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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 172, NWS El Paso, TX

October 20, 2015Doña Ana County, Luna County, New Mexico

NWS El Paso, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 20, 2015, 2:24 PM MDT for Doña Ana County, Luna County, New Mexico. It was in force for 66 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
Oct 20, 2015, 2:24 PM MDT (20:24 UTC)
Expired
Oct 20, 2015, 3:30 PM MDT
In force
66 min
Issued by
NWS El Paso, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Doña Ana County, NM, Luna County, NM

The radar

The El Paso radar (KEPZ), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Oct 20, 11:23 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC9 hr

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 Oct 19, 2:34 PM MDT, 23 hours 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 19, 2:34 PM MDT, 23 hours 50 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 19, 7:32 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZ43 min
Oct 19, 7:33 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZSierra42 min
Oct 20, 11:16 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZSierra44 min
Oct 20, 11:51 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZGrant, Hidalgo, Luna39 min
Oct 20, 12:09 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZ51 min
Oct 20, 12:30 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZGrant45 min
Oct 20, 12:45 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZGrant, Hidalgo, Luna45 min
Oct 20, 1:06 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZGrant39 min
Oct 20, 1:14 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZLuna46 min
Oct 20, 1:27 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZGrant, Hidalgo3 hr
Oct 20, 1:30 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZOtero60 min
Oct 20, 1:40 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZLuna50 min
Oct 20, 1:45 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZLuna45 min
Oct 20, 1:50 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZGrant, Hidalgo3 hr
Oct 20, 1:50 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZGrant40 min
Oct 20, 1:52 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZLuna38 min
Oct 20, 1:54 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZGrant, Hidalgo27 min
Oct 20, 2:01 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZDoña Ana44 min
Oct 20, 2:32 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZOtero43 min
Oct 20, 3:02 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZDoña Ana43 min
Oct 20, 3:14 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZOtero46 min
Oct 20, 3:33 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZDoña Ana57 min
Oct 20, 3:56 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZSierra49 min
Oct 20, 3:59 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZOtero46 min
Oct 20, 4:04 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZOtero41 min
Oct 20, 4:12 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZDoña Ana63 min
Oct 20, 4:26 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZDoña Ana34 min
Oct 20, 4:30 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZGrant45 min
Oct 20, 4:36 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZDoña Ana, Otero39 min
Oct 20, 4:55 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZDoña Ana3 hr
Oct 20, 4:58 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZOtero47 min
Oct 20, 5:02 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZOtero3 hr
Oct 20, 5:12 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZDoña Ana, Otero37 min
Oct 20, 5:44 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZ46 min
Oct 20, 5:43 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZEl Paso47 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Mexico, 2015Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2015

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.