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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS El Paso, TX

June 22, 1986Otero County, New Mexico

NWS El Paso, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 22, 1986, 4:21 PM MDT for Otero County, New Mexico. It was in force for 114 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 22, 1986, 4:21 PM MDT (22:21 UTC)
Expired
Jun 22, 1986, 6:15 PM MDT
In force
114 min
Issued by
NWS El Paso, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Otero County, NM

The radar

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

The nearest sounding before it

El Paso Intl Airport, TX (KELP), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 110 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, El Paso Intl Airport, TX at 12:00Z on 1986-06-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 475 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, El Paso Intl Airport, TX at 12:00Z on 1986-06-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -18 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
475 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-232 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1540 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
7 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-18 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
62 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAAOO KELP 222251
FFWELP
NMC035-240215-

BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX
421 PM MDT SUN JUN 22 1986

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL   615 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES:

IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO
          ..OTERO



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS
IMMINENT.  MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.  DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES, DIPS, OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY.  NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM, EVEN A SMALL ONE,
ON FOOT.  TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.
MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.  DO NOTf
ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES, DIPS, OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY.  NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM, EVEN A SMALL ONE,
ON FOOT.

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.