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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 27, NWS El Paso, TX
NWS El Paso, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 2014, 4:25 PM MDT for Grant County, Hidalgo County, Luna County, New Mexico. It was in force for 50 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 17, 2014, 4:25 PM MDT (22:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 17, 2014, 5:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS El Paso, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Grant County, NM, Hidalgo County, NM, Luna County, NM
The radar
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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 17, 2:41 PM MDT, 1 hour 44 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 17, 2:41 PM MDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM 241 PM MDT TUE JUN 17 2014 .SYNOPSIS... A MOSTLY DRY BUT STILL ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE BORDERLAND FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS. ISOLATED HIGH BASED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR AREA WIDE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. STRONG WINDS AND PATCHY BLOWING DUST ARE POSSIBLE NEAR ANY STORMS THAT MAY OCCUR...ESPECIALLY OVER THE LOWLAND DESERTS. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR MAINLY EAST OF THE RIO GRANDE FOR WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...WHILE AREAS TO THE WEST OF THE RIVER WILL BECOME DRIER AND LESS ACTIVE. TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE FROM NEAR TO A FEW DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH THE WEEKEND. WARMER TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED NEXT WEEK AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS OVER THE REGION. && .DISCUSSION... ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE BEGINNING TO DEVELOP OVER PARTS OF SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO THIS AFTERNOON. A MODERATE AMOUNT OF MOSTLY MID LEVEL MOISTURE HAS MOVED INTO THE REGION FROM THE SOUTHWEST... AIDING IN THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. CONDITIONS REMAIN DRY AT THE LOWER LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE. MODEL SOUNDINGS FOR AREA HAVE THE TYPICAL INVERTED V PROFILE THAT IS INDICATIVE OF HIGH BASED THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WIND GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORM OUTFLOW WINDS WILL GENERATE PATCHY BLOWING DUST OVER THE DESERT LOWLANDS WITH VISIBILITIES DROPPING TO LESS THAN A MILE IN SOME LOCATIONS. THE INTERSTATE 10 CORRIDOR WEST OF LAS CRUCES WILL BE MOST AFFECTED...RESULTING POSSIBLE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. VERY LITTLE MEASURABLE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED WITH ONLY LIGHT AND SPOTTY RAIN AMOUNTS EXPECTED. THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD DIMINISH LATER THIS EVENING. SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO AND FAR WEST TEXAS WILL REMAIN IN THE TRANSITION ZONE OF A DRIER AIR MASS TO THE WEST AND A MORE MOIST AIR MASS TO THE SOUTH AND EAST THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. ISOLATED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE...BUT WILL BE MORE PREVALENT EAST OF THE RIO GRANDE. THE STEERING FLOW ALOFT WILL BE WEAK WITH SMALL WEATHER FEATURES HAVING A GREATER IMPACT ON DISTRIBUTION AND INTENSITY OF THUNDERSTORMS. PREVAILING SURFACE WINDS WILL MAINLY FROM THE WEST AND WILL BE LIGHT. BEST CHANCE FOR MEASURABLE RAINFALL WILL BE OVER PORTIONS OF HUDSPETH AND OTERO COUNTIES...ESPECIALLY OVER THE MOUNTAINS. TEMPERATURES WILL BE NEAR SEASONAL NORMALS THROUGH SATURDAY. BY LATE WEEKEND AND THE FIRST PART OF NEXT WEEK...HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT AND AN INCREASED WEST FLOW WILL PUSH THE MOISTURE FURTHER TO THE EAST...RESULTING IN A LESS ACTIVE PATTERN. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LIMITED TO A FEW BRIEF OCCURRENCES OVER THE SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS. WHILE THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA STAYS PREDOMINANTLY DRY. TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO BEGIN TO CLIMB BACK UP TOWARD THE 100 DEGREE MARK NEXT WEEK. && .AVIATION...VALID 18/0000Z - 19/0000Z VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS. MOISTURE WILL COMBINE WITH DAYTIME HEATING TO BRING A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY EAST OF THE RIO GRANDE. GNLY THRU PD SCT070-100 SCT-BKN 100-200 ISOLD BKN070 6SM -TSRA TOPS350 (ISOLD SFC WIND GUST TO 50KTS PSBL WITH LCL 1SM BLDU MAINLY 18Z-06Z). SFC WNDS GNLY 18Z-06Z 25013G23KT AND 06Z-18Z 230-280 09KTS. OCNL LGT MECHANICAL TURBC ONR MTNS BLO 15K FT MSL. MDT THERMALS 16Z-02Z SFC-CLD BASE. && .FIRE WEATHER... A LARGE TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE OVER THE WESTERN UNITED STATES WILL MOVE INTO THE CENTRAL ROCKIES BY MIDWEEK. A SURFACE TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE OVER EASTERN NEW MEXICO WILL CONTINUE TO BRING OCCASIONAL AFTERNOON DRY BREEZES TO THE AREA WHICH ALREADY HAS VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER. ENOUGH LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL REMAIN OVER THE BORDERLAND TO GIVE LOCATIONS MAINLY EAST OF THE RIO GRANDE A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY. THESE STORMS WILL CARRY A FAIRLY GOOD RISK OF DRY LIGHTNING. SOME MODELS ARE INDICATING THE POSSIBILITY OF A RETURN OF MORE MOISTURE TO THE AREA THIS WEEKEND INTO NEXT WEEK BUT THERE IS NO GENERAL CONSENSUS AT THIS TIME. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... EL PASO 74 98 71 97 70 / 10 10 10 10 10 SIERRA BLANCA 69 92 63 93 65 / 20 20 20 20 20 LAS CRUCES 68 95 67 94 66 / 10 0 0 0 0 ALAMOGORDO 67 96 66 95 65 / 10 10 10 0 0 CLOUDCROFT 50 73 46 75 48 / 20 10 10 10 10 TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES 67 95 67 95 66 / 10 0 0 0 0 SILVER CITY 61 88 60 89 60 / 10 0 0 0 0 DEMING 65 95 64 95 64 / 10 0 0 0 0 LORDSBURG 66 94 64 94 64 / 10 0 0 0 0 WEST EL PASO METRO 75 96 72 98 70 / 10 0 0 0 0 DELL CITY 66 95 63 94 63 / 20 20 20 20 20 FORT HANCOCK 74 98 66 98 72 / 20 20 20 20 20 LOMA LINDA 64 89 60 91 59 / 20 10 10 10 10 FABENS 70 97 65 98 67 / 10 10 10 10 10 SANTA TERESA 69 95 67 95 66 / 10 0 0 0 0 WHITE SANDS HQ 75 94 74 94 73 / 20 10 10 0 0 JORNADA RANGE 61 94 61 95 59 / 10 0 0 0 0 HATCH 65 97 62 97 62 / 10 0 0 0 0 COLUMBUS 67 93 67 93 64 / 10 0 0 0 0 OROGRANDE 66 97 64 96 62 / 20 10 10 0 0 MAYHILL 55 79 53 80 54 / 20 20 20 10 10 MESCALERO 50 82 50 83 51 / 20 10 10 10 10 TIMBERON 50 80 50 80 48 / 20 10 10 10 10 WINSTON 58 84 56 86 57 / 10 0 0 0 0 HILLSBORO 66 89 64 89 63 / 10 0 0 0 0 SPACEPORT 67 92 65 90 63 / 10 0 0 0 0 LAKE ROBERTS 55 85 53 89 53 / 10 0 0 0 0 HURLEY 58 91 58 91 58 / 10 0 0 0 0 CLIFF 57 94 57 95 57 / 10 0 0 0 0 MULE CREEK 46 90 46 92 44 / 10 0 0 0 0 FAYWOOD 63 89 61 88 60 / 10 0 0 0 0 ANIMAS 65 94 65 96 65 / 10 0 0 0 0 HACHITA 64 94 62 94 61 / 10 0 0 0 0 ANTELOPE WELLS 65 96 64 94 62 / 10 0 0 0 0 CLOVERDALE 60 90 56 88 55 / 10 0 0 0 0 && .EPZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NM...NONE. TX...NONE. && 04/22 LUNDEEN/NOVLAN
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 17, 11:31 AM MDT, 4 hours 54 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM 1131 AM MDT TUE JUN 17 2014 NMZ401>417-TXZ418>424-181745- 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 TUE JUN 17 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NM AND TX. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. STORMS WILL BE HIGH BASED...PRODUCING A LITTLE RAIN AND A LOT OF WIND AND BLOWING DUST...ESPECIALLY WEST OF THE RIO GRANDE. GREATLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES ARE EXPECTED IN BLOWING DUST...WITH HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE INTERSTATE 10 CORRIDOR WEST OF LAS CRUCES TO THE ARIZONA BORDER. ELEVATED FIRE DANGER CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST DUE TO VERY DRY CONDITIONS...POSSIBLE HIGH WIND GUSTS AND LIGHTNING STRIKES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY ISOLATED AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE MAINLY EAST OF THE RIO GRANDE WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY WHILE DRY CONDITIONS PERSIST TO THE WEST OF THE RIVER. STRONG WIND GUSTS AND BLOWING DUST WILL OCCUR NEAR THE STORMS. DRY CONDITIONS EXPECTED AREA WIDE SUNDAY AND MONDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. LUNDEEN
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 2:17 PM MDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before
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</html>Special weather statement, Jun 17, 3:06 PM MDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX 306 PM MDT TUE JUN 17 2014 NMZ401>408-172200- UPPER GILA RIVER VALLEY NM-SOUTHERN GILA HIGHLANDS/BLACK RANGE NM- SOUTHWEST DESERT/LOWER GILA RIVER VALLEY NM- LOWLANDS OF THE BOOTHEEL NM-UPLANDS OF THE BOOTHEEL NM- EASTERN BLACK RANGE FOOTHILLS NM-SOUTHWEST DESERT/MIMBRES BASIN NM- SOUTHERN GILA FOOTHILLS/MIMBRES VALLEY NM- 306 PM MDT TUE JUN 17 2014 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH POSSIBLE STRONG WINDS CONTINUE OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHWESTERN NEW MEXICO... AT 3 PM SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED MOVING TO THE WEST ACROSS PORTIONS OF NEW MEXICO IN THE VICINITY OF LORDSBURG...STEINS...CLOVERDALE...GERONIMO CAMPGROUND...SEPAR...REDROCK AND GILA HOT SPRINGS. THIS ACTIVITY WILL PRODUCE MOSTLY LIGHT RAINFALLS BUT MAY ALSO GENERATE STRONG WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH. THE HIGH WINDS MAY PRODUCE BLOWING DUST ACROSS THE LOWLANDS WITH AREAS OF REDUCED VISIBILITIES LESS THAN ONE MILE. DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS MAY THEREFORE OCCUR OVER PORTIONS OF THE DESERT AREAS INCLUDING ACROSS INTERSTATE 10 AND HIGHWAY 9. ROGASH
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 3:50 PM MDT, 35 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX 350 PM MDT TUE JUN 17 2014 NMZ401>408-172230- UPPER GILA RIVER VALLEY NM-SOUTHERN GILA HIGHLANDS/BLACK RANGE NM- SOUTHWEST DESERT/LOWER GILA RIVER VALLEY NM- LOWLANDS OF THE BOOTHEEL NM-UPLANDS OF THE BOOTHEEL NM- EASTERN BLACK RANGE FOOTHILLS NM-SOUTHWEST DESERT/MIMBRES BASIN NM- SOUTHERN GILA FOOTHILLS/MIMBRES VALLEY NM- 350 PM MDT TUE JUN 17 2014 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH POSSIBLE STRONG WINDS CONTINUE OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHWESTERN NEW MEXICO... AT 345 PM SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED MOVING TO THE WEST ACROSS PORTIONS OF NEW MEXICO IN THE VICINITY OF SILVER CITY...CITY OF THE ROCKS STATE PARK...HERMANAS...COLUMBUS...RED ROCK...PINOS ALTOS...BAYARD...CLOVERDALE...MANGAS SPRINGS AND GILA HOT SPRINGS. THIS ACTIVITY WILL PRODUCE MOSTLY LIGHT RAINFALLS BUT MAY ALSO GENERATE STRONG WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH. THE HIGH WINDS MAY PRODUCE BLOWING DUST ACROSS THE LOWLANDS WITH AREAS OF REDUCED VISIBILITIES LESS THAN ONE MILE. DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS MAY THEREFORE OCCUR OVER PORTIONS OF THE DESERT AREAS INCLUDING ACROSS INTERSTATE 10...HIGHWAY 9 AND HIGHWAY 180. REMEMBER WHEN DENSE BLOWING DUST OBSTRUCTS YOUR VISIBILITY YOU SHOULD PULL OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND STOP DRIVING UNTIL THE WEATHER IMPROVES. ROGASH
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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.