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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 98, NWS El Paso, TX
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 1:08 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 112 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 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
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Everything else NWS El Paso, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 15, 8:17 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Doña Ana, Sierra | 3 hr |
| Aug 15, 11:03 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Otero | 117 min |
| Aug 16, 2:53 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Grant | 52 min |
| Aug 16, 3:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Grant | 46 min |
| Aug 16, 3:34 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Grant, Luna | 41 min |
| Aug 16, 4:10 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Grant, Luna | 3 hr |
| Aug 16, 4:13 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Grant | 47 min |
| Aug 16, 4:18 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Grant | 57 min |
| Aug 16, 4:33 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Grant | 3 hr |
| Aug 16, 4:51 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Grant, Hidalgo, Luna | 114 min |
| Aug 16, 4:53 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Grant | 52 min |
| Aug 16, 4:57 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Grant, Hidalgo | 3 hr |
| Aug 16, 5:55 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | 50 min | |
| Aug 16, 2:19 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Hudspeth | 41 min |
| Aug 16, 2:33 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Hudspeth | 117 min |
| Aug 16, 3:37 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Hudspeth | 38 min |
| Aug 16, 4:23 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Hudspeth | 37 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.