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Mesoscale Discussion 485

May 21, 201819 counties in New Mexico; El Paso County, Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 21, 2018, 4:56 PM MDT for 19 counties in New Mexico; El Paso County, Texas. It was in force for 64 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: May 21, 2018, 4:56 PM MDT (22:56 UTC)
Expired: May 21, 2018, 6:00 PM MDT
In force: 64 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

Counties Bernalillo County, NM, Chaves County, NM, Colfax County, NM, De Baca County, NM, Doña Ana County, NM, Guadalupe County, NM, Lincoln County, NM, Los Alamos County, NM, Luna County, NM, Mora County, NM, Otero County, NM, San Miguel County, NM, Sandoval County, NM, Santa Fe County, NM, Sierra County, NM, Socorro County, NM, Taos County, NM, Torrance County, NM, Valencia County, NM, El Paso County, TX

The radar

The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watches that followed

Watches SPC issued over any of the same counties within four hours of this discussion.

Severe Thunderstorm Watch 114May 21, 5:40 PM MDT

The text

As transmitted.

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 21, 11:41 AM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bernalillo, Cibola, Los Alamos, Rio Arriba, Sandoval, Sierra and 3 more	2 hr
May 21, 12:59 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Bernalillo, Cibola, Lincoln, Los Alamos, McKinley, Rio Arriba and 6 more	6 hr
May 21, 2:29 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bernalillo, Lincoln, Los Alamos, Rio Arriba, Sandoval, Santa Fe and 3 more	2 hr
May 21, 5:44 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Chaves, De Baca, Guadalupe, Lincoln, Otero, Torrance	5 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in New Mexico, 2018 Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 2018 Every mesoscale discussion in 2018

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.