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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 86, NWS El Paso, TX

July 5, 2013Luna County, New Mexico

NWS El Paso, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 5, 2013, 5:26 PM MDT for Luna County, New Mexico. It was in force for 49 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 5, 2013, 5:26 PM MDT (23:26 UTC)
Expired
Jul 5, 2013, 6:15 PM MDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS El Paso, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Luna County, NM

The radar

The El Paso radar (KEPZ), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:27 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 Jul 5, 2:59 PM MDT, 2 hours 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 5, 2:59 PM MDT, 2 hours 27 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 5, 11:52 AM MDT, 5 hours 34 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
1152 AM MDT FRI JUL 5 2013

NMZ401-404>407-410>417-TXZ418>424-061700-
UPPER GILA RIVER VALLEY-SOUTHWEST DESERT/LOWER GILA RIVER VALLEY-
LOWLANDS OF THE BOOTHEEL-UPLANDS OF THE BOOTHEEL-
SOUTHWEST DESERT/MIMBRES BASIN-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-
1152 AM MDT FRI JUL 5 2013

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AREA WIDE
THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THESE STORMS WILL CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL...SMALL HAIL AND STRONG WIND
GUSTS OVER 50 MPH. A FEW STORMS MIGHT PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH. STORMS WILL BE MORE FREQUENT THIS EVENING AND
THEN BEGIN TO WEAKEN BY MIDNIGHT. HEAVIER RAIN AMOUNTS MAY PRODUCE
MINOR LOCALIZED FLOODING ALONG DRAINAGES AND POORLY DRAINED LOW
LYING AREAS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

ISOLATED LOWLAND AND SCATTERED MOUNTAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH WEDNESDAY. STORMS MAY PRODUCE PERIODS OF
MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL...SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS
OF 50 MPH. EXCESSIVE RAINFALL FROM SOME STORMS MAY CAUSE MINOR
LOCALIZED FLOODING IN LOW LYING OR POORLY DRAINED AREAS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS SHOULD REPORT ANY OBSERVED HAZARDOUS WEATHER OR DAMAGE OR
FLOODING TO THIS OFFICE.

NMZ402-403-408-409-051700-
SOUTHERN GILA HIGHLANDS/BLACK RANGE-
SOUTHERN GILA FOOTHILLS/MIMBRES VALLEY-
EASTERN BLACK RANGE FOOTHILLS-SIERRA COUNTY LAKES-
1152 AM MDT FRI JUL 5 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NM.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN SIERRA
COUNTY AND PORTIONS OF EASTERN GRANT COUNTY FOR AREAS NEAR THE
SILVER FIRE BURN SCAR. THE FIRE HAS REMOVED VEGETATION FROM A
LARGE PORTION OF THE BLACK RANGE...LEAVING BARE SOIL THAT WILL NOT
BE ABLE TO SOAK IN EVEN MODERATE AMOUNTS OF RAINFALL. RAIN AMOUNTS
OF A HALF INCH OR GREATER WILL BE SUFFICIENT TO CAUSE FLASH
FLOODING ON AFFECTED CREEKS AND DRAINAGES. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR OVER THE ENTIRE AREA AGAIN
THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL
POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION... STRONG WIND GUSTS OF 50 MPH OR GREATER
AND POSSIBLY LARGE HAIL MAY ALSO OCCUR FROM SOME OF THE STORMS.
THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS FROM A FEW
THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE EACH
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. STORMS THAT DO DEVELOP WILL BE SLOW MOVING
AND MAY PRODUCE MORE RAINFALL. IN ADDITION...STRONG WIND GUSTS AND
MOSTLY SMALL HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS SHOULD REPORT ANY OBSERVED HAZARDOUS WEATHER OR DAMAGE OR
FLOODING TO THIS OFFICE.

HEFNER

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 5, 2:34 PM MDT, 2 hours 52 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jul 5, 2:36 PM MDT, 2 hours 50 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX
236 PM MDT FRI JUL 05 2013

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

0711 PM     TSTM WND GST     2 SW NORTHRUP LANDING   32.92N 106.44W
06/30/2013  M63 MPH          DONA ANA           NM   MESONET

            WSMR 10M MISSION SUPPORT TOWER NON-SAMS 2SW NORTHRUP
            LANDING STRIP.

&&

EVENT NUMBER EPZ1300511

HARDIMAN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 4, 6:35 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZHidalgo25 min
Jul 5, 8:03 AM MDTFlash Flood WatchEPZGrant, Luna, Sierra22 hr
Jul 5, 12:34 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningEPZGrant3 hr
Jul 5, 4:02 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningEPZGrant118 min
Jul 5, 4:42 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZGrant, Hidalgo63 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.