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Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS El Paso, TX

July 13, 2011Otero County, New Mexico

NWS El Paso, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jul 13, 2011, 11:24 PM MDT for Otero County, New Mexico. It was in force for 111 min. 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 13, 2011, 11:24 PM MDT (05:24 UTC)
Expired
Jul 14, 2011, 1:15 AM MDT
In force
111 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), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 00:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 160 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 00:00Z on 2011-07-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 216 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 00:00Z on 2011-07-14The 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
216 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-71 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2643 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
6 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
32 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

121 
WGUS54 KEPZ 140524
FFWEPZ
NMC035-140715-
/O.NEW.KEPZ.FF.W.0005.110714T0524Z-110714T0715Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX
1124 PM MDT WED JUL 13 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 115 AM MDT

* AT 1119 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...

THIS AREA RECEIVED ABOUT TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN OVER THE PAST 36 
HOURS...WITH SEVERAL REPORTS OF MINOR FLOODING EARLIER TODAY IN THE 
CLOUDCROFT AREA. SHOWERS CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHWARD ACROSS THE 
SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS LATE THIS EVENING AND IF MORE RAIN FALLS IN 
AREAS THAT HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED HEAVY RAIN...FLASH FLOODING IS 
LIKELY. 

LAT...LON 3307 10543 3267 10542 3273 10583 3322 10575

$$

HEFNER
1 follow-up statement
565 
WGUS74 KEPZ 140653
FFSEPZ

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX
1253 AM MDT THU JUL 14 2011

NMC035-140715-
/O.CON.KEPZ.FF.W.0005.000000T0000Z-110714T0715Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
OTERO NM-
1253 AM MDT THU JUL 14 2011

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL OTERO COUNTY
UNTIL 115 AM MDT...

AT 1249 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
THAT THE RAINFALL OVER THE WARNED AREA WAS DIMINISHING. WHILE LIGHT 
RAIN WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS...IT APPEARS THAT 
AMOUNTS WILL BE TOO LIGHT TO WARRENT CONTINUATION OF THE FLASH FLOOD 
WARNING AND IT WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 115 AM.

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

LAT...LON 3307 10543 3267 10542 3273 10583 3322 10575

$$

MACBLAIN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 13, 8:09 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZDoña Ana, Otero, Sierra111 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in New Mexico, 2011Every flash flood warning in 2011

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.