Alert archive / New Mexico / Flash Flood Warnings in 2011
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS El Paso, TX
NWS El Paso, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jul 13, 2011, 1:48 PM MDT for Otero County, New Mexico. It was in force for 117 min. 3 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, 1:48 PM MDT (19:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 13, 2011, 3:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 117 min
- Issued by
- NWS El Paso, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Otero County, NM
The radar
The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:47 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 2:23 PM MDT | FLASH FLOOD | Cloudcroft, NM | FLOODING 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. |
| Jul 13, 3:14 PM MDT | FLASH FLOOD | Cloudcroft, NM | INTERSECTION OF CHAUTAUQUA AND WOODLANDS ROADS IS CLOSED DUE TO WATER OVER ROADWAYS. |
| Jul 13, 3:14 PM MDT | HEAVY RAIN 2.1 | Cloudcroft, NM | CLOUDCROFT EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTED 2.1 RAIN LAST HOUR AT FIRE STATION. |
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, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 177 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
523
WGUS54 KEPZ 131948
FFWEPZ
NMC035-132145-
/O.NEW.KEPZ.FF.W.0002.110713T1948Z-110713T2145Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX
148 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 345 PM MDT
* AT 148 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
TIMBERON...
MESCALERO...
CLOUDCROFT...
ALAMOGORDO...
ELK SILVER...
SIXTEEN SPRINGS...
SILVER LAKE...
APACHE SUMMIT...
BURRO FLATS...
MOUNTAIN PARK...
BLUFF SPRINGS...
LAKE MESCALERO...
OLIVER LEE STATE PARK...
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 3295 10531 3295 10533 3259 10534 3262 10598
3340 10595 3340 10572 3339 10571 3332 10570
3331 10531 3330 10530 3322 10529
$$
PARK2 follow-up statements
422
WGUS74 KEPZ 132110
FFSEPZ
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX
310 PM MDT WED JUL 13 2011
NMC035-132145-
/O.CON.KEPZ.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110713T2145Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
OTERO NM-
310 PM MDT WED JUL 13 2011
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL OTERO
COUNTY UNTIL 345 PM MDT...
AT 305 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE THAT FLASH FLOODING WAS OCCURRING IN THE CLOUDCROFT
VICINITY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
TIMBERON...
MESCALERO...
CLOUDCROFT...
ALAMOGORDO...
ELK SILVER...
SIXTEEN SPRINGS...
SILVER LAKE...
APACHE SUMMIT...
BURRO FLATS...
MOUNTAIN PARK...
BLUFF SPRINGS...
LAKE MESCALERO...
OLIVER LEE STATE PARK...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORRENTIAL RAINS ARE FALLING ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST OTERO
COUNTY
WITH THE CLOUDCROFT VICINITY EXPERIENCING THE HEAVIEST RAINFALLS.
OVER 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER AND IN THE VICINITY OF
CLOUDCROFT RESULTING IN FLOODING ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE AREA
INCLUDING NEAR THE HIGH SCHOOL AND THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT. LOCAL
ROADS AND HIGHWAYS ARE ALSO UNDER WATER AROUND CLOUDCROFT. HEAVY
RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE CLOUDCROFT AREA THROUGH AT LEAST
345 PM WHICH WILL CAUSE FURTHER FLOODING.
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 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 3295 10531 3295 10533 3259 10534 3262 10598
3340 10595 3340 10572 3339 10571 3332 10570
3331 10531 3330 10530 3322 10529
$$
ROGASH350
WGUS74 KEPZ 132116
FFSEPZ
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX
316 PM MDT WED JUL 13 2011
NMC035-132145-
/O.CON.KEPZ.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110713T2145Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
OTERO NM-
316 PM MDT WED JUL 13 2011
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL OTERO
COUNTY UNTIL 345 PM MDT...
AT 305 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE THAT FLASH FLOODING WAS OCCURRING IN THE CLOUDCROFT
VICINITY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
TIMBERON...
MESCALERO...
CLOUDCROFT...
ALAMOGORDO...
ELK SILVER...
SIXTEEN SPRINGS...
SILVER LAKE...
APACHE SUMMIT...
BURRO FLATS...
MOUNTAIN PARK...
BLUFF SPRINGS...
LAKE MESCALERO...
OLIVER LEE STATE PARK...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORRENTIAL RAINS ARE FALLING ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST OTERO
COUNTY WITH THE CLOUDCROFT VICINITY EXPERIENCING THE HEAVIEST
RAINFALLS. OVER 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER AND IN THE
VICINITY OF CLOUDCROFT RESULTING IN FLOODING ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE
AREA INCLUDING NEAR THE HIGH SCHOOL AND THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT.
LOCAL ROADS AND HIGHWAYS ARE ALSO UNDER WATER AROUND CLOUDCROFT.
HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE CLOUDCROFT AREA THROUGH AT
LEAST 345 PM WHICH WILL CAUSE FURTHER FLOODING.
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 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 3295 10531 3295 10533 3259 10534 3262 10598
3340 10595 3340 10572 3339 10571 3332 10570
3331 10531 3330 10530 3322 10529
$$
ROGASHThe office that day
Everything else NWS El Paso, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 12:29 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | EPZ | Otero | 2 hr |
| Jul 13, 2:18 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | EPZ | Grant | 57 min |
| Jul 13, 3:40 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | EPZ | Otero | 2 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.