Alert archive / New Mexico / Flash Flood Warnings in 2012
Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS El Paso, TX
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 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 12:17 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Luna | 28 min |
| May 8, 12:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Luna | 46 min |
| May 8, 12:48 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Doña Ana, Sierra | 42 min |
| May 8, 1:11 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Luna, Sierra | 49 min |
| May 8, 1:35 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Sierra | 40 min |
| May 8, 2:05 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Luna | 40 min |
| May 8, 2:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Luna, Sierra | 47 min |
| May 8, 3:16 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Doña Ana, Luna | 44 min |
| May 8, 3:26 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Luna | 32 min |
| May 8, 5:36 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Doña Ana | 54 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.