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Flash Flood Watch 3, NWS El Paso, TX

July 3, 2009

NWS El Paso, TX issued this flash flood watch at Jul 3, 2009, 10:18 AM MDT. It took effect at Jul 3, 2009, 2:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 16 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 3, 2009, 10:18 AM MDT (16:18 UTC)
In effect from
Jul 3, 2009, 2:00 PM MDT
Expired
Jul 4, 2009, 6:00 AM MDT
In force
16 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 3, 3:18 AM MDT, 7 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 3, 3:18 AM MDT, 7 hours before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 2, 1:05 PM MDT, 21 hours 13 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
1220 AM MDT THU JUL 02 2009

NMZ022>025-030>032-TXZ055-056-031700-
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-
1220 AM MDT THU JUL 02 2009

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE AREA TONIGHT. LOCAL
HEAVY RAINFALLS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES POSSIBLE...WITH LOCAL
FLOODING POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN...BEST CHANCES FRIDAY AND
SATURDAY. LOCAL HEAVY RAINFALL STILL POSSIBLE FRIDAY AND SATURDAY OF
AROUND
ONE TO TWO INCHES POSSIBLE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

HEFNER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 2, 6:33 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZLuna3 hr
Jul 2, 8:31 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZOtero3 hr
Jul 2, 8:36 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningEPZGrant114 min
Jul 3, 3:42 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZOtero3 hr
Jul 3, 4:27 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZDoña Ana3 hr
Jul 3, 5:31 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZGrant, Hidalgo, Luna, Sierra4 hr

Nearby

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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.