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Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS El Paso, TX

May 8, 2012Doña Ana County, Luna County, Sierra County, New Mexico

NWS El Paso, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 8, 2012, 2:46 PM MDT for Doña Ana County, Luna County, Sierra County, New Mexico. It was in force for 89 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
May 8, 2012, 2:46 PM MDT (20:46 UTC)
Expired
May 8, 2012, 4:15 PM MDT
In force
89 min
Issued by
NWS El Paso, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Doña Ana County, NM, Luna County, NM, Sierra County, NM

The radar

The El Paso radar (KEPZ), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:47 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 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 110 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 2012-05-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 187 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 2012-05-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 75 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
187 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-196 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1649 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
75 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
39 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

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

053 
WGUS54 KEPZ 082046
FFWEPZ
NMC013-029-051-082215-
/O.NEW.KEPZ.FF.W.0001.120508T2046Z-120508T2215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX
246 PM MDT TUE MAY 8 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL DONA ANA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...
  NORTHEASTERN LUNA COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEW MEXICO...
  SOUTH CENTRAL SIERRA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...

* UNTIL 415 PM MDT

* AT 246 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE      
  WARNED AREA. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  HATCH...
  PLACITAS...
  LAKE VALLEY...
  UPHAM...
  NUTT...
  SALEM...
  RINCON...
  GARFIELD...
  DERRY...
  ARREY...

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 10767 3295 10690 3257 10681 3230 10760

$$

ROGASH
1 follow-up statement
937 
WGUS74 KEPZ 082128
FFSEPZ

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX
328 PM MDT TUE MAY 8 2012

NMC013-029-051-082215-
/O.CON.KEPZ.FF.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120508T2215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LUNA NM-SIERRA NM-DONA ANA NM-
328 PM MDT TUE MAY 8 2012

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL DONA ANA...SOUTH
CENTRAL SIERRA AND NORTHEASTERN LUNA COUNTIES UNTIL 415 PM MDT...

AT 325 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED 
AREA. HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS IN THE VICINITY OF 
HATCH...GARFIELD...UVAS VALLEY AND UPHAM. RADAR INDICATES OVER 2 
INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER PORTIONS OF THIS AREA.   

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  HATCH...
  PLACITAS...
  LAKE VALLEY...
  UPHAM...
  NUTT...
  SALEM...
  RINCON...
  GARFIELD...
  DERRY...
  ARREY...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3285 10767 3295 10690 3257 10681 3230 10760

$$

ROGASH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 8, 12:17 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZLuna28 min
May 8, 12:44 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZLuna46 min
May 8, 12:48 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZDoña Ana, Sierra42 min
May 8, 1:11 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZLuna, Sierra49 min
May 8, 1:35 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZSierra40 min
May 8, 2:05 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZLuna40 min
May 8, 2:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZLuna, Sierra47 min
May 8, 3:16 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZDoña Ana, Luna44 min
May 8, 3:26 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZLuna32 min
May 8, 5:36 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZDoña Ana54 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in New Mexico, 2012Every flash flood warning in 2012

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.