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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS El Paso, TX

July 16, 2010El Paso County, Texas

NWS El Paso, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 16, 2010, 2:51 PM MDT for El Paso County, Texas. It was in force for 39 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 16, 2010, 2:51 PM MDT (20:51 UTC)
Expired: Jul 16, 2010, 3:30 PM MDT
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS El Paso, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon

County El Paso County, TX

The radar

The El Paso radar (KEPZ), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:53 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 16, 2:33 PM MDT, 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 16, 2:33 PM MDT, 18 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 16, 11:15 AM MDT, 3 hours 36 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
1115 AM MDT FRI JUL 16 2010

NMZ022>025-030>032-TXZ055-056-171715-
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-
1115 AM MDT FRI JUL 16 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

DEEP MOISTURE REMAINS OVER THE AREA. WEAK IMPULSES ALOFT WILL TRACK
OVER THE REGION FROM THE EAST AND NORTHEAST. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS WILL FORM AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A FEW
STORMS WILL BECOME STRONG AND PRODUCE WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH. HEAVY
RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF MORE THAN AN INCH IS
LIKELY OVER ISOLATED SPOTS. GENERALLY STORMS WILL FIRST FORM OVER
THE AREA THE MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON. LATER DAY ACTIVITY SHOULD BE
FOCUSED OVER THE DESERTS AND SOUTHWEST NEW MEXICO THIS EVENING.
LOCALIZED FLOODING IS THE MAIN THREAT TODAY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY AND AREAL COVERAGE IS EXPECTED TO DIMINISH
OVER THE WEEKEND...WITH ONLY SLIGHT CHANCES OVER THE LOWLANDS EAST
OF THE RIO GRANDE. ISOLATED STORMS EXPECTED OVER THE AREA MOUNTAINS
AND FAR WESTERN LOWLANDS OF SOUTHWEST NEW MEXICO. DEEP MOISTURE IS
EXPECTED TO RETURN BY LATE TUESDAY OF NEXT WEEK. AN INCREASE IN
STORM ACTIVITY IS ON SLATE FOR LATE TUESDAY THROUGH THE END OF THE
WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

BIRD

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 16, 2:16 PM MDT, 35 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX
216 PM MDT FRI JUL 16 2010

TXZ055-162045-
EL PASO TX-
216 PM MDT FRI JUL 16 2010

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THREATENING CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY THROUGH
245 PM MDT...

AT 214 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR EAST EL PASO...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH.

HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MISSION VALLEY...
  INTERSTATE 10 EAST OF HIGHWAY 54...

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.

JMG

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 16, 1:41 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EPZ	Otero	26 min
Jul 16, 3:06 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EPZ	Otero	114 min
Jul 16, 2:25 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EPZ	El Paso	35 min
Jul 16, 2:31 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	EPZ	El Paso	119 min
Jul 16, 3:07 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	EPZ	El Paso	78 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.