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Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS El Paso, TX

July 27, 1992El Paso County, Texas

NWS El Paso, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jul 27, 1992, 3:53 PM MDT for El Paso County, Texas. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 27, 1992, 3:53 PM MDT (21:53 UTC)
Expired
Jul 27, 1992, 6:24 PM MDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS El Paso, TX
Area
Whole counties

County El Paso County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

El Paso Intl Airport, TX (KELP), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 16 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 1992-07-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 29 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 1992-07-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 40 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
29 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-196 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1582 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
40 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
72 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 272159
FFWELP
TXC141-280100-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX
353 PM MDT MON JUL 27 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  700 PM MDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS
 
   ...EASTERN EL.PASO COUNTY
 
THE HUECO TANKS STATE PARK...20 MILES EAST EL PASO TEXAS...
REPORTS IN EXCESS OF ONE AND ONE HALF INCHES OF RAIN DURING THE PAST
HOUR. ARROYOS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS ARE IMPASSABLE AT THIS TIME.
THUNDERSTORMS ARE CONTINUING IN THE AREA.
 
 
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY.  THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO
CROSS SAFELY.  VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE
ABANDONED QUICKLY.  MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
 
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 27, 3:08 PM MDT, 45 minutes before
NMC013-035-TXC109-141-229-272200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX
303 PM MDT (403 PM CDT) MON JUL 27 1992

...STRONG SUMMER THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE EL PASO CITY LIMITS...

RADAR INDICATES STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO EL PASO COUNTY
FROM SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO. THESE THUNDERSTORMS EXTEND FROM THE
LAS CRUCES/ALMOGORDO NEW MEXICO AREA SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE EL PASO
VICINITY TO THE SIERRA BLANCA/VAN HORN AREA OF WEST TEXAS.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING VERY SLOWLY TO THE SOUTHWEST.

DUE TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS AND THE POSSIBILITY OF HEAVY
RAINS THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY OF FLOODING OR PONDING OF WATER IN
LOW LYING AREAS...UNDERPASSES ANDv INTERSECTIONS.

MOTORISTS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK THIS AFTERNOON SHOULD USE CAUTION AND
EXPECT TO TAKE MORE TIME TO DRIVE HOME.

THESE THUNDEERSTORMS MAY CONTAIN BRIEF HEAVY RAINS...HAIL...STRONG
GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTING.

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Texas, 1992Every flash flood warning in 1992

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.