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Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS El Paso, TX
NWS El Paso, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jul 22, 2011, 1:20 PM MDT for Otero County, New Mexico. It was in force for 85 min. 1 report 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 22, 2011, 1:20 PM MDT (19:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 22, 2011, 2:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 85 min
- Issued by
- NWS El Paso, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Otero County, NM
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 2:40 PM MDT | HEAVY RAIN 2 | Sacramento, NM | DARK SKIES UNLIMITED OBSERVATORY NEAR SACRAMENTO. |
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, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 153 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
- 223 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -193 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1751 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
301 WGUS54 KEPZ 221920 FFWEPZ NMC035-222045- /O.NEW.KEPZ.FF.W.0008.110722T1920Z-110722T2045Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX 120 PM MDT FRI JUL 22 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... EAST CENTRAL OTERO COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO... * UNTIL 245 PM MDT * AT 119 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RAINFALL OF OVER 3 INCHES HAS FALLEN WEST OF SACRAMENTO... AND EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL LIKELY CAUSE AGUA CHIQUITA CREEK TO SWELL OUT OF ITS BANKS * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... WEED... SACRAMENTO... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && LAT...LON 3285 10543 3273 10544 3276 10567 3290 10565 $$ HARDIMAN
1 follow-up statement
492 WGUS74 KEPZ 222044 FFSEPZ FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX 244 PM MDT FRI JUL 22 2011 NMC035-222059- /O.EXP.KEPZ.FF.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110722T2045Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ OTERO NM- 244 PM MDT FRI JUL 22 2011 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL OTERO COUNTY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 245 PM MDT... EXCESS RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. ARROYOS OR STREAMS IN THE WARNED AREA HAVE RECEDED OR WERE BEGINNING TO RECEDE...ENDING THE FLOOD THREAT. BE AWARE OF DEBRIS SCATTERED ACROSS ROADWAYS AT WASHES AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS. IF YOU HAVE OBSERVED FLOODING...PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. LAT...LON 3285 10543 3273 10544 3276 10567 3290 10565 $$ HARDIMAN
The office that day
Everything else NWS El Paso, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 12:25 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Otero | 110 min |
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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.