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Special Weather Statement, NWS El Paso, TX
NWS El Paso, TX issued this special weather statement at Jul 22, 2015, 2:03 PM MDT for Otero County, New Mexico. It was in force for 42 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 22, 2015, 2:03 PM MDT (20:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 22, 2015, 2:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS El Paso, TX
County Otero County, NM
The radar
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The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Jul 22, 3:05 AM MDT, 10 hours 58 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 22, 3:05 AM MDT, 10 hours 58 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 22, 11:54 AM MDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM 1154 AM MDT WED JUL 22 2015 NMZ401>417-TXZ418>424-231800- 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- 1154 AM MDT WED JUL 22 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NM AND TX. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SCATTERED MOUNTAIN BASED THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND SPREAD TO THE LOWLANDS LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. STORMS WILL PRODUCE PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL...SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. LOCALIZED FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE NEAR HEAVIER RAINFALLS AND MAY IMPACT DRAINAGES...NORMALLY DRY ARROYOS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THE MOIST SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL BECOME A BIT WEAKER OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS THAT WILL PARTLY DIMINISH THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY ACROSS THE AREA THE NEXT FEW DAYS. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM THESE STORMS. LOCALIZED FLOODING ALONG DRAINAGES...ARROYOS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS WILL BE POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS SHOULD REPORT ANY OBSERVED HAZARDOUS WEATHER OR FLOODING TO THE EL PASO WEATHER OFFICE VIA OUR 800 SPOTTER NUMBER OR VIA TWITTER INCLUDING OUR HANDLE @NWSELPASO. LUNDEEN
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 22, 2:03 PM MDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX
203 PM MDT WED JUL 22 2015
NMZ415-416-222045-
SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 7500 FEET NM-
EAST SLOPES SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS BELOW 7500 FEET NM-
203 PM MDT WED JUL 22 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL OTERO COUNTY UNTIL 245 PM
MDT...
AT 203 PM MDT...METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM ON
RADAR OVER WEED...OR 14 MILES NORTHEAST OF TIMBERON...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
HALF INCH HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MAYHILL...
WEED...
SACRAMENTO.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
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LAT...LON 3296 10535 3273 10535 3268 10555 3284 10564
3302 10532 3296 10532
TIME...MOT...LOC 2003Z 244DEG 15KT 3279 10552
LANEYThe office that day
Everything else NWS El Paso, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 21, 6:17 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Hidalgo | 58 min |
| Jul 21, 7:17 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Doña Ana | 58 min |
| Jul 22, 1:01 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Otero | 119 min |
| Jul 22, 4:38 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Sierra | 3 hr |
| Jul 22, 5:20 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Doña Ana, Sierra | 3 hr |
| Jul 22, 5:58 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Otero | 2 hr |
| Jul 21, 6:01 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Hudspeth | 59 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.