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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 40, NWS El Paso, TX

June 14, 2013Doña Ana County, Otero County, New Mexico

NWS El Paso, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 2013, 5:45 PM MDT for Doña Ana County, Otero County, New Mexico. It was in force for 60 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 14, 2013, 5:45 PM MDT (23:45 UTC)
Expired
Jun 14, 2013, 6:45 PM MDT
In force
60 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 23:48 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 14, 2:06 PM MDT, 3 hours 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 14, 2:06 PM MDT, 3 hours 39 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 14, 10:45 AM MDT, 7 hours before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 14, 5:13 PM MDT, 32 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 14, 5:26 PM MDT, 19 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 14, 5:35 PM MDT, 10 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX
535 PM MDT FRI JUN 14 2013

NMZ411-413-417-TXZ418>420-423-150030-
EASTERN/CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY TX-NORTHERN HUDSPETH HIGHLANDS/HUECO
MOUNTAINS TX-OTERO MESA NM-RIO GRANDE VALLEY OF EASTERN EL
PASO/WESTERN HUDSPETH COUNTIES TX-SOUTHERN DONA ANA COUNTY/MESILLA
VALLEY NM-SOUTHERN TULAROSA BASIN NM-WESTERN EL PASO COUNTY TX-
535 PM MDT FRI JUN 14 2013

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THREATENING SOUTHEASTERN DONA ANA...
SOUTHWESTERN OTERO...EXTREME WESTERN HUDSPETH AND EL PASO COUNTIES
THROUGH 630 PM MDT...

AT 528 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OROGRANDE. THESE
STORMS WERE TRACKING SOUTHEAST AROUND 15 MPH AND ARE MOVING INTO
NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY AT THIS TIME.

HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH OUTFLOWS AHEAD OF THESE STORMS AS THEY APPROACH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MCGREGOR RANGE BASE...
  MISSION VALLEY...
  EAST EL PASO...
  NORTHEAST EL PASO...
  CHAPARRAL...
  HORIZON CITY...
  FABENS...
  CENTRAL EL PASO...
  ANTHONY GAP...
  TORNILLO...
  FRANKLIN MOUNTAINS STATE PARK...
  HUECO TANKS...

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A
STURDY BUILDING.

TRIPOLI
Local storm report, Jun 14, 5:43 PM MDT, 2 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 14, 1:41 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZOtero109 min
Jun 14, 3:00 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZOtero2 hr
Jun 14, 4:29 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZSierra2 hr

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.