Alert archive / New Mexico / Flash Flood Watches in 2008
Flash Flood Watch 3, NWS El Paso, TX
NWS El Paso, TX issued this flash flood watch at Jul 11, 2008, 4:18 AM MDT. It took effect at Jul 11, 2008, 5:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 19 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 11, 2008, 4:18 AM MDT (10:18 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 11, 2008, 5:00 AM MDT
- Expired
- Jul 12, 2008, 12:00 AM MDT
- In force
- 19 hr
- Issued by
- NWS El Paso, TX
- Flood severity
- None
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood watch 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 watch went out at Jul 11, 3:41 AM MDT, 37 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 11, 3:41 AM MDT, 37 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 10, 11:00 AM MDT, 17 hours 18 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM 1100 AM MDT THU JUL 10 2008 NMZ022>025-030>032-TXZ055-056-111800- 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- 1100 AM MDT THU JUL 10 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...SOUTHWEST NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWEST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT VERY MOIST ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS REMAIN OVER THE AREA AND WILL CONTINUE TO RESULT IN NUMEROUS RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WITH FLOODING LIKELY. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT AND WILL LIKELY BE EXTENDED THROUGH THE NIGHT TONIGHT. ROADWAYS AND LOW LYING AREAS MAY BECOME FULL OF WATER. DRAINAGES AND ARROYOS MAY BE FULL WITH FAST MOVING WATER FROM RAIN RUNOFF. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY MOIST CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE. THE FOCUS FOR HEAVY RAIN APPEARS TO SHIFT WEST OF THE RIO GRANDE BUT DEEP MOISTURE AND UNSTABLE CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN OVER ALL AREAS. SATURATED SOILS FROM PREVIOUS RAINFALL WILL RESULT IN EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM SOME STORMS. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM SCATTERED STORMS THROUGH THE WEEKEND. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BE IN PLACE FOR THE FIRST PART OF NEXT WEEK WITH ISOLATED CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS SHOULD REPORT ANY OBSERVED HAZARDOUS WEATHER TO THIS OFFICE OR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT. BIRD
The office that day
Everything else NWS El Paso, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 11, 2:02 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | EPZ | Sierra | 3 hr |
| Jul 11, 2:15 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Grant, Hidalgo, Luna | 3 hr |
| Jul 11, 5:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Luna | 45 min |
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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.