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Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS El Paso, TX
NWS El Paso, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jul 6, 2012, 5:13 PM MDT for El Paso County, Texas. It was in force for 62 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 6, 2012, 5:13 PM MDT (23:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 6, 2012, 6:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS El Paso, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County El Paso County, TX
The radar
The El Paso radar (KEPZ), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:16 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 5:27 PM MDT | FLASH FLOOD | 5 E El Paso, TX | WATER OVER THE CURBS ON LONG STRETCH OF LEE TREVINO IN EAST EL PASO. TWO CARS STALLED. |
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, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 36 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
- 444 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -41 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1163 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 125 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
570
WGUS54 KEPZ 062313
FFWEPZ
TXC141-070015-
/O.NEW.KEPZ.FF.W.0003.120706T2313Z-120707T0015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX
513 PM MDT FRI JUL 6 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS...
* UNTIL 615 PM MDT
* AT 511 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA WHERE AN EARLIER STORM ALREADY CAUSED STREET FLOODING.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MISSION VALLEY...
EAST EL PASO...
SPARKS...
SOCORRO...
WATER UP TO 3 FEET DEEP WAS REPORTED FROM AN EARLIER STORM...SO
SIMILAR OR WORSE FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF URBAN
DRAINAGE BASINS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER
POOR DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING AREAS.
&&
LAT...LON 3159 10629 3168 10635 3174 10641 3176 10646
3174 10649 3175 10650 3181 10642 3183 10636
3185 10622 3162 10619
$$
FAUSETT2 follow-up statements
886
WGUS74 KEPZ 062339
FFSEPZ
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX
539 PM MDT FRI JUL 6 2012
TXC141-070015-
/O.CON.KEPZ.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120707T0015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
EL PASO TX-
539 PM MDT FRI JUL 6 2012
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY
UNTIL 615 PM MDT...
AT 535 PM MDT...WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY
HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. STREET FLOODING WITH WATER
OVER CURBS IS OCCURRING IN EAST EL PASO. TWO CARS WERE STALLED NEAR
THE INTERSECTION OF LEE TREVINO AND SAM SNEAD.
RAINFALL ESTIMATES HAVE BEEN AN INCH PER HOUR WITH MORE STORMS
FORMING UPSTREAM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MISSION VALLEY...
EAST EL PASO...
SPARKS...
SOCORRO...
FORT BLISS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE
WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO
CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE.
&&
LAT...LON 3159 10629 3168 10635 3174 10641 3176 10646
3174 10649 3175 10650 3181 10642 3183 10636
3185 10622 3162 10619
$$
FAUSETT755
WGUS74 KEPZ 070007
FFSEPZ
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX
607 PM MDT FRI JUL 6 2012
TXC141-070021-
/O.EXP.KEPZ.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120707T0015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
EL PASO TX-
607 PM MDT FRI JUL 6 2012
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL EL PASO
COUNTY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 615 PM MDT...
HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA...WITH LIGHT TO MODERATE
RAIN CONTINUING. STREET FLOODING WAS 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 3159 10629 3168 10635 3174 10641 3176 10646
3174 10649 3175 10650 3181 10642 3183 10636
3185 10622 3162 10619
$$
FAUSETTThe office that day
Everything else NWS El Paso, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 1:25 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Hudspeth | 2 hr |
| Jul 6, 3:26 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | El Paso | 64 min |
| Jul 6, 5:02 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | El Paso | 58 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.