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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 110, NWS El Paso, TX

August 5, 2026Grant County, Hidalgo County, New Mexico

NWS El Paso, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 5, 2026, 6:29 PM MDT for Grant County, Hidalgo County, New Mexico. It was in force for 31 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 5, 2026, 6:29 PM MDT (00:29 UTC)
Expired
Aug 5, 2026, 7:00 PM MDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS El Paso, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Grant County, NM, Hidalgo County, NM

The radar

The El Paso radar (KEPZ), 181 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:30 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.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 5, 6:17 PM MDT, 12 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 5, 6:17 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZGrant28 min
Aug 5, 6:48 PM MDTDust Storm WarningEPZGrant, Hidalgo42 min
Aug 5, 7:08 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZHidalgo37 min
Aug 5, 7:34 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZHidalgo116 min
Aug 5, 8:35 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZHidalgo40 min
Aug 6, 4:25 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZOtero2 hr
Aug 6, 5:18 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZDoña Ana117 min
Aug 6, 5:32 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZDoña Ana118 min
Aug 6, 5:43 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZGrant3 hr
Aug 6, 5:49 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZGrant116 min
Aug 6, 3:59 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZEl Paso31 min
Aug 6, 4:10 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZEl Paso35 min
Aug 6, 4:39 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZEl Paso36 min
Aug 6, 4:50 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningEPZEl Paso115 min
Aug 6, 5:10 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZEl Paso35 min
Aug 6, 5:27 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningEPZEl Paso2 hr
Aug 6, 5:46 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZEl Paso29 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Mexico, 2026Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2026

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.