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Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS El Paso, TX

July 13, 2011Otero County, New Mexico

NWS El Paso, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jul 13, 2011, 12:29 PM MDT for Otero County, New Mexico. It was in force for 2 hr. 5 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jul 13, 2011, 12:29 PM MDT (18:29 UTC)
Expired
Jul 13, 2011, 2:30 PM MDT
In force
2 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), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 13, 1:39 PM MDTHEAVY RAIN 2.323 Ssw Silver Lake, NMMEASURED AT DRY CANYON CWOP SITE. MOST OF THE RAIN FELL WITHIN 1 HOUR.
Jul 13, 1:42 PM MDTHEAVY RAIN 1.695 E Cloudcroft, NM
Jul 13, 1:43 PM MDTHEAVY RAIN 1.253 Sw Silver Lake, NM
Jul 13, 1:44 PM MDTHEAVY RAIN 1.233 Wnw Mayhill, NM
Jul 13, 2:23 PM MDTFLASH FLOODCloudcroft, NMFLOODING OCCURRING OVER PORTIONS OF CLOUDCROFT INCLUDING THE HIGH SCHOOL AREA...AROUND THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT AND OVER HIGHWAY 130. PEA SIZED HAIL ALSO COVERING THE GROUND. SAND BAGS NOW BEING UTILIZED.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Santa Teresa, NM (KEPZ), launched 12:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 167 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Santa Teresa, NM at 12:00Z on 2011-07-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 7 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Santa Teresa, NM at 12:00Z on 2011-07-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 6 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
7 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-188 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2121 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
6 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
6 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
12 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

835 
WGUS54 KEPZ 131829
FFWEPZ
NMC035-132030-
/O.NEW.KEPZ.FF.W.0001.110713T1829Z-110713T2030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX
1229 PM MDT WED JUL 13 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTH CENTRAL OTERO COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...

* UNTIL 230 PM MDT

* AT 1229 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE
  WARNED AREA.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  CLOUDCROFT...
  ELK SILVER...
  SIXTEEN SPRINGS...
  SILVER LAKE...
  SUNSPOT...
  WEED...
  SACRAMENTO...
  MAYHILL...
  BLUFF SPRINGS...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE
YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME
KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID STREAMS OR
CREEKS AND MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. DO
NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN
DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE.

IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS
FLOODED ROADS. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO
CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.

&&

LAT...LON 3277 10536 3278 10589 3332 10564 3331 10532

$$

PARK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 13, 1:48 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningEPZOtero117 min
Jul 13, 2:18 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningEPZGrant57 min
Jul 13, 3:40 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningEPZOtero2 hr

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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.