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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 95, NWS El Paso, TX
NWS El Paso, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 10, 2015, 10:54 PM MDT for Doña Ana County, New Mexico. It was in force for 51 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
- Aug 10, 2015, 10:54 PM MDT (04:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 10, 2015, 11:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS El Paso, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Doña Ana 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 Aug 10, 4:00 PM MDT, 6 hours 54 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 10, 4:00 PM MDT, 6 hours 54 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM 400 PM MDT MON AUG 10 2015 .SYNOPSIS... ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL WITH LOCALIZED FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE. DRIER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY AS THE MOISTURE PLUME SHIFTS TO THE WEST. MOISTURE WILL RETURN TO THE REGION BY THE END OF THE WEEK FOR ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS NEXT WEEKEND. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN NEAR OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE SEASONAL AVERAGES THROUGH THE WEEK. && .DISCUSSION... ABUNDANT MOISTURE WILL FUEL SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME MORE ISOLATED OVER EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA AS DEEPER MOISTURE SHIFTS TO THE WEST. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL WILL WITH LOCALIZED FLOODING ALONG DRAINAGES...ARROYOS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS NEAR STRONGER STORMS. WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH AND SMALL HAIL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT. STARTING TOMORROW...HIGH PRESSURE LOCATED TO OUR EAST WILL SHIFT CLOSER TO THE AREA. THIS WILL FORCE THE MOISTURE PLUME TO FURTHER TO THE WEST INTO ARIZONA. THE COMBINATION OF REDUCED MOISTURE AND INCREASED SUBSIDENCE FROM THE HIGH WILL SUPPRESS MOST THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY ACROSS THE AREA FOR TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. THE LOCAL AREA WILL BE UNDER A STEADY SOUTHEAST FLOW...WHICH WILL BE A DRY FLOW FOR A CHANGE. RESIDUAL MOISTURE AND MOUNTAIN TERRAIN EFFECTS WILL STILL RESULT IN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT OVER THE MOUNTAINS IN THE AFTERNOON EACH DAY. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN CONSISTENT THROUGH THE PERIOD WITH AFTERNOON HIGHS RUNNING A FEW DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL...BUT 100 DEGREE DAYS ARE NOT EXPECTED. MOISTURE WILL GRADUALLY BECOME MORE ENTRAINED WITHIN THE HIGH CIRCULATION BY THE END OF THE WEEK. THIS WILL RESULT IN A RISE IN THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY TO A MORE ISOLATED LOWLAND AND SCATTERED MOUNTAIN COVERAGE PATTERN FOR FRIDAY THROUGH NEXT SUNDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN CONSISTENT. && .AVIATION...VALID 11/00Z-12/00Z...HIGH PRESSURE SITUATED OVER CENTRAL TEXAS MONDAY AFTERNOON...WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY MIGRATE WESTWARD TOWARDS SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO. THIS WILL RE-DIRECT CIRCULATION OF SUB TROPICAL MOISTURE AND ATTENDANT STORM MOVEMENT FROM SOUTHEAST TO NORTHWEST OVER OUR AREA. STORMS SHOULD CONCENTRATE WEST OF THE RIO GRANDE AGAIN TONIGHT...WHERE ISOLD MTN TSRA/WND VRB20G35KT/CIGS 040- 060/LCL VIS 1-3SM ARE EXPECTED THROUGH 03Z. LOOK FOR SCATTERED LOWLAND TSRA/WND VRB30G45KT/CIGS 080-100/LCL VIS 1-3SM THRU 06Z OVER THIS AREA. ISOLATED MTN AND LOWLAND ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED GENERALLY EAST OF THE RIVER THROUGH 06Z. SKY OUTSIDE STORMS FEW-SCT060-100 SCT 140-180 LYRD SCT-BKN 300-350. && .FIRE WEATHER...HEALTHY PLUME OF MONSOON DRIVEN MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO FLOW NORTH-NORTHEAST OVER THE REGION. HOWEVER THE UPPER LEVEL HIGH WILL RECENTER WESTWARD OVER THE FOUR CORNERS OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. THIS WILL CAUSE THE SUB TROPICAL STREAM TO CORRESPONDINGLY SHIFT WEST OF OUR AREA BY MID WEEK...BRINGING DRIER AND HOTTER WEATHER BACK INTO THE PICTURE. REDUCED STORM CHANCES FOR ALL AREAS...WITH INCREASING MIXING HEIGHTS AND FREQUENCY OF CLOUD TO GROUND STRIKES...ARE THE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES WE CAN EXPECT AS A RESULT. LOOK FOR LOWLAND MAX TEMPS UN THE UPPER 90S AND MOUNTAIN HIGHS TO THE MIDDLE 70S FOR MOST OF THIS WEEK. MIN RH TUESDAY WILL DROP AS MUCH AS 10 PERCENT IN THE BOOTHEEL, FROM TODAYS READINGS THERE. UP TO A 5% DROP IS EXPECTED FOR AREAS EAST OF THE RIO GRANDE TUESDAY. READINGS WILL REACH THE MIDDLE TEENS WEDNESDAY IN A FEW LOWLAND SPOTS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... EL PASO 75 97 74 96 / 20 0 0 0 SIERRA BLANCA 71 94 70 93 / 0 0 0 0 LAS CRUCES 70 93 69 93 / 40 0 0 0 ALAMOGORDO 70 95 69 95 / 30 0 0 0 CLOUDCROFT 55 74 55 74 / 50 10 0 10 TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES 69 93 69 94 / 40 0 0 0 SILVER CITY 64 86 63 86 / 40 20 0 0 DEMING 71 94 70 94 / 40 0 0 0 LORDSBURG 69 95 69 96 / 30 0 0 0 WEST EL PASO METRO 74 97 73 96 / 30 0 0 0 DELL CITY 72 98 71 97 / 10 0 0 0 FORT HANCOCK 72 97 71 96 / 10 0 0 0 LOMA LINDA 70 92 70 91 / 20 0 0 0 FABENS 72 97 71 96 / 20 0 0 0 SANTA TERESA 73 95 72 95 / 30 0 0 0 WHITE SANDS HQ 71 95 70 95 / 30 0 0 0 JORNADA RANGE 68 94 68 95 / 40 0 0 0 HATCH 68 95 68 95 / 30 0 0 0 COLUMBUS 72 95 70 94 / 40 0 0 0 OROGRANDE 72 95 70 95 / 20 0 0 0 MAYHILL 59 82 59 82 / 40 10 0 0 MESCALERO 58 83 59 82 / 50 10 0 10 TIMBERON 61 82 60 82 / 40 10 0 10 WINSTON 60 84 61 84 / 50 20 0 10 HILLSBORO 65 91 64 91 / 40 0 0 0 SPACEPORT 69 93 68 93 / 40 0 0 0 LAKE ROBERTS 59 86 58 86 / 50 20 0 10 HURLEY 65 89 65 89 / 40 10 0 0 CLIFF 65 93 65 93 / 30 20 10 0 MULE CREEK 61 91 60 92 / 30 20 10 0 FAYWOOD 66 89 64 89 / 40 0 0 0 ANIMAS 69 95 67 96 / 40 0 0 0 HACHITA 69 95 68 95 / 40 0 0 0 ANTELOPE WELLS 67 92 66 93 / 40 0 0 0 CLOVERDALE 66 89 65 89 / 50 0 0 0 && .EPZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NM...NONE. TX...NONE. && 04/22 LUNDEEN/TRIPOLI
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 10, 11:12 AM MDT, 11 hours 42 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM 1112 AM MDT MON AUG 10 2015 NMZ401>417-TXZ418>424-111715- 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- 1112 AM MDT MON AUG 10 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NM AND TX. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ABUNDANT MOISTURE CONTINUES OVER THE REGION WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL WITH LOCALIZED FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY WEST OF DEMING AND IN THE MOUNTAIN AREAS. WIND GUSTS AND OCCASIONAL SMALL HAIL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE FROM STRONGER STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY RAIN AND THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL DIMINISH TUESDAY THROUGH MUCH OF THURSDAY AS DEEPER MOISTURE SHIFTS TO THE WEST AND SOMEWHAT DRIER AIR MOVES INTO THE AREA. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE MOUNTAINS IN THE AFTERNOON. THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL INCREASE FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY AS MOISTURE LEVELS GRADUALLY INCREASE. STORM DISTRIBUTION WILL BE GENERALLY ISOLATED LOWLAND AND SCATTERED MOUNTAINS WITH PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS SHOULD REPORT ANY OBSERVED HAZARDOUS WEATHER OR FLOODING TO THIS OFFICE. LUNDEEN
In the hours before
Local storm report, Aug 10, 4:55 PM MDT, 5 hours 59 minutes before
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Everything else NWS El Paso, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Aug 10, 6:49 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Otero | 116 min |
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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.