Alert archive / New Mexico / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2010
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 31, NWS El Paso, TX
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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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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</html>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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 15, 4:25 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Doña Ana | 35 min |
| Jul 15, 5:03 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Doña Ana | 27 min |
| Jul 15, 2:50 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Hudspeth | 20 min |
| Jul 15, 3:03 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Hudspeth | 42 min |
| Jul 15, 3:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Hudspeth | 24 min |
| Jul 15, 4:26 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Hudspeth | 109 min |
Nearby
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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.