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Special Weather Statement, NWS El Paso, TX

October 19, 2017Otero County, New Mexico

NWS El Paso, TX issued this special weather statement at Oct 19, 2017, 5:13 PM MDT for Otero County, New Mexico. It was in force for 47 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 19, 2017, 5:13 PM MDT (23:13 UTC)
Expired: Oct 19, 2017, 6:00 PM MDT
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS El Paso, TX

County Otero County, NM

The radar

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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 19, 1:22 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ		38 min
Oct 19, 1:33 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EPZ	Grant	3 hr
Oct 19, 1:39 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EPZ	Sierra	51 min
Oct 19, 2:01 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EPZ	Sierra	119 min
Oct 19, 2:13 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ	Sierra	47 min
Oct 19, 2:27 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ	Sierra	63 min
Oct 19, 2:51 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EPZ	Sierra	114 min
Oct 19, 3:03 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ	Sierra	57 min
Oct 19, 3:39 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EPZ	Sierra	51 min
Oct 19, 3:54 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ	Grant	66 min
Oct 19, 4:09 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ		66 min
Oct 19, 4:20 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ	Doña Ana	40 min
Oct 19, 5:00 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ	Sierra	45 min
Oct 19, 5:23 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EPZ	Sierra	52 min
Oct 19, 5:23 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EPZ	Otero	52 min
Oct 19, 5:35 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ	Otero	40 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in New Mexico, 2017 Every special weather statement 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.