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Special Weather Statement, NWS El Paso, TX

July 23, 2021

NWS El Paso, TX issued this special weather statement at Jul 23, 2021, 9:10 AM MDT. It was in force for 35 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: Jul 23, 2021, 9:10 AM MDT (15:10 UTC)
Expired: Jul 23, 2021, 9:45 AM MDT
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS El Paso, TX

The radar

The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:13 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 special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Jul 23, 5:30 AM MDT, 3 hours 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 23, 5:30 AM MDT, 3 hours 40 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 23, 9:10 AM MDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service El Paso TX
910 AM MDT Fri Jul 23 2021

NMZ409-412-231545-
Central Tularosa Basin NM-Sierra County Lakes NM-
910 AM MDT Fri Jul 23 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN SIERRA COUNTY UNTIL
945 AM MDT...

At 909 AM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 26
miles west of Three Rivers, moving south at 15 mph.

Nickel size hail and wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with
this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Salinas Peak.

LAT...LON 3346 10658 3345 10646 3324 10647 3331 10670
TIME...MOT...LOC 1509Z 020DEG 11KT 3344 10652

TSB

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 22, 10:09 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EPZ	Hidalgo	2 hr
Jul 22, 10:47 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ	Hidalgo	28 min
Jul 23, 11:38 AM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EPZ	Otero	6 min
Jul 23, 11:44 AM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	EPZ	Otero	3 hr
Jul 23, 12:26 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EPZ	Otero	3 hr
Jul 23, 1:02 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EPZ	Otero	3 hr
Jul 23, 1:52 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EPZ	Otero	3 hr
Jul 23, 2:40 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ	Luna	35 min
Jul 23, 2:44 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ		31 min
Jul 23, 2:52 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EPZ	Grant	3 hr
Jul 23, 3:04 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EPZ	Luna	3 hr
Jul 23, 3:08 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EPZ	Grant, Luna, Sierra	35 min
Jul 23, 3:26 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EPZ	Doña Ana	31 min
Jul 23, 4:02 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EPZ	Grant, Luna	3 hr
Jul 23, 4:07 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EPZ	Doña Ana	18 min
Jul 23, 4:22 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ	Doña Ana	23 min
Jul 23, 4:25 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	EPZ	Doña Ana	3 hr
Jul 23, 4:42 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EPZ	Doña Ana	3 hr
Jul 23, 4:58 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ	Sierra	32 min
Jul 23, 5:12 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EPZ	Doña Ana	3 hr
Jul 23, 5:16 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	EPZ	Doña Ana	3 hr
Jul 23, 5:21 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EPZ	Doña Ana, Sierra	3 hr
Jul 23, 5:25 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ	Sierra	35 min
Jul 23, 5:33 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EPZ	Sierra	42 min
Jul 23, 5:35 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EPZ	Sierra	3 hr
Jul 23, 5:56 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ	Luna	34 min
Jul 23, 3:29 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ	El Paso	31 min
Jul 23, 4:47 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ	El Paso	28 min
Jul 23, 5:25 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ	El Paso	35 min
Jul 23, 5:43 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EPZ	El Paso	3 hr

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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.