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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 47, NWS El Paso, TX

July 21, 2010Hudspeth County, Texas

NWS El Paso, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 21, 2010, 2:39 PM MDT for Hudspeth County, Texas. It was in force for 30 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 21, 2010, 2:39 PM MDT (20:39 UTC)
Expired
Jul 21, 2010, 3:09 PM MDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS El Paso, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Hudspeth County, TX

The radar

The El Paso radar (KEPZ), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:38 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 21, 4:11 AM MDT, 10 hours 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 21, 4:11 AM MDT, 10 hours 28 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 21, 11:00 AM MDT, 3 hours 39 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
1100 AM MDT WED JUL 21 2010

NMZ022>025-030>032-TXZ055-056-221715-
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-
1100 AM MDT WED JUL 21 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

MOISTURE WILL BEGAN TO INCREASE THROUGH THE COURSE OF THE DAY TODAY.
ISOLATED LOWLAND AND SCATTERED MOUNTAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON DUE TO UPSLOPE FLOW OVER AREA MOUNTAINS
AND INTENSE SURFACE HEATING OVER THE LOWLANDS. STORMS ARE EXPECTED
TO BE MORE WIDESPREAD FROM THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY WESTWARD AND OVER
THE HIGHER MOUNTAINS THAN OVER FAR WEST TEXAS AND SOUTH CENTRAL NEW
MEXICO. HOWEVER ISOLATED STORMS ARE EXPECTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
OVERNIGHT OVER AREAS EAST OF THE RIO GRANDE. STORMS TODAY WILL MOVE
TO THE NORTHWEST. FEW STORMS MAY PRODUCE OVER AN INCH OF RAINFALL...
AND LOCALIZED FLOODING...ALONG WITH SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 50
MPH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...DEEPER MOISTURE WILL SETTLE OVER THE
REGION FROM BOTH THE WEST AND THE EAST AS HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT
RECEDES EAST AND ALLOWS A DEEPER SOUTHERLY MONSOONAL FLOW PATTERN
ALOFT. SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE WITH
SCATTERED STORM COVERAGE SPREAD OVER THE ENTIRE WARNING AREA. WITH
INCREASED MOISTURE HEAVY RAIN WITH A FEW STORMS MAY PRODUCE OVER AN
INCH OF RAIN AND LOCAL FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION SOME OF
THESE STORMS WILL BE STRONG...PRODUCING HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS SHOULD REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER DIRECTLY TO THE NWS VIA
OUR 800 NUMBER.

BIRD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 20, 7:25 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningEPZHidalgo95 min
Jul 21, 2:28 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZHidalgo62 min
Jul 21, 1:20 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZGrant, Sierra115 min
Jul 21, 1:20 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZOtero115 min
Jul 21, 4:24 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningEPZGrant83 min
Jul 21, 5:30 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZLuna60 min
Jul 21, 5:32 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningEPZGrant, Hidalgo58 min
Jul 21, 3:22 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZEl Paso38 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 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.