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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 68, NWS El Paso, TX

August 18, 2025Doña Ana County, Otero County, New Mexico

NWS El Paso, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 18, 2025, 4:32 PM MDT for Doña Ana County, Otero County, New Mexico. It was in force for 28 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 18, 2025, 4:32 PM MDT (22:32 UTC)
Expired
Aug 18, 2025, 5:00 PM MDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS El Paso, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Doña Ana County, NM, Otero County, NM

The radar

The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:33 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 18, 11:05 AM MDT, 5 hours 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 18, 11:05 AM MDT, 5 hours 27 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 17, 8:36 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZDoña Ana, Otero114 min
Aug 17, 10:16 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZOtero119 min
Aug 17, 10:54 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZDoña Ana, Sierra2 hr
Aug 18, 12:40 AM MDTFlash Flood WarningEPZDoña Ana, Sierra4 hr
Aug 18, 12:47 AM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZDoña Ana, Sierra3 hr
Aug 18, 12:18 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZOtero117 min
Aug 18, 12:54 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningEPZOtero3 hr
Aug 18, 3:54 PM MDTDust Storm AdvisoryEPZOtero81 min
Aug 18, 4:56 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZDoña Ana3 hr
Aug 18, 4:58 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningEPZDoña Ana2 hr
Aug 18, 5:13 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningEPZDoña Ana, Otero2 hr
Aug 17, 6:32 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZEl Paso28 min
Aug 17, 6:43 PM MDTDust Storm WarningEPZEl Paso62 min
Aug 18, 3:29 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningEPZEl Paso, Hudspeth3 hr

Nearby

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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.