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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 47, NWS El Paso, TX

June 18, 2026Otero County, New Mexico

NWS El Paso, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 18, 2026, 3:23 PM MDT for Otero County, New Mexico. It was in force for 36 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: Jun 18, 2026, 3:23 PM MDT (21:23 UTC)
Expired: Jun 18, 2026, 3:59 PM MDT
In force: 36 min
Issued by: NWS El Paso, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Otero County, NM

The radar

The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:26 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 Jun 18, 12:19 PM MDT, 3 hours 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 18, 12:19 PM MDT, 3 hours 4 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 17, 6:41 PM MDT	Dust Storm Advisory	EPZ	Hidalgo	2 hr
Jun 17, 7:10 PM MDT	Dust Storm Warning	EPZ	Hidalgo	35 min
Jun 17, 7:16 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ	Hidalgo	29 min
Jun 17, 6:17 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ	El Paso	43 min
Jun 17, 7:21 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ	El Paso	39 min
Jun 17, 7:54 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ	Hudspeth	36 min
Jun 17, 8:31 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ	Hudspeth	44 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Mexico, 2026 Every 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.