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Special Weather Statement, NWS El Paso, TX

October 20, 2015El Paso County, Texas

NWS El Paso, TX issued this special weather statement at Oct 20, 2015, 7:21 PM MDT for El Paso County, Texas. It was in force for 39 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: Oct 20, 2015, 7:21 PM MDT (01:21 UTC)
Expired: Oct 20, 2015, 8:00 PM MDT
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS El Paso, TX

County El Paso County, TX

The radar

The El Paso radar (KEPZ), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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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.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Oct 20, 6:04 PM MDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before

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Local storm report, Oct 20, 6:11 PM MDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Oct 20, 6:39 PM MDT, 42 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Oct 20, 7:21 PM MDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 20, 6:04 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ	Otero	41 min
Oct 20, 7:28 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ	Luna	62 min
Oct 21, 12:48 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ	Hidalgo	42 min
Oct 21, 1:26 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ	Hidalgo	49 min
Oct 21, 2:11 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EPZ	Grant, Luna	49 min
Oct 21, 3:27 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ	Luna	48 min
Oct 21, 4:01 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EPZ	Luna	44 min
Oct 21, 4:41 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ	Sierra	49 min
Oct 21, 5:16 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ	Sierra	44 min
Oct 21, 5:25 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EPZ	Doña Ana, Luna, Sierra	27 min
Oct 21, 6:43 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ	Grant	47 min
Oct 21, 7:28 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ		47 min
Oct 21, 7:42 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ	Luna	48 min
Oct 21, 9:27 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ		63 min
Oct 21, 9:36 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ	Doña Ana	39 min
Oct 21, 10:07 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ	Otero	38 min
Oct 21, 10:15 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ	Doña Ana	45 min
Oct 21, 10:43 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ		47 min
Oct 21, 10:54 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EPZ	Doña Ana, Sierra	51 min
Oct 21, 11:30 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ	Luna	45 min
Oct 21, 11:38 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ		37 min
Oct 21, 11:40 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ	Sierra	50 min
Oct 21, 11:50 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EPZ	Doña Ana, Luna	40 min
Oct 21, 11:55 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EPZ	Doña Ana	50 min
Oct 21, 12:43 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EPZ	Doña Ana	62 min
Oct 21, 1:08 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EPZ	Doña Ana	3 hr
Oct 21, 1:30 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	EPZ	Doña Ana	2 hr
Oct 21, 1:32 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EPZ	Doña Ana, Sierra	43 min
Oct 21, 1:37 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EPZ	Doña Ana	38 min
Oct 21, 2:13 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EPZ	Doña Ana, Sierra	47 min
Oct 21, 2:24 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ	Doña Ana	51 min
Oct 21, 2:26 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EPZ	Doña Ana	49 min
Oct 21, 2:31 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ	Luna	44 min
Oct 21, 2:34 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EPZ	Otero	41 min
Oct 21, 2:37 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EPZ	Otero	53 min
Oct 21, 3:09 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EPZ	Doña Ana, Otero	51 min
Oct 21, 3:13 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EPZ	Otero	47 min
Oct 21, 3:17 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	EPZ	Doña Ana	118 min
Oct 21, 3:22 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ	Doña Ana	38 min
Oct 21, 3:27 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EPZ	Otero	48 min
Oct 21, 3:30 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ	Luna	45 min
Oct 21, 3:30 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EPZ	Otero	45 min
Oct 21, 3:52 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EPZ	Otero	38 min
Oct 21, 3:53 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EPZ	Doña Ana	42 min
Oct 21, 4:00 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EPZ	Doña Ana	2 hr
Oct 21, 4:03 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EPZ	Otero	45 min
Oct 21, 4:27 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ	Luna	48 min
Oct 21, 4:32 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ	Otero	58 min
Oct 21, 4:56 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ	Otero	49 min
Oct 20, 6:39 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ	El Paso	36 min
Oct 20, 6:42 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EPZ	El Paso, Hudspeth	48 min
Oct 20, 7:34 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ	El Paso	56 min
Oct 20, 7:59 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ	Hudspeth	46 min
Oct 21, 2:47 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EPZ	El Paso	118 min
Oct 21, 2:57 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	EPZ	El Paso	2 hr
Oct 21, 5:00 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ	El Paso	45 min
Oct 21, 5:09 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ	Hudspeth	36 min

Nearby

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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.