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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 6, NWS El Paso, TX

March 13, 2020Otero County, New Mexico; Hudspeth County, Texas

NWS El Paso, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 13, 2020, 5:34 PM MDT for Otero County, New Mexico; Hudspeth County, Texas. It was in force for 41 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
Mar 13, 2020, 5:34 PM MDT (23:34 UTC)
Expired
Mar 13, 2020, 6:15 PM MDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS El Paso, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Otero County, NM, Hudspeth County, TX

The radar

The El Paso radar (KEPZ), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 13, 2:24 PM MDTTornado WatchSPC9 hr

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 Mar 12, 5:49 PM MDT, 23 hours 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 12, 5:49 PM MDT, 23 hours 45 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS El Paso, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 13, 11:15 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZOtero45 min
Mar 13, 11:48 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZOtero27 min
Mar 13, 11:57 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZSierra48 min
Mar 13, 2:02 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZDoña Ana43 min
Mar 13, 2:21 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZDoña Ana, Otero39 min
Mar 13, 2:39 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZ51 min
Mar 13, 2:58 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZOtero47 min
Mar 13, 3:05 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZOtero40 min
Mar 13, 3:34 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZOtero41 min
Mar 13, 3:37 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZOtero38 min
Mar 13, 3:54 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZOtero16 min
Mar 13, 4:19 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZ41 min
Mar 13, 3:29 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZHudspeth46 min
Mar 13, 3:58 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZHudspeth47 min
Mar 13, 5:21 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZHudspeth39 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Mexico, 2020Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 2020Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2020

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.