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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 103, NWS El Paso, TX

July 24, 2013Doña Ana County, Otero County, New Mexico

NWS El Paso, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 24, 2013, 8:46 PM MDT for Doña Ana County, Otero County, New Mexico. It was in force for 44 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 24, 2013, 8:46 PM MDT (02:46 UTC)
Expired
Jul 24, 2013, 9:30 PM MDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS El Paso, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Doña Ana County, NM, Otero County, NM

The radar

The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:49 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.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 24, 6:39 PM MDT, 2 hours 7 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 24, 7:07 PM MDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jul 24, 7:52 PM MDT, 54 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jul 24, 8:01 PM MDT, 45 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX
801 PM MDT WED JUL 24 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0758 PM     FLOOD            SUNLAND PARK            31.80N 106.58W
07/24/2013                   DONA ANA           NM   NWS EMPLOYEE

            NWS EMPLOYEE REPORTS PEA-SIZE HAIL AND STREET FLOODING
            NEAR MESA AND I-10... INTERSECTION OF MESA DR. AND NORTH
            DESERT IMPASSABLE.

&&

EVENT NUMBER EPZ1300540

JMP

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 24, 6:07 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningEPZGrant4 hr
Jul 24, 6:44 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningEPZOtero91 min
Jul 24, 7:23 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningEPZDoña Ana67 min
Jul 24, 7:31 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZDoña Ana44 min
Jul 24, 7:31 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZDoña Ana44 min
Jul 24, 8:00 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningEPZOtero90 min
Jul 24, 8:05 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZDoña Ana, Otero40 min
Jul 24, 8:50 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningEPZSierra115 min
Jul 24, 9:06 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningEPZDoña Ana84 min
Jul 24, 9:06 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZDoña Ana39 min
Jul 24, 9:29 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningEPZDoña Ana, Luna4 hr
Jul 24, 9:29 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZDoña Ana46 min
Jul 24, 9:57 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningEPZOtero93 min
Jul 24, 9:58 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningEPZGrant, Sierra2 hr
Jul 24, 10:27 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningEPZDoña Ana63 min
Jul 24, 11:15 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningEPZSierra3 hr
Jul 25, 3:02 AM MDTFlash Flood WatchEPZDoña Ana, Grant, Hidalgo, Luna, Otero, Sierra3 days
Jul 24, 10:16 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZEl Paso44 min
Jul 25, 2:43 AM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZEl Paso2 hr
Jul 25, 3:20 AM MDTFlash Flood WarningEPZEl Paso115 min
Jul 25, 6:09 AM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZEl Paso111 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.