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Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS El Paso, TX

July 25, 1990Brewster County, Presidio County, Texas

NWS El Paso, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jul 25, 1990, 8:37 AM CDT for Brewster County, Presidio County, Texas. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 25, 1990, 8:37 AM CDT (13:37 UTC)
Expired
Jul 25, 1990, 2:45 PM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS El Paso, TX
Area
Whole counties

Counties Brewster County, TX, Presidio County, TX

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

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 271 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, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 1990-07-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 625 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, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 1990-07-25The 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
625 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-19 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
755 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
83 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 
TTAA00 KELP 251337
FFWELP
TXC043-377-251945-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX
737 AM MDT (837 AM CDT) WED JUL 25 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  145 PM MDT (245 PM CDT)
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS
 
   ...SOUTHERN BREWSTER COUNTY...SOUTHERN PRESIDIO COUNTY
 
INFORMATION RECIEVED THIS MORNING INDICATES MOST STREAMS IN THE
SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF BREWSTER AND PRESIDIO ARE RUNNING BANK FULL...
THEREFORE A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED.
 
 
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.

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.