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Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS El Paso, TX
NWS El Paso, TX issued this flash flood warning at Aug 23, 2012, 5:59 PM MDT for El Paso County, Texas. It was in force for 85 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
- Aug 23, 2012, 5:59 PM MDT (23:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 23, 2012, 7:24 PM MDT
- In force
- 85 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), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:03 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, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 76 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
- 289 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -160 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1548 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 69 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 101 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
869
WGUS54 KEPZ 232359
FFWEPZ
TXC141-240200-
/O.NEW.KEPZ.FF.W.0008.120823T2359Z-120824T0200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX
559 PM MDT THU AUG 23 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN EL PASO COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS...
* UNTIL 800 PM MDT
* AT 559 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
TORNILLO...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AN INCH TO INCH AND A HALF ARE
POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA.
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 3139 10605 3139 10609 3142 10612 3143 10616
3145 10618 3158 10612 3156 10600 3139 10600
3138 10604
$$
JMG1 follow-up statement
370
WGUS74 KEPZ 240124
FFSEPZ
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX
724 PM MDT THU AUG 23 2012
TXC141-240136-
/O.CAN.KEPZ.FF.W.0008.000000T0000Z-120824T0200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
EL PASO TX-
724 PM MDT THU AUG 23 2012
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN EL
PASO COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
EXCESS RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. ARROYOS
OR STREAMS IN THE WARNED AREA HAVE RECEDED OR WERE BEGINNING TO
RECEDE...ENDING THE FLOOD THREAT.
BE AWARE OF DEBRIS SCATTERED ACROSS ROADWAYS AT WASHES AND LOW WATER
CROSSINGS. IF YOU HAVE OBSERVED FLOODING...PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR
LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
LAT...LON 3139 10605 3139 10609 3142 10612 3143 10616
3145 10618 3158 10612 3156 10600 3139 10600
3138 10604
$$
JMGThe office that day
Everything else NWS El Paso, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 23, 4:55 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | El Paso | 50 min |
| Aug 23, 4:58 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | El Paso | 88 min |
| Aug 23, 5:30 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | El Paso | 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.