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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 98, NWS El Paso, TX

August 16, 2015Otero County, New Mexico

NWS El Paso, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 16, 2015, 5:57 PM MDT for Otero County, New Mexico. It was in force for 37 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 16, 2015, 5:57 PM MDT (23:57 UTC)
Expired
Aug 16, 2015, 6:34 PM MDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS El Paso, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Otero County, NM

The radar

The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:58 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
May 4, 1:08 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC112 days

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 16, 3:32 PM MDT, 2 hours 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 16, 3:32 PM MDT, 2 hours 25 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 16, 11:16 AM MDT, 6 hours 41 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
1116 AM MDT SUN AUG 16 2015

NMZ401>403-408-414>416-171730-
UPPER GILA RIVER VALLEY-SOUTHERN GILA HIGHLANDS/BLACK RANGE-
SOUTHERN GILA FOOTHILLS/MIMBRES VALLEY-
EASTERN BLACK RANGE FOOTHILLS-
WEST SLOPES SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS BELOW 7500 FEET-
SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 7500 FEET-
EAST SLOPES SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS BELOW 7500 FEET-
1116 AM MDT SUN AUG 16 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NM.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. HEAVY RAINFALL AND LOCAL FLOODING
POSSIBLE. PEA SIZED HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH ALSO
POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN MONDAY. LOCAL FLOODING POSSIBLE.
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS REMAINDER OF PERIOD.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

NMZ404>407-409>413-417-TXZ418>424-171730-
SOUTHWEST DESERT/LOWER GILA RIVER VALLEY-LOWLANDS OF THE BOOTHEEL-
UPLANDS OF THE BOOTHEEL-SOUTHWEST DESERT/MIMBRES BASIN-
SIERRA COUNTY LAKES-NORTHERN DONA ANA COUNTY-
SOUTHERN DONA ANA COUNTY/MESILLA VALLEY-CENTRAL TULAROSA BASIN-
SOUTHERN TULAROSA BASIN-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-
1116 AM MDT SUN AUG 16 2015

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. HEAVY RAINFALL AND LOCAL FLOODING
POSSIBLE. WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 50 MPH ALSO POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

ISOLATED MAINLY EVENING THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY AND TUESDAY AND
AGAIN FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

HEFNER

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 16, 3:37 PM MDT, 2 hours 20 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 16, 4:23 PM MDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 16, 5:55 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
Aug 15, 8:17 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZDoña Ana, Sierra3 hr
Aug 15, 11:03 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZOtero117 min
Aug 16, 2:53 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZGrant52 min
Aug 16, 3:14 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZGrant46 min
Aug 16, 3:34 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZGrant, Luna41 min
Aug 16, 4:10 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZGrant, Luna3 hr
Aug 16, 4:13 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZGrant47 min
Aug 16, 4:18 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZGrant57 min
Aug 16, 4:33 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZGrant3 hr
Aug 16, 4:51 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZGrant, Hidalgo, Luna114 min
Aug 16, 4:53 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZGrant52 min
Aug 16, 4:57 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZGrant, Hidalgo3 hr
Aug 16, 5:55 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZ50 min
Aug 16, 2:19 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZHudspeth41 min
Aug 16, 2:33 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZHudspeth117 min
Aug 16, 3:37 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZHudspeth38 min
Aug 16, 4:23 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZHudspeth37 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.