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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 18, NWS El Paso, TX

June 6, 2013Otero County, New Mexico

NWS El Paso, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 6, 2013, 8:21 PM MDT for Otero County, New Mexico. It was in force for 54 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
Jun 6, 2013, 8:21 PM MDT (02:21 UTC)
Expired
Jun 6, 2013, 9:15 PM MDT
In force
54 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 02:21 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 Jun 6, 2:56 PM MDT, 5 hours 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 6, 2:56 PM MDT, 5 hours 25 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 6, 11:31 AM MDT, 8 hours 50 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
1131 AM MDT THU JUN 6 2013

NMZ401>417-TXZ418>424-071745-
UPPER GILA RIVER VALLEY-SOUTHERN GILA HIGHLANDS/BLACK RANGE-
SOUTHERN GILA FOOTHILLS/MIMBRES VALLEY-
SOUTHWEST DESERT/LOWER GILA RIVER VALLEY-LOWLANDS OF THE BOOTHEEL-
UPLANDS OF THE BOOTHEEL-SOUTHWEST DESERT/MIMBRES BASIN-
EASTERN BLACK RANGE FOOTHILLS-SIERRA COUNTY LAKES-
NORTHERN DONA ANA COUNTY-SOUTHERN DONA ANA COUNTY/MESILLA VALLEY-
CENTRAL TULAROSA BASIN-SOUTHERN TULAROSA BASIN-
WEST SLOPES SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS BELOW 7500 FEET-
SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 7500 FEET-
EAST SLOPES SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS BELOW 7500 FEET-OTERO MESA-
WESTERN EL PASO COUNTY-EASTERN/CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY-
NORTHERN HUDSPETH HIGHLANDS/HUECO MOUNTAINS-SALT BASIN-
SOUTHERN HUDSPETH HIGHLANDS-
RIO GRANDE VALLEY OF EASTERN EL PASO/WESTERN HUDSPETH COUNTIES-
RIO GRANDE VALLEY OF EASTERN HUDSPETH COUNTY-
1131 AM MDT THU JUN 6 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NM AND TX.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
A LITTLE MOISTURE HAS MOVED INTO THE REGION BEHIND AN OVER NIGHT
EAST PUSH. THIS MOISTURE WILL BE JUST ENOUGH TO HELP FIRE A SOME
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY IN HUDSPETH AND EASTERN OTERO
COUNTIES. A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH THE MAIN THREAT
BEING WINDS GREATER THAN 60 MPH AND HAIL GREATER THAN ONE INCH IN
SIZE. IN ADDITION JUST ENOUGH MOISTURE MAY BE AVAILABLE TO HELP
START A FEW DRY LIGHTNING PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS IN THE GILA REGION.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY
ON FRIDAY MORE MOISTURE WILL PUSH IN AND IT WILL PUSH FURTHER WEST
SO THE THUNDERSTORM THREAT WILL PUSH INTO THE RIO GRANDE
VALLEY...AGAIN A FEW OF THESE STORMS WILL BE STRONG TO SEVERE.
ALSO ON FRIDAY THERE WILL BE A THREAT OF DRY LIGHTNING IN THE GILA
REGION.

DRIER AIR WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION ON SATURDAY AND FOR SUNDAY
THROUGH WEDNESDAY WE WILL SEE VERY HOT TEMPERATURES BUILD INTO
SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO AND FAR WEST TEXAS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTERS ARE ASKED TO CALL IN ANY SIGNIFICANT WEATHER TO THE NWS
OFFICE VIA OUR 800 NUMBER OR CALL LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OR TWEET
US A REPORT USING OUR OFFICE USERNAME @NWSELPASO

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 6, 8:14 PM MDT, 7 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 7, 12:09 PM MDTFire Weather WatchEPZCatron, Grant, Hidalgo, Luna, Sierra11 hr
Jun 7, 2:25 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZSierra50 min
Jun 7, 2:47 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZGrant43 min
Jun 7, 3:20 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZGrant115 min
Jun 7, 3:47 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZDoña Ana, Sierra43 min
Jun 7, 3:59 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningEPZGrant91 min
Jun 7, 4:14 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZDoña Ana61 min
Jun 7, 4:35 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZDoña Ana55 min
Jun 7, 4:47 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZLuna43 min
Jun 7, 5:12 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZDoña Ana63 min
Jun 7, 5:28 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZOtero47 min
Jun 7, 5:31 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZDoña Ana59 min
Jun 7, 5:37 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZDoña Ana, Otero38 min
Jun 7, 5:59 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZHudspeth61 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Mexico, 2013Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2013

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.