Alert archive / New Mexico / Flash Flood Warnings in 2009
Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS El Paso, TX
NWS El Paso, TX issued this flash flood warning at Aug 13, 2009, 4:33 PM MDT for Doña Ana County, Sierra County, New Mexico. It was in force for 117 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 13, 2009, 4:33 PM MDT (22:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 13, 2009, 6:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 117 min
- Issued by
- NWS El Paso, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Doña Ana County, NM, Sierra County, NM
The nearest sounding before it
Santa Teresa, NM (KEPZ), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 130 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
- 192 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -132 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1663 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS54 KEPZ 132233
FFWEPZ
NMC013-051-140030-
/O.NEW.KEPZ.FF.W.0021.090813T2233Z-090814T0030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
433 PM MDT THU AUG 13 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTH CENTRAL DONA ANA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO
EASTERN SIERRA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO
* UNTIL 630 PM MDT
* AT 325 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 15
MILES EAST OF ENGLE TO 29 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ENGLE...OR ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM 28 MILES EAST OF TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES TO 20
MILES NORTHEAST OF HATCH...MOVING NORTH AT 5 MPH. LOCATIONS THAT
WILL BE IMPACTED INCLUDE LYONS DRAW...BLACKSHIRE DRAW...FLECK DRAW
AND HORSE CAMP DRAW. HIGH WATER FLOWS ARE POSSIBLE OVER ROUTE E70.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
WATER IN ARROYOS MAY TRAVEL MANY MILES AND TAKE HOURS TO REACH YOUR
LOCATION FROM UPSTREAM RAIN AREAS.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
ALBUQUERQUE AT 1.888.386.7637.
&&
LAT...LON 3332 10698 3337 10686 3336 10667 3329 10652
3318 10649 3294 10648 3275 10654 3267 10663
3265 10681 3271 10695 3281 10701 3294 10715
3305 10712 3316 10708
$$
DPORTER2 follow-up statements
000
WGUS74 KEPZ 132347
FFSEPZ
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
547 PM MDT THU AUG 13 2009
NMC013-051-140030-
/O.CON.KEPZ.FF.W.0021.000000T0000Z-090814T0030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
SIERRA-DONA ANA-
547 PM MDT THU AUG 13 2009
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM MDT FOR NORTH
CENTRAL DONA ANA AND EASTERN SIERRA COUNTIES...
AT 544 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING MODERATE RAIN. THESE STORMS WERE
LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 27 MILES EAST OF ENGLE TO 31
MILES SOUTHEAST OF ENGLE...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 40 MILES
EAST OF TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES TO 37 MILES WEST OF ALAMOGORDO...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LYONS DRAW...
BLACKSHIRE DRAW...
FLECK DRAW...
HORSE CAMP DRAW...
ROUTE E70...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED LOW WATER CROSSINGS. MANY
FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.
TO REPORT FLOODING OR SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST
OFFICE IN ALBUQUERQUE AT 1.888.386.7637.
&&
LAT...LON 3332 10698 3337 10686 3336 10667 3329 10652
3318 10649 3294 10648 3275 10654 3267 10663
3265 10681 3271 10695 3281 10701 3294 10715
3305 10712 3316 10708
$$
DPORTER000
WGUS74 KEPZ 140029
FFSEPZ
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
629 PM MDT THU AUG 13 2009
NMC013-051-140038-
/O.EXP.KEPZ.FF.W.0021.000000T0000Z-090814T0030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
SIERRA-DONA ANA-
629 PM MDT THU AUG 13 2009
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 630 PM MDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL
DONA ANA AND EASTERN SIERRA COUNTIES...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE RAINFALL WAS
ENDING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...AND THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT WAS
DIMINISHING. SOME MINOR FLOODING MAY CONTINUE...BUT THE THREAT FOR
FLASH FLOODING IS ENDING. THUS...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN
ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
LAT...LON 3332 10698 3337 10686 3336 10667 3329 10652
3318 10649 3294 10648 3275 10654 3267 10663
3265 10681 3271 10695 3281 10701 3294 10715
3305 10712 3316 10708
$$
DPORTERThe office that day
Everything else NWS El Paso, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 10:47 AM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Grant | 3 hr |
| Aug 13, 12:32 PM MDT | Flash Flood Watch | EPZ | 15 hr | |
| Aug 13, 3:44 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Doña Ana, Sierra | 2 hr |
| Aug 13, 5:40 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Doña Ana, Otero | 110 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.