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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 41, NWS El Paso, TX
NWS El Paso, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 17, 2020, 2:09 PM MDT for Otero County, New Mexico. It was in force for 53 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 17, 2020, 2:09 PM MDT (20:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 17, 2020, 3:02 PM MDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS El Paso, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Otero County, NM
The radar
The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:10 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 17, 11:29 AM MDT, 2 hours 40 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 17, 11:29 AM MDT, 2 hours 40 minutes before
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Everything else NWS El Paso, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Aug 16, 6:05 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Otero | 3 hr |
| Aug 16, 8:34 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Sierra | 41 min |
| Aug 16, 8:36 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Sierra | 39 min |
| Aug 17, 1:15 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Otero | 45 min |
| Aug 17, 1:54 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Otero | 51 min |
| Aug 17, 2:32 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Otero | 118 min |
| Aug 17, 2:41 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Otero | 35 min |
| Aug 17, 2:59 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Doña Ana | 46 min |
| Aug 17, 3:14 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Doña Ana | 46 min |
| Aug 17, 3:53 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Doña Ana | 52 min |
| Aug 17, 5:35 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Luna | 40 min |
| Aug 17, 5:06 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | El Paso | 39 min |
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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.