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Wind Advisory 20, NWS El Paso, TX

May 13, 20256 counties in New Mexico; El Paso County, Hudspeth County, Texas

NWS El Paso, TX issued this wind advisory at May 13, 2025, 2:45 AM MDT for 6 counties in New Mexico; El Paso County, Hudspeth County, Texas. It took effect at May 14, 2025, 11:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 10 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 13, 2025, 2:45 AM MDT (08:45 UTC)
In effect from
May 14, 2025, 11:00 AM MDT
Expired
May 14, 2025, 9:00 PM MDT
In force
10 hr
Issued by
NWS El Paso, TX

Counties Doña Ana County, NM, Grant County, NM, Hidalgo County, NM, Luna County, NM, Otero County, NM, Sierra County, NM, El Paso County, TX, Hudspeth County, TX

The radar

The El Paso radar (KEPZ), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:44 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 wind advisory 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 wind advisory went out at May 13, 12:13 AM MDT, 2 hours 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 13, 12:13 AM MDT, 2 hours 32 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 13, 2:45 AM MDTHigh Wind WatchEPZOtero21 hr
May 13, 1:20 PM MDTDust Storm WarningEPZDoña Ana, Luna115 min
May 13, 2:19 PM MDTDust Storm WarningEPZDoña Ana, Otero116 min
May 13, 2:35 PM MDTDust Storm WarningEPZDoña Ana, Luna115 min
May 13, 3:21 PM MDTDust Storm WarningEPZDoña Ana, Otero, Sierra3 hr
May 13, 3:49 PM MDTDust Storm WarningEPZDoña Ana, Grant, Luna2 hr
May 13, 4:21 PM MDTDust Storm WarningEPZDoña Ana, Otero114 min
May 13, 4:28 PM MDTDust Storm WarningEPZDoña Ana, Luna2 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.