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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 118, NWS El Paso, TX

August 8, 2017Doña Ana County, Otero County, New Mexico; El Paso County, Texas

NWS El Paso, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 8, 2017, 8:46 PM MDT for Doña Ana County, Otero County, New Mexico; El Paso County, Texas. It was in force for 44 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 8, 2017, 8:46 PM MDT (02:46 UTC)
Expired: Aug 8, 2017, 9:30 PM MDT
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS El Paso, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Doña Ana County, NM, Otero County, NM, El Paso County, TX

The radar

The El Paso radar (KEPZ), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 8, 2:03 PM MDT, 6 hours 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 8, 2:03 PM MDT, 6 hours 43 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 8, 11:12 AM MDT, 9 hours 34 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 8, 4:16 PM MDT, 4 hours 30 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
Aug 9, 2:37 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EPZ	Sierra	113 min
Aug 9, 4:35 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EPZ	Otero	115 min
Aug 9, 5:59 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ	Hidalgo	46 min
Aug 8, 8:15 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ	El Paso	45 min
Aug 8, 8:52 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ	El Paso	38 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Mexico, 2017 Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 2017 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2017

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.