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Flash Flood Watch 2, NWS El Paso, TX

June 29, 2009

NWS El Paso, TX issued this flash flood watch at Jun 29, 2009, 3:53 AM MDT. It took effect at Jun 29, 2009, 12:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 15 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 29, 2009, 3:53 AM MDT (09:53 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 29, 2009, 12:00 PM MDT
Expired: Jun 30, 2009, 3:00 AM MDT
In force: 15 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 Jun 29, 3:20 AM MDT, 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 29, 3:20 AM MDT, 33 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 28, 11:09 AM MDT, 16 hours 44 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
1109 AM MDT SUN JUN 28 2009

NMZ022>025-030>032-TXZ055-056-291700-
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-
1109 AM MDT SUN JUN 28 2009

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. MOIST ATMOSPHERE AND
SLOW MOVEMENT OF STORMS MAY LEAD TO LOCAL HEAVY RAINFALL AND BRIEF
FLOODING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

A MODERATELY MOIST ATMOSPHERE WILL REMAIN OVER THE REGION THROUGH
THE PERIOD. MONDAY SHOULD REMAIN MOIST WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS
BUT THEN A BIT OF DRYING TUESDAY AND BEYOND WITH JUST A SLIGHT
CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS SHOULD REPORT ANY OBSERVED HAZARDOUS WEATHER TO LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT AND THIS OFFICE.

HEFNER

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 28, 10:44 PM MDT, 5 hours 9 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 28, 6:45 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	EPZ	Doña Ana	90 min
Jun 28, 8:07 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	EPZ	Doña Ana, Otero	83 min
Jun 29, 1:23 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EPZ	Grant	3 hr
Jun 29, 4:51 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EPZ	Grant, Hidalgo	3 hr
Jun 28, 6:59 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	EPZ	El Paso	3 hr
Jun 28, 9:46 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	EPZ	El Paso, Hudspeth	119 min
Jun 29, 3:14 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EPZ	Hudspeth	3 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Watches in New Mexico, 2009 Flash Flood Watches in Texas, 2009 Every flash flood watch in 2009

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.