Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1992
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS El Paso, TX
NWS El Paso, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jul 17, 1992, 11:03 PM CDT for Jeff Davis County, Texas. It was in force for 57 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 17, 1992, 11:03 PM CDT (04:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 18, 1992, 12:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS El Paso, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Jeff Davis County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 230 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 678 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -65 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1890 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 19 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 114 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KELP 180404 FFWELP TXC243-180500- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX 1003 PM MDT (1103 PM CDT) FRI JUL 17 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 PM MDT(MIDNIGHT CDT) FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS ...SOUTHERN JEFF.DAVIS COUNTY SHERIFF DEPARTMENT REPORTS TWO AND A HALF INCHS OF RAIN IN 30 MINUTES AT FORT DAVIS STATE PARK. FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND HEAVY RAIN IS CONTINUING. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. 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.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood 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, Jul 17, 6:21 PM CDT, 4 hours 42 minutes before
NMC035-TXC109-141-229-180115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX 520 PM MDT (620 PM CDT) FRI JUL 17 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS BUILDING OVER SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO AND FAR WEST TEXAS... RADAR AND SATELLITE INDICATE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN A 25 MILE WIDE LINE THAT EXTENDS FROM THE ALAMOGORDO NEW NEXICO AREA TO JUST NORTH OF SIERRA BLANCA TEXAS. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS APPEAR TO BE PASSING THROUGH THE CORNUDAS/DELLCITY OF WEST TEXAS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PASS THROUGH THE CITY OF SIERRA BLANCA WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR. THE MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS IS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 15 TO 25 MILES AN HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY...POSSIBLY DAMAGING WINDS...SMALL HAIL...LIGHTING AND PERIODS OF BRIEF HEAVY RAINS WHICH MAY PRODUCE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS. PERSONS TRAVELING THROUGH THIS AREA ON EITHER HIGHWAY 62/180 BETWEEN EL PASO TEXAS AND CARLSBAD NEW MEXICO OR INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 10 SHOULD BE AWARE OF THESE STRONG AND POSSIBLY DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORMS AND BE PREPARED TO PULL OVER AND WAIT UNTIL THESE STORMS PASS.
Special weather statement, Jul 17, 8:32 PM CDT, 2 hours 31 minutes before
NMC035-TXC109-141-229-180330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX 731 PM MDT (831 PM CDT) FRI JUL 17 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO AND FAR WEST TEXAS... RADAR AND SATELLITE SHOW THUNDERSTORMS MOVING SOUTHEAST OUT OF SOUTHERN OTERO COUNTY NEW MEXICO. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE APPROACHING THE NORTHERN EL PASO TEXAS CITY LIMITS AND WILL PASS THROUGH THE CITY WITHIN THE NEXT ONE TO TWO HOURS. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE IN THE SIERRA BLANCA/VAN HORN TEXAS AREA. THE MOVEMENT OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS IS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 15 TO 25 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STROMS MAY HAVE STRONG GUSTY WIND...HAIL...LIGHTING AND BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RA(IN. THE HEAVIER RAINS MAY CAUSE FLOODING OF LOW LYING FLOOD PRONE AREAS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS. MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED NOT TO DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS El Paso, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 17, 10:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Jeff Davis, Presidio | 67 min |
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.