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 15, 1:47 PM MDT, 11 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX
147 PM MDT THU JUL 15 2010

NMZ024-025-152015-
SOUTHERN SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS NM-TULAROSA BASIN/SOUTHERN DESERT NM-
147 PM MDT THU JUL 15 2010

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THREATENING EAST CENTRAL OTERO COUNTY
THROUGH 215 PM MDT...

AT 141 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 17 MILES EAST OF TIMBERON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
10 MPH.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  PINON...

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.

JMG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 15, 4:25 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZDoña Ana35 min
Jul 15, 5:03 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZDoña Ana27 min
Jul 15, 2:50 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZHudspeth20 min
Jul 15, 3:03 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZHudspeth42 min
Jul 15, 3:45 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZHudspeth24 min
Jul 15, 4:26 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZHudspeth109 min

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.