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Flash Flood Warning 51, NWS El Paso, TX

September 13, 2010Otero County, New Mexico

NWS El Paso, TX issued this flash flood warning at Sep 13, 2010, 12:23 PM MDT for Otero 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
Sep 13, 2010, 12:23 PM MDT (18:23 UTC)
Expired
Sep 13, 2010, 3:15 PM MDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS El Paso, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Otero County, NM

The radar

The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:22 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 Sep 13, 3:30 AM MDT, 8 hours 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 13, 3:30 AM MDT, 8 hours 53 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 13, 10:30 AM MDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
1030 AM MDT MON SEP 13 2010

NMZ022>025-030>032-TXZ055-056-131715-
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-
1110 AM MDT SUN SEP 13 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.

HOWEVER SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING AS ABOVE NORMAL MOISTURE CONTINUES OVER THE REGION. A FEW
STORMS MAY PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL WITH LOCAL ARROYO AND ROADWAY
FLOODING ALONG WITH WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND SMALL HAIL. BEST CHANCE
FOR HEAVY RAIN IS EAST OF THE RIO GRANDE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY MAINLY EAST OF THE RIO GRANDE.
LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND ARROYO/ROADWAY FLOODING IS STILL POSSIBLE.
FOR WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE
PUSHED SOUTH WITH THE BEST CHANCES SOUTH AND EAST OF A LORDSBURG-EL
PASO-RUIDOSO LINE.

SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY SHOULD BE DRY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

MACBLAIN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 13, 2:28 AM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZDoña Ana2 hr
Sep 13, 3:14 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningEPZDoña Ana91 min
Sep 13, 3:15 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZOtero3 hr
Sep 13, 3:43 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningEPZOtero2 hr
Sep 13, 4:18 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZOtero42 min
Sep 13, 5:47 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZDoña Ana43 min
Sep 13, 5:52 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningEPZDoña Ana53 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.