Alert archive / New Mexico / Flash Flood Warnings in 2012
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS El Paso, TX
NWS El Paso, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jul 3, 2012, 1:33 PM MDT for Otero County, New Mexico. It was in force for 57 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 3, 2012, 1:33 PM MDT (19:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 3, 2012, 2:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 57 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), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:35 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Santa Teresa, NM (KEPZ), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 170 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
- 3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -270 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2465 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 136 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
602
WGUS54 KEPZ 031933
FFWEPZ
NMC035-032030-
/O.NEW.KEPZ.FF.W.0002.120703T1933Z-120703T2030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX
133 PM MDT TUE JUL 3 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTH CENTRAL OTERO COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...
* UNTIL 230 PM MDT
* AT 132 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MESCALERO...
CLOUDCROFT...
ELK SILVER...
SIXTEEN SPRINGS...
SILVER LAKE...
APACHE SUMMIT...
MOUNTAIN PARK...
WEED...
SACRAMENTO...
MAYHILL...
BLUFF SPRINGS...
LAKE MESCALERO...
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 3273 10535 3273 10576 3339 10594 3340 10573
3331 10572 3331 10532
$$
PARK1 follow-up statement
681
WGUS74 KEPZ 032026
FFSEPZ
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX
226 PM MDT TUE JUL 3 2012
NMC035-032039-
/O.EXP.KEPZ.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120703T2030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
OTERO NM-
226 PM MDT TUE JUL 3 2012
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL OTERO
COUNTY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 230 PM MDT...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT EXCESSIVE
RAINFALL HAD ENDED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...AND THE FLASH FLOOD
THREAT WAS DIMINISHING. SOME MINOR FLOODING MAY CONTINUE...BUT THE
THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING IS DIMINISHING.
BE AWARE OF DEBRIS SCATTERED ACROSS ROADWAYS AT WASHES AND LOW WATER
CROSSINGS. IF YOU HAVE OBSERVED FLOODING...PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR
LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
LAT...LON 3273 10535 3273 10576 3339 10594 3340 10573
3331 10572 3331 10532
$$
PARKThe office that day
Everything else NWS El Paso, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 3, 1:59 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Grant | 2 hr |
| Jul 3, 5:43 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Grant, Hidalgo, Luna | 2 hr |
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.