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Special Weather Statement, NWS El Paso, TX

May 18, 2016Doña Ana County, New Mexico

NWS El Paso, TX issued this special weather statement at May 18, 2016, 1:25 PM MDT for Doña Ana County, New Mexico. It was in force for 50 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: May 18, 2016, 1:25 PM MDT (19:25 UTC)
Expired: May 18, 2016, 2:15 PM MDT
In force: 50 min
Issued by: NWS El Paso, TX

County Doña Ana County, NM

The radar

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The text

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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.

NWS El Paso, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at May 18, 4:46 AM MDT, 8 hours 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 18, 4:46 AM MDT, 8 hours 39 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 18, 6:36 AM MDT, 6 hours 49 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 18, 1:25 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
May 18, 2:08 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EPZ	Doña Ana	52 min
May 18, 2:17 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ		43 min
May 18, 2:33 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EPZ	Sierra	42 min
May 18, 2:44 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ	Grant	46 min
May 18, 2:48 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ	Hidalgo	42 min
May 18, 3:03 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ	Doña Ana	42 min
May 18, 3:08 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ	Sierra	52 min
May 18, 3:11 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ	Sierra	49 min
May 18, 3:17 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EPZ	Doña Ana	43 min
May 18, 3:28 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ	Grant	47 min
May 18, 3:43 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ	Doña Ana	47 min
May 18, 3:50 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EPZ	Doña Ana	40 min
May 18, 3:56 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EPZ	Doña Ana	49 min
May 18, 3:59 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ	Otero	46 min
May 18, 4:05 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EPZ	Luna	40 min
May 18, 4:11 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ	Doña Ana	49 min
May 18, 4:15 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ	Grant	45 min
May 18, 4:24 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EPZ	Doña Ana	51 min
May 18, 4:35 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EPZ	Doña Ana	3 hr
May 18, 4:37 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EPZ	Luna	38 min
May 18, 4:40 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ	Otero	50 min
May 18, 4:55 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EPZ	Doña Ana, Luna	50 min
May 18, 4:59 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ	Otero	46 min
May 18, 5:02 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ	Sierra	43 min
May 18, 5:11 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ		49 min
May 18, 5:25 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ	Otero	50 min
May 18, 4:38 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ	El Paso	67 min
May 18, 4:57 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ	El Paso	48 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.