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Flash Flood Warning 46, NWS El Paso, TX

August 16, 2010Grant County, Sierra County, New Mexico

NWS El Paso, TX issued this flash flood warning at Aug 16, 2010, 9:47 AM MDT for Grant County, Sierra County, New Mexico. It was in force for 3 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
Aug 16, 2010, 9:47 AM MDT (15:47 UTC)
Expired
Aug 16, 2010, 12:45 PM MDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS El Paso, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Grant County, NM, Sierra County, NM

The radar

The El Paso radar (KEPZ), 156 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Aug 16, 4:35 AM MDT, 5 hours 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 16, 4:35 AM MDT, 5 hours 12 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 15, 11:28 AM MDT, 22 hours 19 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
1128 AM MDT SUN AUG 15 2010

NMZ022>025-030>032-TXZ055-056-161730-
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-
1128 AM MDT SUN AUG 15 2010

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

MOISTURE WAS BEGINNING TO RETURN TO THE AREA TODAY AND THAT WILL
HELP INCREASE OUR RAIN CHANCES TONIGHT. ISOLATED RAINFALL TOTALS
OF 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORM ALONG
WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

OUR RAIN CHANCES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY. DRIER AIR WILL MOVE
INTO THE REGION FOR THE MIDDLE PART OF THE WEEK AS UPPER LEVEL
HIGH PRESSURE KEEPS US SUNNY AND WARM.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS SHOULD REPORT ANY SIGNIFICANT WEATHER TO THE NWS VIA OUR
800 NUMBER OR TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 16, 1:44 AM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZGrant2 hr
Aug 16, 5:40 AM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZGrant, Hidalgo, Luna110 min
Aug 16, 7:33 AM MDTFlash Flood WarningEPZGrant, Hidalgo, Luna117 min
Aug 16, 8:40 AM MDTFlash Flood WarningEPZGrant, Luna2 hr
Aug 16, 12:36 PM MDTFlash Flood WatchEPZ11 hr
Aug 16, 1:37 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZOtero113 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in New Mexico, 2010Every flash flood warning in 2010

Sources

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