Alert archive / New Mexico / Flash Flood Warnings in 2012
Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS El Paso, TX
NWS El Paso, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jul 25, 2012, 2:26 PM MDT for Grant County, Luna County, New Mexico. It was in force for 2 hr. 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 25, 2012, 2:26 PM MDT (20:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 25, 2012, 4:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS El Paso, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Grant County, NM, Luna County, NM
The radar
The El Paso radar (KEPZ), 145 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:26 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 25, 3:55 PM MDT | FLASH FLOOD | 7 S City Of Rocks State, NM | LUNA COUNTY EM REPORTS THAT RANCH ROADS THROUGHOUT NORTHWESTERN LUNA COUNTY ARE FLOODED. WATER IS FLOWING RAPIDLY INTO AND DOWN THE MIMBRES RIVER. |
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, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 145 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -220 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1808 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 5 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
765 WGUS54 KEPZ 252026 FFWEPZ NMC017-029-252230- /O.NEW.KEPZ.FF.W.0006.120725T2026Z-120725T2230Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX 226 PM MDT WED JUL 25 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... EAST CENTRAL GRANT COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEW MEXICO... NORTH CENTRAL LUNA COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEW MEXICO... * UNTIL 430 PM MDT * AT 223 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER PORTIONS OF THE HIGHWAY 180 AND 61 CORRIDOR...ESPECIALLY EAST OF HURLEY AND AROUND CITY OF ROCKS STATE PARK. RADAR INDICATES NEARLY 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THIS AREA IN ABOUT AN HOUR. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL UP TO 1 INCH IS POSSIBLE. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... CITY OF ROCKS STATE PARK... PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 180 BETWEEN DEMING AND SILVER CITY... PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 61 AROUND CITY OF ROCKS STATE PARK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID STREAMS OR CREEKS AND MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE AWARE THAT LOW WATER CROSSINGS ARE LIKELY TO BECOME FLOODED. TURN AROUND DONT DROWN. ALSO...WATER IS LIKELY TO FLOW DOWN PREVIOUSLY DRY SECTIONS OF THE MIMBRES RIVER. && LAT...LON 3276 10793 3241 10783 3238 10806 3274 10811 $$ HARDIMAN
2 follow-up statements
802 WGUS74 KEPZ 252119 FFSEPZ FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX 319 PM MDT WED JUL 25 2012 NMC017-029-252230- /O.CON.KEPZ.FF.W.0006.000000T0000Z-120725T2230Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ LUNA NM-GRANT NM- 319 PM MDT WED JUL 25 2012 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL GRANT AND NORTH CENTRAL LUNA COUNTIES UNTIL 430 PM MDT... * AT 315 PM MDT...RAINFALL WAS DIMINISHING OVER MOST OF THE WARNING AREA. CITY OF ROCKS STATE PARK REPORTED WASHES AND ARROYOS WERE RUNNING FAST...AND HEAVY PONDING ON HIGHWAY 61 WEST OF THE PARK ENTRANCE. RUNOFF MAY STILL CAUSE PROBLEMS ON AREA ROADWAYS...AND IS LIKELY TO BRING WATER TO PORTIONS OF THE MIMBRES RIVER THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY DRY. ALSO...MODERATE THUNDERSTORMS NEAR HURLEY ARE MOVING SOUTH INTO THE WARNING AREA...AND MAY BRING ANOTHER ROUND OF RAIN TO HARD-HIT AREAS AROUND THE JUNCTION OF HIGHWAYS 180 AND 61. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... CITY OF ROCKS STATE PARK... PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 180... PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 61... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS FLOODED ROADS. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY. && LAT...LON 3276 10793 3241 10783 3238 10806 3274 10811 $$ HARDIMAN
396 WGUS74 KEPZ 252209 FFSEPZ FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX 409 PM MDT WED JUL 25 2012 NMC017-029-252230- /O.CON.KEPZ.FF.W.0006.000000T0000Z-120725T2230Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ LUNA NM-GRANT NM- 409 PM MDT WED JUL 25 2012 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL GRANT AND NORTH CENTRAL LUNA COUNTIES UNTIL 430 PM MDT... AT 407 PM MDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED THAT FLASH FLOODING WAS OCCURRING OVER RURAL RANCH ROADS IN NORTHWESTERN LUNA COUNTY. RADAR INDICATED A FEW MORE THUNDERSTORMS WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WERE MOVING SOUTH BACK INTO THE FLOOD WARNING AREA. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE AN ADDITIONAL HALF INCH OF RAINFALL...WHICH MAY EXACERBATE ONGOING FLOODING. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... CITY OF ROCKS STATE PARK... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN. && LAT...LON 3276 10793 3241 10783 3238 10806 3274 10811 $$ HARDIMAN
The office that day
Everything else NWS El Paso, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 25, 1:51 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Grant, Luna | 114 min |
| Jul 25, 3:32 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Otero | 118 min |
| Jul 25, 4:06 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Doña Ana | 90 min |
| Jul 25, 4:44 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Grant, Luna | 2 hr |
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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.