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Flash Flood Warning 14, NWS El Paso, TX

July 28, 2006Sierra County, New Mexico

NWS El Paso, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jul 28, 2006, 2:26 PM MDT for Sierra County, New Mexico. It was in force for 2 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 28, 2006, 2:26 PM MDT (20:26 UTC)
Expired
Jul 28, 2006, 4:30 PM MDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS El Paso, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Sierra County, NM

The radar

The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 220 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, Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM at 12:00Z on 2006-07-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 68 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, Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM at 12:00Z on 2006-07-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 14 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
68 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-91 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1063 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
6 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
14 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
13 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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.

NWS El Paso, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Jul 28, 3:35 AM MDT, 10 hours 51 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 28, 3:35 AM MDT, 10 hours 51 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 28, 10:30 AM MDT, 3 hours 56 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
1030 AM MDT FRI JUL 28 2006

NMZ022>025-030>032-TXZ055-056-290000-
SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS/LOWER GILA REGION-SIERRA COUNTY LAKES REGION-
TULAROSA BASIN/SOUTHERN DESERT-SOUTHERN SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS-
SOUTHWEST DESERT/BOOTHEEL-SOUTHWEST DESERT/MIMBRES BASIN-
SOUTHERN DESERT-EL PASO-HUDSPETH-
1030 AM MDT FRI JUL 28 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
NEW MEXICO...SOUTHWEST NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWEST TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT. HIGH LEVELS OF ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE WILL ENSURE THAT MANY
OF THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINS. LOCALIZED FLASH
FLOODING WILL BE THE PRIMARY CONCERN. IN ADDITION...SMALL HAIL AND
WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH A FEW STORMS. RAIN AMOUNTS MAY
EXCEED 3 INCHES WITHIN 3 HOURS OVER ISOLATED AREAS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH SUNDAY
NIGHT. PRIMARY WEATHER THREAT WILL BE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS WITH FLASH
FLOODING POSSIBLE OVER ISOLATED AREAS. A FEW STORMS MAY ALSO PRODUCE
HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH.

MAINLY ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED MONDAY THROUGH
THURSDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS SHOULD NOT HESITATE TO CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
WITH REPORTS OF SIGNIFICANT WEATHER. SPOTTERS WILL LIKELY BE CALLED
UPON TO PROVIDE LOCAL WEATHER CONDITIONS...SPECIFICALLY TO REPORT
RAINFALL AMOUNTS AND FLOODING.

BIRD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 28, 1:34 PM MDTFlash Flood WatchEPZ3 days
Jul 28, 4:46 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningEPZGrant119 min
Jul 27, 9:13 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningEPZEl Paso2 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in New Mexico, 2006Every flash flood warning in 2006

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.