Alert archive / New Mexico / Flash Flood Warnings in 2011
Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS El Paso, TX
NWS El Paso, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jul 26, 2011, 3:45 PM MDT for Sierra County, New Mexico. It was in force for 2 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 26, 2011, 3:45 PM MDT (21:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 26, 2011, 5:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS El Paso, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Sierra County, NM
The radar
The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 142 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:48 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Santa Teresa, NM (KEPZ), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 192 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 323 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -144 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1695 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -48 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -17 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
036
WGUS54 KEPZ 262145
FFWEPZ
NMC051-262345-
/O.NEW.KEPZ.FF.W.0013.110726T2145Z-110726T2345Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX
345 PM MDT TUE JUL 26 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN SIERRA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...
* UNTIL 545 PM MDT
* AT 344 PM MDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING
IN POVERTY CREEK WITH WATER CROSSING THE ROAD. OTHER AREAS OF
HIGHWAY 59 EAST OF POVERTY CREEK AND HIGHWAY 52 NORTH OF WINSTON
COULD ALSO SEE AREAS OF WATER CROSSING THE ROAD.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WINSTON...
POVERTY CREEK...
CHLORIDE...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO A HALF INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.
DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF
RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE. TURN
AROUND... DONT DROWN.
&&
LAT...LON 3347 10744 3329 10757 3335 10781 3348 10784
3348 10744
$$
JMG1 follow-up statement
654
WGUS74 KEPZ 262336
FFSEPZ
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX
536 PM MDT TUE JUL 26 2011
NMC051-262350-
/O.EXP.KEPZ.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-110726T2345Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
SIERRA NM-
536 PM MDT TUE JUL 26 2011
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN SIERRA
COUNTY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 545 PM MDT...
EXCESS RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. ARROYOS
OR STREAMS IN THE WARNED AREA HAVE RECEDED OR WERE BEGINNING TO
RECEDE...ENDING THE FLOOD THREAT.
BE AWARE OF DEBRIS SCATTERED ACROSS ROADWAYS AT WASHES AND LOW WATER
CROSSINGS. IF YOU HAVE OBSERVED FLOODING...PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR
LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
LAT...LON 3347 10744 3329 10757 3335 10781 3348 10784
3348 10744
$$
JMGThe office that day
Everything else NWS El Paso, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 26, 1:49 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | EPZ | Sierra | 116 min |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.